Winchester School of Art: artists' book collection
This page is intended to provide additional information and resources to support the Artists' Book Collection held by Winchester School of Art Library.
The collection was started in the late 1960's. Since then it has grown and developed and includes a wide range of books in many formats, shapes and sizes. We have now been collecting for over thirty years and hold about 800 artists' books in total.
All the books in the collection are catalogued and indexed on the University of Southampton Libraries catalogue WebCat. A printed catalogue of the collection is available in Library 3.
- Book arts reading list
- Book artists on the web
- Book art publishers
- Organisations
- Book art directories
- Other useful resources
- Book art exhibitions and collections
- Journal articles
- Artists' book journals online
| Artist | Description |
|---|---|
| Rachel Adams |
This site details the professional work of Rachel, including website design, flash animation and printed ephemera |
| Sally Alatalo | This is the website of publishing company Sara Ranchouse, who specialise in artists' books and editions. In addition to Sally Alatalo's book, Imperfect sutures (again part of our collection) there are many examples of books by other artists |
| Altered Book Artists | A non-profit organization dedicated to promoting altered books as an art form and to provide a Forum for the exchange of skills, experiences, and ideas through education, exhibits, and events |
| Artist Book Archive | This international site represents a huge number of noted artists collected by number of un-named individuals, with most of the books illustrated by single images and a brief description in French. The real value of this resource is that it provides access to many books beyond the grasp of most because of their cost, scarcity, and more importantly their often high-profile creators |
| Graeme Dawes |
Graeme Dawes is the brain behind the Japanese Bookbinding Website hosted by the University of Brighton. This link takes you directly to an index from where it is possible to view his personal work and download plans for his other assemblages |
| John Dilnot | John Dilnot's work forms part of the WSA Collection, and this excellent site provides you with the opportunity to purchase some of his limited editions directly from him, either as finished pieces, or in 'kit form'. Also included are biographical details and examples of John's printmaking |
| David Faithfull | This site contains contact details for David Faithfull and Semper Fidelis, the publishing company for East looking west/west looking east and Jettison 2; jetsom |
| Kate Farley | Provides a brief introduction to Kate's work |
| Alec Finlay | During his period as Artist in Residence at the Baltic contemporary art gallery, Gateshead, Alec Finlay presented two of his titles which are in our collection: Football moon and irish (2). This link provides some brief bibliographic details of the books together with some background information to that period |
| Floating World | The aim of "Floating world" is to find ways for artists to disseminate their ideas as widely as possible using the medium of artists books. Glenn Holman and Andy Parsons initiated the project in 2003. The artists invited to contribute a book were chosen to reflect the wide variety of contemporary practice from Sarah Carne whose work is performative and video based to Edwin Aitken who works primarily in painting |
| Franticham | Website providing news of the collaborative project between Francis from Redfoxpress and Antic-Ham from Seoul which features their blog, publication news, mail art and visual poetry |
| Hamish Fulton | Known to many as 'The walking artist', Hamish Fulton is internationally reknowned for documenting his work through printed-press publications. WSA Library hold several of these books among our collection |
| Douglas Gordon | This mini-site was created to accompany the 2002/2003 exhibition What have I done? at the South Bank Centre. The book, bearing the same title, is also included in our collection |
| Randy Klein | This site carries details and images of all aspects of Klein's work, from his paintings, to his sculpture, prints and book art |
| Deborah Levy | An informative overview of this literary artist's work is available on this excellent site. Includes links to publishers from which work can be purchased, biographical details and F.A.Q. |
| Angela Lorenz | This site archives the personal publications of Angela Lorenz and also carries some useful general information about artists' books. Additionally there are some very good quality images and a highly detailed description of The theatre of nature or curiosity filled the cabinet - just one of the pop-up artists' books we hold here in our collection |
| Stuart Mugridge | A comprehensive site carrying information and images of the artist's own personal work from his earliest days circa 1993, through to his more recent creations including Sea 11: depth finder, a recent acquisition for our collection |
| Maurizio Nannucci | This is the Flash site for Italian Book Artist Maurizio Nannucci |
| Colin Sackett | Website of the artist which showcases some of his book art works |
| Keith Smith | Keith Smith has been producing books since 1967 ranging from textbooks to dictionaries and poetry. Additionally he has created some 150+ one-off Artists' Books. The books featured and for sale here are intended to guide the enthusiast through the all aspects of non-adhesive binding, book structure and utilizing the choice of type to enhance the content of the text |
| Jake Tilson | This is an all singing, all dancing (and very red) website by this London-based artist and graphic designer. He is also another of the artists whose work forms part of our collection |
| Publisher | Description and representation |
|---|---|
| Boekie Woekie | Boekie Woekie represent German born Jan Voss, another of the artists' with work in the collection here at WSA Library |
| Bookworks | Bookworks is a contemporary visual arts publisher, primarily specialising in books, but also producing text-based works, Artist Editions and new media projects. Books published by them for artists such as Chad McCail, David Shrigley, Cornelia Parker, and Verdi Yahooda are among the books in our collection |
| Circle Press | The Books sold and distributed by Circle Press form a significant part of our collection here at WSA. Among the Artists they represent are; Norman Ackroyd, John Christie, Ian Tyson and Tom Philips |
| Enitharmon Press | Enitharmon is one of Britain's leading literary publishers, specialising in poetry and in high-quality artists' books and original prints. There are detailed descriptions on this website of some of the Enitharmon books we hold, including: Jane Eyre, The childrens crusade and Pendle witches (Collaborative and solo works by Paula Rego), The house I once called home by Duane Michals, and The man within by Victor Pasmore |
| Mermaid Turbulence | Represents Mari-Aymone Djeribi, Timothy O'Neill, both of whom are in our collection, as well as many other artists |
| Weproductions | Weproductions exclusively represent artists Helen Douglas and Telfer Stokes |
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
| The Center for Book Arts | The Center for Book Arts offers over 100 classes and workshops in bookbinding, letterpress printing, paper marbling, typography, and related fields. The Center has mounted over 140 exhibitions during the last 30 years |
| RGAP | RGAP fulfill many different roles in the book art world; from organising the annual Small Publishers Fair, to setting up collaborative projects, publications, exhibitions and events |
| The San Francisco Center for the Book | The San Francisco Center for the Book is devoted to teaching the many arts and crafts that go into making books by hand. All aspects are covered by this site, including the history, artistry, cultural presence and the enduring importance of the artists' book as a medium of self-expression |
| Southern Bookcrafts Club | Located in Winchester, this organisation offer support, advice and expertise for bookbinding, book conservation and any related personal projects. Among other things, the Club offers a wealth of expertise and access to relevant tools, and can provide materials at cost |
| Title | Description |
|---|---|
| Artifact | Under their Visual Arts category, Artifact have a dedicated selection of international online resources for artists' books |
| BookArtsWeb | Features links to a large selection of book arts related sites on the web, including educational opportunities, professional organizations, tutorials, reference materials, and galleries with images, also offers a free mailing list service |
| Librarians' index to the Internet | This fantastic site has lists of links to just about everything relating to printing, publishing and Book Arts |
| Title | Description |
|---|---|
| Artistsbooks.com | This U.S. site is a fantastic resource, with links to features about 'guerilla bookmaking', teaching resources for the classroom and detailed overviews of particular types of book art. Artistsbooks.com also has excellent features on the definition of an artists' book, and the artists' book in the digital age. The site is owned and maintained by Edward H. Hutchins |
| The Library of Unwritten Books | This site is dedicated to the 'unrealised ideas' many of us have for creating a book |
| Marcus Campbell books | The Marcus Campbell shop in Holland Street, London, is one of the foremost suppliers of rare, hard to find and second-hand books. Their stock includes many out of print catalogues, artists' editions, and a substantial number of artists' books |
| Mark Hiner (paper engineer) | An excellent website featuring examples of the artist's own professional work, a history of the pop-up book, and links to purchase copies of his self-penned guide books |
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
| Arts of the Books Collection (Yale University Library) | A comprehensive website featuring a brief history of artist's books, a discussion of the term 'Artist's Book', and details of collections and exhibitions held by the University, with links to other U.S. Universities with similar collections and archives |
| The National Art Library at the V&A | Provides examples from the collection, together with details for searching for books using the VAM online catalogue, and a postal address for application forms for Readers tickets to Special Collections, where the Artist's Books are held |
| UWE artists' book exhibition archive | This comprehensive archive is maintained and provided by the Centre for Fine Print Research at The University of The west of England, Bristol |
Journal articles about book art
You might like to try searching our bibliographic databases and indexes for journal articles relating to book art and artists' books.
Art Monthly and Printmaking Today frequently carry reviews of newly published artist's books and we also hold back copies of JAB: the journal of artists' books from 1999-2003.
| Title | Description |
|---|---|
| artonpaper | "The international art magazine dedicated to prints, drawings, photography and artist's books from old masters to contemporary" |
| Bookarts Newsletter | Published by the Center for Fine Print Research at UWE, back issues and the current edition of Bookarts Newsletter can be downloaded from this link |
| The Bonefolder | A peer-reviewed “open-access” e-journal for bookbinding and the book arrts. Contains articles on a variety of book arts topics. These include hand bookbinding, teaching, business practice, the history of the book, the book as art, general tips & tricks, exhibitions, how-to technical articles, and reviews |
| Dog eared magazine | This excellent site provides links to the personal websites of Artists who have contributed to the journal, as well as additional supporting resources to accompany the articles and features of the hard copy version |
| Umbrella | Umbrella covers both mail art and artist's books, and the site includes an archive going back to 1996 |
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