Four 4-colour books, 2008 – 2015

Melbourne : the artist, 2008 – 2015. Four volumes, presented as a set, each with sculpted black card covers, hand stitched, title leaf and colophon, eight leaves of cut or torn coloured paper, 21x21cms when closed. Created in an edition of 32 examples, this is number 27, each book hand numbered.

The four titles are :

1. 4 x ½ A3 2008
2. 4 x ½ A3 on an incline 2008
3. 4 x ½ A3 sinusoidal 2014
4. 4 x ½ A3 horizontal tear 2015

‘Each book presents a colour narrative : four pastel ‘primaries’ making colour tableaux, introduced and closed off by black and white covers. The book size is based on a double square that can be cut out of an A3 sheet, folded to make a square page format. The colour pages are assembled from A3 sheets which have been halved : accurately in two cases (straight line orthogonal and straight line incline) or approximately (sinusoidal and horizontal tear).  The cut-outs on the cover hint at the kind of division or halving that the coloured sheets have been subjected to. Both halves are used in the edition of each book, so that each edition of 32 copies with 4 folded sheets (giving 16 pages) uses 64 sheet. For the approximate cuts (sinusoidal and horizontal tear), there is some variation inside the edition.’ – the artist.

An inventive and sculptural set of book works by the noted Melbourne poet, architect and artist.