Nine Journeys

Hares - Ronnie Creswell

2012-01-26T11:36:00.000-08:00

Ronnie's contribution to Book 4 is typical of her analytic approach. She works in a wide range of media including photography, painting and drawing media to create final pieces in both digital and more in more traditional manner.

Subject matter is predominantly the natural world with the landscape featuring in many of her pieces.

Who else can remember her slide dissolve of all the bridges on a long train journey or photographs taken from the back of her partners motorbike.

Ronnie Creswell is now based in Dorset having completed a BA in Fine Art at the Surrey Institute in Farnham.

Find out more about her work on www.ronniecreswell.co.uk

Gaynor McMorrin - film

2012-01-02T14:16:00.000-08:00

Gaynor McMorrin has included this 'still' from a film originally created for 'Lines and Strata 2' - a travelling exhibition of contemporary drawing in Wales (see http://linesandstrata.wordpress.com/ ) which featured work across a wide variety of drawing techniques.
Gaynor uses the rhythm of the waves on on her local beach combined with the landscape of the human body to create a short film. This still features one of her small ceramic sculptures of a sleeping figure.
This book is currently en-route to Japan for the next stage of its journey
See more of Gaynors work on http://www.mcmorrin.co.uk

Nazir Tanbouli

2011-09-30T13:18:00.000-07:00

Nazir Tanbouli added this typically lively drawing in black ink, to the book. Known for his murals and wall art featuring strong narrative content, punctuated with text and a sense that the image is one part of storyboard- there is always more to find out.....
For more information about his work see http://www.nazirtanbouli.com

Nazir is also involved with http://www.studio75.org.uk/ an artist run space in East London, for artists to produce, discuss and present their work and presents exhibitions, screenings and events.

East London Book

2011-09-27T04:46:00.000-07:00

One of the books has been progressing around East London and has made three stops and was returned last week with really exciting contents.
More details about the individual artists and their work will follow separately.

Prince of Dyfed by Paul Steffan Jones

2011-09-05T01:37:00.000-07:00

The latest page received back was a poem:

Paul Steffan Jones is a poet from West Wales.
' Lull of the Bull,' his first book of poetry, was published in 2010 by Starborn books. and is due to be followed by his second early next year. Paul's work is regularly included in poetry periodicals and magazines. If you like to hear more of his work he will be reading at the Penfro Book Festival- Sunday 18th September at Rhosygilwen, nr Cardigan.
For more information see http://penfrobookfestival.info/

Book 6 Page 1-Menace and Paranoia

2011-05-23T11:00:00.000-07:00

The latest page from the journeys project has come from Glenn Ibbitson- he tells me it is a storyboard page from his next film. Location is inspired by the Bishops Palace at St. Davids, Pembrokeshire.

Watercolour

For more work and information about this artists go to

Glenns website

BOOK 9 page 1- Diane Walkey

2011-04-27T13:21:00.000-07:00

The first book to start travelling has been book 9.
Page 1 was completed by Diane Walkey- a view of her garden. This uses plant materials to provide sensitive areas of colour.
See more of her work at http://www.dianewalkey.com

Nine Journeys Project

2011-04-05T11:59:00.000-07:00

This project originated with me, Carole King, whose fine art practice is concerned with maps and the landscape. My previous work has used various media, painting and printmaking including blacklight, illuminated installations, to create 2D images.

The use of individual books as the vehicle for making work and the concept of artists books which

are usually created by one maker working around a specific theme or idea, has been perverted in this project. The content of these books will be a collaborative project, its diverse contents largely determined by chance.

Nine similar concertina books have been dispatched en-route around the world. Think of the book as taking a journey, encountering people and places on its way, making notes as it goes. The recipient has been asked to complete a single page, photographs or scan it contents (which they email back to me) and send it on to a new location. The books are linked to this blogsite, which will document their real time progress and location.

The books will be dispatched shortly and, just as on preview night, I am wondering what the response will be.

Concertina Books

2011-04-04T11:05:00.001-07:00

Nine books have now been constructed and are ready to go.Just smaller than A5 they will easily go straight into a standard envelope. They have 6 spaces each side of the concertina folds plus 2 inside covers.
I still have to finalise my list of the first group of artists and writers to receive them and the information to accompany the books.