ARTIST BOOKS

what are they?

Artist books are symbols of the artist themself. they are books of their own little treasures that can symbolise their present life, their past, future etc. These books can contain all their secrets, fears, hopes, dreams, emotions, thoughts, feelings, and other things that means something to them.

Here are some examples of artist books:

This one is by Janine Wong, she titled it the"Wong-book"



This one i found on anima designs, i don't know the title of the work, but i thought i was quite exsquisite so i chose it as an example:



This one is by Lisa Kokin, and as weird this seems, this is actually an artist book, this is called mixed media artis book:




MY ARTIST BOOK

I am using an old pink leather make-up case for my artist book, i have had it since i was younger so this can symbolise my past. I intend on putting lace around it to give it a unique texture and design. I think that keeping the pink colour will help symbolise my feminism from my past to now. Inside i will have treasured memories (my pages, not attached to the book) that are peices of artwork, these are images of me asending in age starting from when i was a baby to now. So far i have completed two of my pages, one of which will be one of my final pages as it is me as my currect age, the other will be one of the first as i am very young in this image;