Micro Library Books is an independent publishing platform specialising in the design and production of pocket-sized, limited edition books and packaging. Each of the miniature books is designed by artist Lee Shearman and made by hand. You can find out more about the collection of books here. These mini concerta books are very cute and […]
The “in the Spotlight” posts are back with a few more additions. We had another BABE festival earlier this year which once again featured some amazing Book Artists and Illustrators which I thought I would share with you. She has a great portfolio which you can explore on her website however one of my favours […]
It has been a busy year and I am pleased that I seem to have developed a more regular blogging habit which I am hoping to carry on through to 2019. To round off the year, I decided that I would share our top posts. Top 5 blog posts So to start here are the […]
Today we are featuring Hazard Press. Everything is written, designed, and made by hand in Wales by Jeremy Dixon. He combines his own poetry with his book art. Hazard Press be exhibiting all the books made for the #Making52BooksIn52WeeksChallenge which will be on display at Bower Ashton Library (UWE Bristol Bower Ashton Campus) from 27 […]
Today we are featuring Corinne Welch who is a self-employed designer/illustrator living and working in Bristol. Be sure to check out her blog and instagram @corinne_welch_ for some beautiful examples of her work. According to her website she also wears another hat as a self-employed graphic designer specialising in communications for the voluntary sector (see www.goodthinkingcommunications.net). […]
The first diary that I have bought for 2018 was the Rifle Paper Co Planner 17-18 which is a 17-month planner covering August 2017 until December 2018. I got the “tapestry” cover (pictured below) but there are loads of wonderful floral patterns to choose from. I bought my very fist Rifle Paper Co Planner (2016-17 […]
BookCasePress is a small self publishing press set up by Eileen White and Noriko Suzuki-Bosco. Eileen White is an artist based in Winchester, she makes site-responsive artist books and installations using paper, stitch and a variety of printing processes. Noriko Suzuki-Bosco is a visual artist and a PhD candidate based in Winchester. She is […]
Battenburg Press are Lucy May Schofield and Sylvia Waltering. They work collboratively and independently. Some of my favourite works include: Letters of Triangles (LMS) and A to Z of an Affair (SW). http://battenburgpress.tumblr.com/
Two Wood Press Two Wood Press is the letterpress and printmaking workshop of Andrew Morrison and Donald Workman, founded in 2005 their workshop is in Chalford, near Stroud, Gloucestershire. We work with handset metal and wooden type, woodcut and other relief methods of printing. They print artists’ books, posters and cards and use printing in […]
Amber Hsu (徐碧莉//xúbìlì) is a Chinese-born, US-raised, UK-based writer, poet, filmmaker, visual artist, and small press publisher. She is also the creator of #OnePoundPoems — a live, verse-making endeavour involving a 1936 Remington Portable typewriter, a handful of willing poets, and the goodwill of strangers. In 2013, she conceived of and created Tiny Pencil — an independent, […]