Corner is the final book work in a series inspired by living in Corner Brook’s Townsite area. It is also the culmination of my research project into Artist’s Publishing. In this piece I return to the use of photogravure to create a hand printed and bound book work. The reading experience provides an interplay between the architecture of the book and of the imagery. The images lead the viewer through domestic spaces; starting with sparsely furnished entrances and gradually moving into more densely filled and layered living spaces. Each page spread cradles an unoccupied space charged with implied conversations between absent inhabitants.
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Hand bound accordion book work with slipcase. The structure is held closed into a codex form by sewing across the spine into the end pages. 26.1 × 13.2 × 2.4 cm (closed dimension). 2013
Front and back end pages slip into the cover pockets. The book block is printed in photogravure on somerset paper and the cover is inkjet on coated tyvek.
View of front cover and slipcase.
View of front endpapers. Photogravure. 9.875 × 9.82 cm (page spread). 2013.
Title page. Photogravure. 9.875 × 9.82 cm (page spread). 2013.
Image 1 page spread. Photogravure. 9.875 × 9.82 cm (page spread). 2013.
Image 2 page spread. Photogravure. 9.875 × 9.82 cm (page spread). 2013.
Image 3 page spread. Photogravure. 9.875 × 9.82 cm (page spread). 2013.
Image 4 page spread. Photogravure. 9.875 × 9.82 cm (page spread). 2013.
Image 5 page spread. Photogravure. 9.875 × 9.82 cm (page spread). 2013.
Image 6 page spread. Photogravure. 9.875 × 9.82 cm (page spread). 2013.
Image 7 page spread. Photogravure. 9.875 × 9.82 cm (page spread). 2013.
Image 8 page spread. Photogravure. 9.875 × 9.82 cm (page spread). 2013.
Image 9 page spread. Photogravure. 9.875 × 9.82 cm (page spread). 2013.
Image 10 page spread. Photogravure. 9.875 × 9.82 cm (page spread). 2013.
Image 11 page spread. Photogravure. 9.875 × 9.82 cm (page spread). 2013.
Colophon. Photogravure. 9.875 × 9.82 cm (page spread). 2013.
Back endpaper. Photogravure. 9.875 × 9.82 cm (page spread). 2013.
Back cover. Inkjet on coated tyvek. 2013.
Expanded view of page spreads. Photogravure. 9.875 × 9.82 cm (page spread). 2013.