about the work

This is a website about my artwork.

I work mostly with books to produce works of art that utilise the book's special properties to contain narrative and immerse the viewer. My books are strongly narrative in content, and my area of concentration is in the content itself rather than on the external appearances of the book. My preference when working on my own books is for working on the passage from image into story, reflected in my other interests in film and animation. However, my recent research is challenging me to try less familiar practices...

Many of my books have a historical source behind them. I´ve often found subjects for my books in the details of varied source materials. Often, I will build up a story from the original materials that recasts the evidence in a new light.

For the past few years and for a few more to come I've been consolidating my knowledge in the field of artists' books, working towards a PhD. I've been thinking, writing and researching about what artists' books enable in artists' practices.

Does the book form endow the artists who favour it with an interface to their proccupations that they find peculiarly apt? If so, in what ways? What can I- as a book artist myself- have to add to this enquiry?

With this in mind, I've been keeping track of my practice in my studio journal weblog, Adminicle, and producing occasional writings. I'd welcome any constructive critical feedback you'd like to offer.

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