Persona" Different Hats - by MICRO on madeit

Persona" Different Hats - by MICRO on madeit

Cover of "Persona: Different Hats"

colour centrefold

I've finally taken the step of setting up a store with "madeit" to see if anyone is interested in the art stuff that I make, particularly the artist books and zines. I'm still trying to get set up but the system seems friendly enough. At least being aussie based you don't have to post OS all the time. This makes the cost of cheap little books exorbitant. Not sure if I'm quite in the right environment though. Not a lot of "art" but a lot of kiddies clothes (all hand-made of course) I know artist books is a largely little known genre of art endeavour here in Australia but this test may give me more feedback.... or maybe not??

As well as "Persona: different Hats", I'm putting some of my remainders books on. A blast from the past particularly "Empire Unmade"

"From Shells" zine

Cover

images and words 

another page

"From Shells" is a tiny handmade 8 page zine made from one folded A4 page.The little zine is 75mm X 105mm and each one is numbered and signed by the artist (that's me). They contain colour copies of 8 tiny mixed media drawings inspired by sea shells. The first 10 of the edition have sold so if you have your eye on one let me know quickly and you can have one for the princely sum of $3.00 which will cover the cost of production and I'll post it to you as well for no extra cost.You may like to visit my store to check out my other little surprises.

zine finished

"black card cover with individualised print"

inside cover and Nepalese paper end-sheet

acid free centrefold

signed end page and Nepalese paper end-sheet

I have finally bound and completed a sample of my little booklet of poems "Persona: different hats". The poems were my response to an art exhibition for the Mind in Art group held a few years ago at Redland Art Gallery,Cleveland.
The edition will be limited to 30 signed copies and include a centrefold of 2 images of my works related to the poems. The booklet of 12 pages is hand sewn and printed on 120gsm paper, the centrefold is acid free. I have sewn in some handmade paper end sheets to finish off the booklet.
This replaces a little Japanese style stab-bound book I made for these poems earlier. That edition of 10 became exhausted and I've had some requests for the poems hence the new edition.
I plan to sell these online once I get a shop organised (not sure how to do this yet - let me know if you have any advice re Etsy etc). You can visit my store where this little zine will be on sale for Christmas.
I will send the first half dozen  to interested people who get in touch with me via my email jackoudyn@bigpond.com and will look forward to their feedback.

"Blind"

Just finished another tiny Japanese inspired artist book.

I have added interactive inserts which have little threads attached to help you get them out of the little Tokyo subway ticket envelopes.
 

BLIND

too easy

to close

your eyes

blinded to the facts

watch them

carefully

from the corner

of your eye

I’ll train my eyes

to see

when

my mind is blind

despite appearances

he has missed

the whole point

eyes open/shut

your eyelids

don’t change

mind is open/closed

The inserts each contribute to the little poem "Blind".
There are only 3 copies in this edition.A tiny edition for a tiny book!
Hope you enjoy it.

Another Little Book - "Third Eye"

 The Japanese earthquake continues to take up so much of our thoughts. The utter devastation is just impossible to imagine.

The Third Eye is another tiny artist book made from the little subway envelopes used in Tokyo. The images and binding are much more Japanese influenced but include some poetry as well. The interactive, take the pages out of the envelope and examine, aspect is continued from the previous book and I expect to do a few more in this tiny scale.


 "Third Eye" is in an edition of 3.

THIRD EYE

pachinko clown

eyes shut tight

clam-like

third eye corner

hides passions

best forgotten

cruel eyes

entice you

to SCREAM

close your eyes

for his

softest kiss

eyes are dreaming

tired and sleepy

closed to reality