Art of the book 2018 is an international juried exhibition of the Canadian Bookbinders and Books Artist Guild (CBBAG) member’s work. The exhibition opened in Victoria, British Columbia in August 2018 and travelled for two years across Canada. There were 124 entries and 67 of these works from eight countries were selected by the jury to be part of the travelling exhibition.

Competition category:
Artists’ Books

Title of the Work:
The Traveler’s Atelier

Dimensions:
Height 18.4 cm Width 25.78 cm Depth 1.9 cm

Description:
This 5 holes stab binding was bound with wax linen thread (#18, 4 cords). The joints of the articulated hard front cover and hinged back were reinforced with TVEK (PVA) before pasting (wheat) the book clothes. 2 tackets (made of Kozo) were used to bind the text block (printed at home on “Staples” card stock) together

Other materials:
Walnut (from the oneTree2017 exhibition), wooden beads and “Thai chunky Bamboo leaves”

Artist’s statement:
I recently took part of the “oneTree 2017” exhibit at the Robert Bateman Centre in Victoria, BC. Instead of turning a majestic tree into fire log, over 50 artists responded by making one-of-akind creations for the exhibition. Inspired by Japanese ledger, this book is meant to capture my artistic journey in making the “Traveler’s Atelier”. The wood pieces on the cover were spare parts of that project.