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'The artists book is inventive, and part of a ‘diverse, tactile area of contemporary printmaking’ (Selenitsch 2008: 3). Although it is difficult to define an artists book because of variability in the use and combination of papers and materials, display, unorthodox shape and fragility, a general definition could be: ‘An artists book is a book made by an artist, and is meant as an artwork’ (Selenitsch 2008: 5). It can also be categorised as an independent art form and part of a ‘living, changing discipline’ (Selenitsch 2008: 5), where a more specific definition would appear to be impossible.' (Introduction)
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Epigraph: Books can be vessels of possibility. Like seeds, they contain potential for expansion and transformation. -Pati Scobey
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http://www.axonjournal.com.au/issue-14/altered-books
Altered Books : Materiality and Poetics
Axon : Creative Explorations
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