According to the V&A museum artist books maintain a traditional structure of a book, they are usually limited addition or one offs. some often take up contemporary forms and are usually created by the artist themselves.
This form of book was thought to originate from 20th Century France know as livre d’artiste. This is where artist books were printed from a direct resource from the artist, rather than a piece taken from the artist and modified later on.
This is an example of an original artist book by Genevieve Seille, the interesting thing about this is it has pop up sections and looks as if the sides of the book pull out.
Vam.ac.uk. 2020. Artists’ Books – Victoria And Albert Museum. [online] Available at: <http://www.vam.ac.uk/content/articles/a/books-artists/> [Accessed 13 May 2020].
Zines can be pamphlets, information booklets, image books and can take up a variety of forms. there is not set rule they could be pop up, a fold out poster ect. It’s exciting to think of the possibilities.
I am quite interested in making a artist book/zine that shows the process of making a book. or a material book to show my experimentation with fabric and paper. it could be interesting to experiment with scale, I could make a mini book that sits alongside my end collection. I kind of think if it was a miniature book it would be unusual more precious. also creating a hands on book means that people can really feel the structures and the quality of the papers. giving people something to explore rather than not enables people to explore my work using their senses and can connect and engage with my project more.Moving Forward I am going to experiment with the templates of both and have a look at examples.
Lara Hoad Artist Designer: Maker 