clockwatching

clockwatching study, originally uploaded by aesop.

Over the last few days I've been working on my PhD studies and trying to get a little book together for an exhibition around a 'sitting room' theme. I've been working on ideas around grandfather clocks.

nightmilling (study)

nightmilling (study), originally uploaded by aesop.

uploading a load of material from sketchbooks now to add to my studio journal.

This study is from work for a series of prints I'm working on to do with windmills.

Reading room, Bristol Reference Library

Reading room, Bristol Reference Library, originally uploaded by aesop.

From a set of photos I took for the forthcoming book on the library, which celebrates its centenary this year.

Holden's silence

a slideshow of the images used in my book Hoden's Silence.

coptic stitch

coptic stitch, originally uploaded by aesop.

A how to diagram for Guerilla Bookbinding which will be happening at Spike Island in February. I'm going to produce a whole booklet like this with the 6-10 different bindings I'll be teaching.

Click the picture to see at higher resolution (look for 'all sizes')

Hugh & Andi at the LAB

Hugh & Andi, originally uploaded by aesop.

(Hugh Bryden and Andi McGarry)

At the London Artists' Books fair at the ICA this weekend. I had a really good, productive time 9even though I was surrounded by a superabundance of tempting artworks and all the expense that the metropolis can throw to a man with my modest tastes (I even order a cheap curry on a boozy night out)I took a lot of notes and made contact with a number of people whose work I'd like to find out more about. I came up with a couple of ideas whilst there, too, but they await a bit of further thought before I write them up. I was a bit disappointed in my own books. They looked a bit sad and unloved, and not really up to the standard I'd like to reflect. For the moment I'm putting it down to a bit of a flirtation with trying to make commercially-viable work, and a bit of aridity arising from too much computer work. Suffice it to say that at the moment my fingers are mucky with charcoal, and though I'm still a bit timid about feeling that my books are getting better, it felt good.

I.F., originally uploaded by aesop.

for illustration friday

Lisle's Man

Lisle's Man, originally uploaded by aesop.

a mock up of the book I'm currertly working on.

The Remembrancer

Patrick Moore

Patrick Moore, originally uploaded by aesop.

My favourire cyclopean astronomer.

self portrait

self portrait, originally uploaded by aesop.

 

Mountain pass

mountains4, originally uploaded by aesop.

This photo relates to The Remembrancer, an artists' book I produced several years ago, with the assistance of Richard Asplin, who salvaged these photos, (along with the invitation to the Lord Mayor's Banquet, 1933) from the trash.

stone

stone, originally uploaded by aesop.

This little stone comes from the shore in South Queensferry, where I grew up. I've had it on my desk for several years, reminding me where I come from. I use it as a sort of meditation aid and "worry bead". I know its contours and composition so well I can handle it in my imagination almost as well as real life. It's partly quartz, so the light shines through, it's cool and smooth. It means a lot to me.

the persistence of vanity

the persistence of vanity, originally uploaded by aesop.

 

the persistence of vanity

the persistence of vanity, originally uploaded by aesop.

 

bz

bz, originally uploaded by aesop.

soon to be realized as a gigantic steel sculpture over Bristol.

Nah, just wishful thinkin'.

We only get ships'n'engineerin'n'ships hereabouts. How about a monument to CIDER?

from Southey diary

from Southey diary, originally uploaded by aesop.

 

at Bath

at Bath, originally uploaded by aesop.

 

at Blaise Castle

at Blaise Castle, originally uploaded by aesop.

Photos from the collection recently discovered at Bristol central Library.

tea at Tranquility

tea at Tranquility, originally uploaded by aesop.