Tuesday, 12 July 2011

Future Fantasteek! No.11 - Sunbeams From Cucumbers

Future Fantasteek! Issue No.11 - Sunbeams From Cucumbers is out now.
Softback Zine printed in colour on cream, yellow and tinted papers, saddle-stitched.
A5 size containing 16 printed pages. Blue card cover with small dye-cut and free saint card insert. Brighton 2011, edition size of fifty.

This issue features two guest artists.


Joe Kolessides - http://www.flickr.com/photos/happyhateful

Gregory Reuben Levitt - http://www.gregoryreubenlevitt.com

So far, issue 11 has found itself a home at these locations...
  • Centre for Fine Print Research, UWE, Bristol, School of Creative Arts, U.K. 
  • Printed Historical Sources, 1914-present, The British Library, London, U.K. 
  • Iniva (Institute of International Visual Arts), Rivington Place, London, U.K. 
  • Library and Archive, Tate, Millbank, London, U.K. 
  • National Art Library, Victoria and Albert Museum, South Kensington, London, U.K. 
  • Library, London College of Communication, Elephant and Castle, London, U.K. 
  • Zineopolis, University of Portsmouth, Portsmouth, U.K. 
  • University of Brighton, St Peter's House Library, Brighton, U.K. 
  • University of Iowa, University Libraries, Iowa City, IA, U.S.A. 
  • Reed College Library, Portland, OR, U.S.A. 
  • Newark Public Library, Newark, NJ, U.S.A. 
  • Jaffe Center for Book Arts, Florida Atlantic University Library, Boca Raton, FL, U.S.A. 
  • Joan Flasch Artists' Book Collection, Chicago, IL, U.S.A. 
  • Aboveground Zine Library, Kenner, LA, U.S.A. 
  • Duke University, Durham NC, U.S.A. 
  • Colorado College Special collections, Colorado Springs, CO, U.S.A. 
  • Toronto Zine Library, Toronto, ON, Canada. 
  • {Disarmed}, Bedeteca de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal.

Friday, 8 July 2011

Printmaking Today Vol 20 No2

There's an article about Future Fantasteek! zines in the current issue of Printmaking Today Vol 20 No2 Summer 2011. The feature's written by Sarah Bodman - Senior Research Fellow for Artists' Books at the Centre for Fine Print Research (CFPR), where she runs projects investigating and promoting contemporary book arts.


Sunday, 3 July 2011

Future Fantasteek! on show in the Bingham Center Zine Collection.

The Future Fantasteek! Mini-tour has now opened at the Sallie Bingham Center for Women's History and Culture, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, USA. Celebrating ten issues, Future Fantasteek! is on display along with the original sketchbooks in the Lilly Library foyer, Duke University East Campus, from June 20-October 7, 2011.

Click here for exhibition information and links...
http://exhibits.library.duke.edu/exhibits/show/ffzine

On Duke University's Facebook Page...
https://www.facebook.com/#!/binghamcenter

On Duke University's FlickR Page, more to follow..
http://www.flickr.com/photos/sbcwhc/



Thanks for the pictures to Kelly Wooten - Curator and archivist at the Bingham Center.

Friday, 27 May 2011

Future Fantasteek! at Colorado College - Special Collections

1st April - 31st May
First leg of the American tour - Future Fantasteek! all ten issues, sketchbook pages and catalogue were shown in the Colorado College Special Collections.

Thank you to Jessy Randall, Curator and Archivist for the images.




Wednesday, 4 May 2011

Future Fantasteek! University of the West of England, Bristol, 27 April 2011 - 14 June 2011

The Future Fantasteek! Mini-Tour has now moved on to its next UK venue.



University of the West of England, Bristol, UK.
Tom Trusky Exhibition Cases. Special Collections Room, Bower Ashton Library.
27 April 2011 - 14 June 2011
http://www.bookarts.uwe.ac.uk/jbatey11.htm

Monday, 2 May 2011

Book Arts Newsletter No.65


The May - (mid) June 2011 Book Arts Newsletter, No. 65 is now ready for download at:
http://www.bookarts.uwe.ac.uk/banlists.htm

It features Future Fantasteek! No.10 and information about the mini-tour of all ten issues plus sketchbooks, now about to start showing at At Bower Ashton Library, UWE Bristol. Plus lots more information about artists' books, opportunities and exhibitions.

Saturday, 9 April 2011

HOME - Sat 23 Apr - Sat 11 Jun Quay Arts, Isle of Wight.

I recently produced artwork for the HOME Artists' Book. It consists of 50 die-cut houses exploring the individual home-based memories of 50 British illustrators. This special collection will be for sale throughout the exhibition at Quay Arts, Sea Street , Newport Harbour, Isle of Wight PO30 5BD
I'll post more images of the finished book when I have some.