The mean bone
Research output: Non-textual form › Artefact
This small hard backed concertina book measures 8cm x 9cm closed.
Length 112cm when fully extended.
Folding concertina with 16 pages printed in black and white with spot orange.
Digitally printed in one section on heavyweight matt stock.
All numbered, signed and embossed with Damp Flat Books’ logo.
Cover is hardback bound with 2-tone orange book cloth.
Outer casing is a black card slipcase with dye-cut arrow.
First edition of 20 produced in Brighton in 2017.
Micro Artist’s Book containing a selection of illustrated idioms from several languages (Welsh, French, German, English, Latvian and Spanish). The idioms are all unkind expressions that reveal our inherent impatience with other human beings. The title ‘Mean Bone’ comes from the English expression “She hasn’t got a mean bone in her body” (to mean a kindly person), this book however, contains only ‘mean bones’ - all the snide comments that undermine. The Illustrations are a combination of scraper-board and lino cuts, artistic methods chosen to reflect the scratching and cutting of our languages - words can be painful.
Original language | English |
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Place of Publication | Brighton |
Publisher | Damp Flat Books |
Edition | 1 |
Publication status | Published - 1 Apr 2017 |
Documents
- Mean bone anim
Final published version, 2.44 MB, video/mp4
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The mean bone
Research output: Non-textual form › Exhibition
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R'UK'SSIAN artist’s book: artist’s book in the UK and Russia international project
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The Mean Bone
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Damp in ditchwater: a satirical staged narrative revealed through an artist’s book
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Damp in ditchwater (2009)
Research output: Non-textual form › Exhibition
The 4th Sheffield International Artist’s Book Prize Exhibition: Artist's Book: READ
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Beyond Dickens - artists' book show
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Building Memories: The Art of Remembering
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Anxious Homes (2009)
Research output: Non-textual form › Exhibition
R'UK'SSIAN artist’s book: artist’s book in the UK and Russia international project
Research output: Non-textual form › Exhibition
Battered (2009)
Research output: Non-textual form › Exhibition
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Headroom (2009)
Research output: Non-textual form › Exhibition
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