Nicoletta is a designer and cross-stitcher extraordinaire. On her blog Nikys Creations, she says that it's all about Primitive cross-stitch and more! Well part of the more is her beautiful paper craft.
She has lots of inspiration and Christmas ideas too! Start planning now so that you have your decorations are ready by the end of the year.
Pop over to Flash of the Hand to meet Erin Fletcher's August Artist of the Month, Jody Alexander.
I am fascinated by the different page colours of creamy white, when I stack uncovered books, and so I love what she has done with them in with her beautiful stacked Sedimentals Range.
How inspiring to hear that:
"I am 100% a hand tool gal and have no heavy equipment except an old copy
press that I occasionally use as a book press. I love my bone and
teflon folders, Olfa knife and scalpel and my sewing awl, and mostly
make non-adhesive bindings with exposed stitching on the spine – both
contemporary and historical."
Erin is a passionate bookbinder herself, and her insightful interview of talented Jody is well worth a read
The Kunstbibliothek is an art library in Berlin, specialising in the literature of the history of art. Since the 2nd of August, they have been hosting an exhibition in the foyer called Bestbooks.
"The exhibition presents various artists and the differing artistic
approaches that they represent in how to conceive of the artist's book
as an art form in its own right. ... The chosen artists
refashion, rupture, and add to the book as a medium. For them, the book
acts as a container for a carefully selected succession of sheets, with
each one evolving from the other" Staatliche Museen du Berlin
Some of the artists exhibiting their work include:
Lutz Fritsch
Paul
Halloran
Katharina Hinsberg
Pia Niewöhner
Norbert Prangenberg
Michel
Sauer
Nora
The entrance is Free and the exhibition will run until Sun 13th October.
Here is an video about the Kunstbibliothek
