Bridget Harris

After my last post I thought about an exercise I could do daily to try and unstick myself from the attitude of not wanting to take my work to the next stage by collage. I decided to do a daily teabag collage  now I know the teabags aren't a huge surface area but its more about cutting, tearing , sticking and regrouping my work . If I stick at it , I could turn my collages into a handmade book as a reference to what worked and what didn't,  as I become more confident I could increase the size .

Within my degree a module called "Making Techniques for Products" proved to be a challenge in having to make me decide what to make, as my work is textile art based I wanted something to sit along side this. After much thought  the decision to make Artists Handmade Books was made. I felt this would link in with the many days I spent at the London Metropolitan Archives searching through the Admission books, Billet Books and various other old ledgers not only for my studio practice but also my dissertation. I wanted my books to capture the same elements of my studio practice,by using cyanotype, embossing lace , wax and stitch.