Artist Books
Prestonholm
2009
An exploration into a valley where there was once a flax mill. All traces of the mill and hamlet have virtually disappeared.
12 x 24cm; 16pp; pages digitally printed with screenprinted cover and dyed Japanese paper insert. £20
Herbarium Catalogue
2009
A catalogue containing the complete set of artists’ proofs of the ‘Herbarium’ series of etched and hand cut plant specimens.
39 x 29 x 8cm; Hand-made book with hand cut etchings, screenprints and letterpress.
Portable Museum
2002 - present
boxed set of artist’s books bound in white buckram, 35.5 x 31.5 x 9.5cm, with inset painting, gouache on board, 19 x 15cm
Edinburgh, a visual handbook
2007
A visual exploration of the city splitting it into three distinct sections, The Old Town, The New Town and the valley area between and allowing the viewer to peel back the layers to reveal what was there before.
15 x 12cm; 32pp; four colour printing throughout; unlimited edition; ISBN 978-1-904443-19-3; £12
On Drawing and Drawings, an altered book, facsimile edition
2007
An altered book in which the idea of regeneration is explored through the interplay of fresh drawings of plants which were collected on derelict sites over reproductions of master drawings and the text describing them.
17.5 x 12cm; 22pp; digitally printed on Prescia Book and Epson Matte papers; edition of 100; £20
Selected Scottish Drawings, an altered book, selected facsimile edition
2007
as above
16 x 12cm; 22pp; digitally printed on Prescia Book and Epson Matte papers; edition of 100; £20
Cobweb I
2005
16.5 x 16.5cm; hand cut Japanese paper with digital print on Epson Matte paper, with envelope; edition of 100; £50
Garden Maps I and II
2005
30 x 15cm opening out to 60 x 90cm; etching on Japanese paper with cover screenprinted on Somerset Satin; edition of 50; £170
Roundabout, Rond Point
2004
Set of two books one a collection of roundabouts in the UK, opening on the LHS, the other a collection of French roundabouts, opening from the RHS. The books highlight and question the contrast of care of these areas and therefore the differing attitudes to civic pride.
boxed set; 12.5 x 32.5 x 2.5cm bound in white buckram with colophon page; each book 15 x 10.5cm; 47pp; digitally printed on Epson Matte Paper; binding posts with acetate covers; edition of 30; £140
Monktonhall
2004
Concertina book showing the flooding and demolition of Monktonhall Colliery then the redevelopment thereafter.
24 x 9cm, opening out to 24 x 72cm; screenprinted on BFK Rives with coloured pencil additions; edition of 40; £60
Lothianbridge Viaduct
2004
Concertina book showing the unused Lothianbridge viaduct, Midlothian with trees growing along the length of it.
17 x 14cm, opening out to 140cm; screenprinted on BFK Rives; edition of 40; £40
Stronmacnair
2003
Record of an abandoned cottage near Ben Lomond with extracts from the census indicating the original residents.
9.5 x 18cm; 42pp; ring bound with acetate covers; digitally printed on Epson Matte and Japanese papers; edition of 25; £80
Legacy
2003
A collection of labels from home made preserves, dried herbs and frozen food made by my mother. Dedicated to her.
10 x 11.5cm bound in white buckram; presented in plastic bag; 48pp; digitally printed on Epson Matte paper; edition of 20; £80
Wild Plants Collected in Midlothian
2002
Concertina book showing a whole year through the changing flora with each page representing a month and extending to a continuous frieze 300cm long.
slip case bound in white buckram, 16.5 x 26.5 x 2cm; etching printed on BFK Rives with cover screenprinted on Somerset Satin; edition of 50; £215
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