Friday, March 4, 2022

John Shimon, Untitled, cyanotype, 2021

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Front cover The first cyanotype accordion for this blog! This work was sent to me by my friend John Shimon, an offbeat and well established ...
Monday, February 28, 2022

Anders Nilsen, ABRAXAS: Box landscape with chase scene, 2019, ed. 250

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Front of the wraparound cover I'm posting Anders' story of how this book came about and where it fits in with his other book project...
Saturday, February 26, 2022

Hokusai, Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji, Prestel Verlag, Munich, London, New York, 2019/2021

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Accordion and its slipcase A smart and compact reproduction of Japanese artist Katsushika Hokusai's (1760-1849) famous series of prints ...

Pascale Estellon, ABÉCÉDAIRE, Editions des Grandes Personnes, Paris, 2016, 2nd edition

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Cover of the book's wraparound cover This is a really well designed  abécédaire or alphabet book, with 2 page spreads for each letter co...
Thursday, February 24, 2022

R. Clarke-Davis, "a bOOK OF WaNdER What'S bECOMINg cOMMONPLaCE," and "Um Livrinho Cotidiano: Porém," Kiddy Viddy Press, 2021

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Two recent accordion/puzzle books from Clarke-Davis. The first one,  a bOOK OF WaNdER What'S bECOMINg cOMMONPLaCE , is the most explicit...
Wednesday, February 23, 2022

Bill Gaglione, Fluxus, 2022

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A surprise accordion from Picasso Gaglione in Knoxville. Definitely a minimalist piece from this post-dada artist — stripped down to the bas...

Sally Pine, Alphabet Alligator, Autumn Publishing, London, 2021

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I recently took a dive into looking at other types of accordion books, and I surfaced amongst the longstanding tradition of children's a...