Heather Hunter

e-mail: heather@hunterbooks.co.uk

CV

Born in Luton in 1941 I did not begin my education in design and craft until after my family and continued until 1993 when I graduated from Oxford Brookes University with a BSc Hons in Psychology and Visual Studies. Continued my education at the Paper and Book Intensive, Salt Lake City , & Portland , Oregon , Streamboat Springs, Colarado, USA2003/04/05

 

Recent Exhibitions

2006 ‘Sharp Impressions' Library's Artists Books Study Area, UWE Bristol.

2005 ‘Paper Chase' supporting' Drawing with Scissors' – Henri Matisse

at Nature in Art Gloucestershire.

2005/07 ‘ Arcadia id est' Artists' books, Nature and the Landscape a Touring exhibition.

2005 ‘Works on Paper' Platform gallery, Clitheroe.

 

Statement

The versatility of paper allied to digital and collagraph printing, and using various binding methods all result in the book forms that I have produced to date.

Environmental memories (memory of place) are a universal human experience producing feelings unique to each person. My books are my response to those feelings. To touch, read and explore will produce unique feelings that become the reader's own environmental memory.

I offer workshops of the following kind: Weekend workshops, One-day workshops linked with exhibitions and One/two day workshops on Book Structures individually designed for artists groups. I am a member of Paper weight and the Society of Bookbinders.

 

Patterned Landscapes

2004. A visual response to a year's contact with a special garden, Turn End, Haddenham, Bucks. Digital art as a medium with collagraph embossing throughout supported by an origami folded spine. Covers are transfer printed cotton. Presented in a perspex slipcase. 195mm by 185 mm with 25 pp. Limited Edition of 30 £200 +p/p £10

 

Precious

Precious

2000. All things that are precious to me fitting in the palm of the hand. 4 Collagraphs and 4 drypoint engravings on acrylic on Saunders Waterford paper with one page hand set in 10pt Univers Bold printed letterpress. Fan binding with a shell shaped cover of layered wood. Presented in a box. 150mm by 90mm. One off £80 +p/p £5

 

Progress

Progress

2005. Box with French doors and a modern twist background opening to reveal a tunnel book from old garden images. 200mm by 150mm. Series each One off £75 +p/p £5

 

Looking for Shakespeare's Flowers

Looking for Shakespeare's Flowers

2004. Photographs of flowers plus their quote references of where to find them in Shakespeare's work seen through hand paper cut 16th century knot garden designs. 4 needle sewn open spine with Japanese cloth covered board covers.185mm by 130mm Limited edition of 3 £75 +p/p £5

 

Miniatures

Miniatures

Books inspired by travelling past and present. Digitally printed concertina in bookcloth covered case bindings. Presented in bookcloth covered slip cases. All 60mm by 74mm.

 

Food and Flowers of Life

2005 includes a Turkish folded page limited edition of 10 £50 +p/p £4

Proof of Travel

2005 edition of 10 £50 +p/p £4

Journey with a purpose

2005 edition of 10 £50+p/p £4

 

Washed up

Washed up

2005. Text conveying feelings about retirement. On handmade paper with found object in a Chinese whirlwind binding. Presented in a found box .130 mm by 5mm when rolled.

One off £60 +p/p £5

 

Treasures

2002. Beauty of things incomplete and/or impermanent. Collection of images as a record of memories of a museum collection. Book in a Japanese bookcloth covered case binding. Presented in a slipcase. 135mm by 130mm. Limited edition of 5 £60+p/p £5

 

Wabi Sabi

2005. Inspired by the Japanese aesthetic movement of the same name. A board book, case bound.145mm by 190mm. limited edition of 10 £50 +p/p £5

 

Unique Melody: Hildegard of Bingen

2000. A celebration of Hildegard of Bingen's writings and imagery. A modern interpretation of an illuminated book.

The text and images are computer generated and transferred to hand dyed Japanese Washi paper. Hand-sewn to 150 gsm paper. Book construction has an exposed stitched spine over leather straps which attach to transfer painted book cloth cover. 330 mm by 390 mm. All presented in a noil silk drawstring bag.

one off £250 +p/p £15