Joanna Gibbs

Joanna Gibbs
Rag-and-Bone Shop Books
Mobile: 07905-117856
Email: j.gibbs577@btinternet.com

Leaf Watermarks, 2008, one off, hand bound with tracing paper semi-soft covers. Original essay on impermanence produced using rubber stamps and a manual typewriter. Illustrated with drawing, stitching and digital photographs of the traces of leaves left on pavements after rain. Ink-jet printed on baking paper, tracing paper, Bockingford Watercolour paper and chiffon; book size closed, 21cm x 17cm. Category: one-off; Available in a limited edition of 20, priced £55 + p&p

The Fairy Hunt, 2007, one-off, hand bound with hard covers in grey buckram,
Digital photographs, printed then painted and hand embroidered on Windsor & Newton Rag; book size closed 58 cm x  37.5 cm; Category: one-off; Available in a limited edition of 45 in either an A4 or A5 format, priced £55 or £75 respectively, plus p&p.

Road Leaves, 2008. This small concertina booklet (size closed 12.5 cm x  8.5 cm) of nine digital photographs of leaves seen on roads while cycling showcases a selection of images featured in a forthcoming, casebound limited edition, enquiries about which are welcome.

Squirrels, a celebration, 2010, scanned reproduction of an original concertina featuring hand-carved rubber stamp images of squirrels and leaves interspersed with hand-stitching on a found musical score of Henry Purcell’s ‘In these delightful, pleasant groves’, of 1676. Printed with non-archival ink on Somerset enhanced cotton paper, with hand-stamped bookcloth covers and a green bead stitched onto the squirrel’s eye; book size closed approx. 5.2cm x 5.5cm, unfurled 62cm. Category: uneditioned, priced £4 + p&p

Gladly, Once Again, 2010, scanned reproduction of a handbound original book with a lyrical narrative about the return of spring, illustrated with digitally-manipulated embroidered pages featuring dried leaves and seaweed and manipulated images of figures carved from wood. Printed with non-archival ink on Somerset enhanced cotton paper. Stitched with linen thread and bound into rubber-stamped cover boards with coloured stitched decoration; book size closed approx. 10cm x 8cm. Category: limited edition of 10, priced £14 + p&p