Amanda Watson-Will's Page

I apologize if this is the wrong forum to be raising this, but I felt it was a bit broad for any single group stream.
I am wondering if anyone knows of a good shop for oriental papers in Melbourne? The Sydney shop Amazing Papers looks great, but I find it difficult to match colours shopping online, and I'd like to be able to actually go into a shop. I am in Brisbane and have visited Eckersley's which is the best source I know of here, but next week I'll be in Melbourne so I thought I could look… Continue

Over the next month or so I will be documenting my progress as I try to make my first artist's books in porcelain.

I have two books planned, an accordian and a flag book. With rigid "pages" like clay, another material has to be used to allow movement. The other option is to make the book as a purely sculptural piece, subverting the whole idea of movement and progression through the book, by creating an immovable form.

I have started posting my progress on… Continue

Hi Everyone! I've just joined the forum and I really hope to make some friends and share some information here. I've just returned from 7 weeks in the UK and 1 week in Paris and although the purpose of the trip was a family reunion, my second goal was to search out as much as I could about artists books. I was lucky enough to see the Blood on Paper exhibition at the V&A and posted some of my impressions in a blog post a few weeks ago. It is by no means a full review, just my thoughts, but if… Continue