J Phillips Williams
Place Unknown
2005
Place Unknown
2005
I make books out of scraps. Does that make them scrapbooks? I suppose they are. At the very least, it's my way of keeping things that come across my desk, making compositions that look interesting. Green is a good color, but orange is even better. Numbers: what graphic designer doesn't like numbers? Is it a pattern that holds everything together, or is it the repetition? All I know is that I find it endlessly interesting to stare at a page and make relationships with color, shape and form.
This pages in this book date from 2005, but then again, the pages are never really finished. I come back to them again and again. And again.
08.14.09 Comments (1) digg | del.ic.io.us | reddit
This pages in this book date from 2005, but then again, the pages are never really finished. I come back to them again and again. And again.
08.14.09 Comments (1) digg | del.ic.io.us | reddit
COMMENTS
love these "books of scraps." some scrap of personal significance, most apparently not. the small (7 1/4 x 9 1/4 ?) size of the book, encourages the material to play a larger role in its layout.
posted on 08.14.09 by
John McVey
A New Book by Jessica HelfandComing this fall from Yale University Press
A gorgeous visual history of American scrapbooks and their evolution over two hundred years. 242 pages, 425 photographs printed in full color.
Combining pictures, words, and a wealth of personal ephemera, scrapbook makers preserve on the pages of their books a moment, a day, or a lifetime. Highly subjective, rich in emotional meaning, the scrapbook is a unique and often quirky form of expression in which a person gathers and arranges meaningful materias to create a personal narrative. This richly illustrated book is the first to focus close attention on the history of American scrapbooks—their origins, their makers, their diverse forms, the reasons for their popularity, and their place in American cultural life.
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The New York Times June 8, 2008
In this Op-Ed page SUMMERSCAPES, Jessica Helfand reflects on the fascinating "Stunt" Book kept by a young California debutante in the summer of 1920.
more news ->
came from a distinguished family in Natchitoches, Louisiana. She kept a detailed scrapbook of her adventures that profiles life in the south during the 1920s.
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lydia blanchard website ->