Medium: Paper; Cardboard Pages: 1130 x 215 x 140mm Technique: Mixed media; Pen and ink Edition: Unique
Type: Sculptural book Sub-type: Sculptural book object Theme(s): War and the history of the bow and arrow
Place publication: Johannesburg Publisher: The artist Exhibition 2017
Reference note: Unique sculptural object from which a length of paper can be pulled
I have designed and created an artist's book in which the dynamics of the book supports the content. The cover of my book is in the shape of a large, 3 dimensional zip, which separates from the bottom part, exposing a strip of paper with small drawings and annotated writing. The drawings are a timeline of the development the bow and arrow. These drawings of this seemingly simple weapon (advancing as time goes by) are supported by the zip in a manner that the zip can be seen as a war tank, a large, very dangerous, weapon.
Exhibition notes: ‘Booknesses: Contemporary South African Artist's Books’.