Artist’s Books — Cathy Weber, Artmaker Cathy Weber, Artmaker

Cathy Weber - Artmaker

Artist’s Books
My study of the illuminated pages of old European manuscripts led me inevitably to the making of books. Artist’s books often take shapes very different from those we recognize as “books”. I have made several objects that act as books in one way or another. They are meant to be held and touched.


05.006 Book w/ Movable Pages	07.054 Beaded Heart Book	05.011 Bead Tree Book 9x20x9″	10.020 Book with Movable Pages 19×31″

10.019 Leaf and Key Log House 4.75×12.5″ $375	07.017 Heart House Book 14x57x14 inches	07.055 Bead Man, Heart Path Book (closed view)11x15x12 inches	10.010 Feather and Egg Log House 4x3x10″

01.053 Domestic Bliss	10.012 Wooden Object Book 2.25x3x1.5″	10.011 Heart House Village, 19x25x2″	01.049 Secret Place

01.045 Book of Leaves	07.055 Bead Man, Heart Path Book (closed view)11x15x12 inches	00.035 Hymn to the Virgin by p. bradshaw	01.050 Botanical book

00.042 4 Sex Werks by P. Bradshaw	01.050 Botanical book	01.013 Poem Lyke a House	00.036 Book of Flowers

An exploration of book arts has led me to discover the luminosity of watercolors on skin parchment. The secrets hidden between the bindings of artist’s books fascinate me and the tools of the bookbinder’s trade have suggested endless structural possibilities. I often make a case or box in which the book can be protected and displayed.