ARTISTS' BOOK: THE REMAKING OF THINGS
Gracia Haby & Louise Jennison
The remaking of things
38 page, perfect bound artists’ book, 36 Indigo Digital CMYK and black pages on 160gsm ecoStar + 100% Recycled Uncoated, bound in Indigo Digital CMYK on 300gsm ecoStar + 100% Recycled Uncoated, with 185gsm Apmil Kraft end papers and belly band, 180mm x 222mm.
Housed in a router-cut SwissQ inkjet CMYK on Silver Metalised Polyester 300gsm satin.
Printed by Bambra
Bound by Louise Jennison
Edition of 100, with 10 artists’ proofs
The remaking of things was launched at the 2023 NGV Melbourne Art Book Fair.
About the work
In The remaking of things, we have created a pocket of restored eucalyptus forest habitat by the banks of the Birrarung for the Grey-headed flying fox (Pteropus poliocephalus), and all who fall beneath the care and knowledge of their wing, from the smallest Reed Warbler (c. 1804–1806) to the loftiest, gelatin silver Giant eucalyptus (1899), our human selves included. We have interlaced our roles as artists and wildlife carers for the Grey-headed flying fox to sow a message of hope, cultivated from Anne Paulson’s Sketches of Victorian bush flowers (c. 1861) and fit for a John Lewin’s Warty-face Honey-sucker (now known as a Regent honeyeater). We have placed our emphasis upon what we can grow, rather than upon what we have lost (habitat, biodiversity, stable climate). Through seed dispersal and pollinating plants, flying foxes are the reason we have trees, diversity. And it is because of this ‘no me, no tree’ that none of us can afford to lose this threatened species.
Postage note
To ensure your purchase arrives safe and smooth, all artists’ books are wrapped in archival acetate and boxed with cushioning.
Where possible, we reuse packaging material on all orders.
