If you’ve visited this site in the last few weeks, you may have noticed that after a long period of inactivity we’ve given the place a bit of a sprucing up. Part of the reason for the inactivity is that we’re beavering away on several projects that have taken us away from doing many artists book related fairs and events the last year or two. One of these projects, though, is Cardboard Press’s first large scale anthology book and collaboration with other artists: Stray Lines.

You can read plenty about the book on the Stray Lines page here. But suffice to say we’re very excited to be involved in the project. Its a much larger undertaking in terms of scale and production than anything before and to help with that we launched a fundit campaign, which is being received very well, any help in terms of pledges or promotion are welcome. Email us at info@cardboardpress.com.

Keep an eye on this blog for further updates on the project and an official release date for the book. We’ll be dropping tidbits of information over the coming days and weeks.

Here’s my contribution to the project – pylon bookmarks!

I wanted to try out some embroidery on the sewing machine and this is what I came up with. Still work in progress I think.

]]> http://www.cardboardpress.com/rectangles-of-embroidery/feed/ 0 http://www.cardboardpress.com/pylon-sketches/ http://www.cardboardpress.com/pylon-sketches/#comments Tue, 20 Apr 2010 11:30:53 +0000 katie http://www.cardboardpress.com/?p=264

A man I met on a train recently said that pylons are a blight on the landscape. But they carry electricity around and bring it to the cites where we live. I guess people want both unspoilt countryside and fully lit cities. I quite like pylons though.

paper cut-out pylons

Photographs of some pylons I made recently. A lot of people aren’t that into pylons but I think they make great lines. They criss-cross all over the place and they frame the landscape with all kinds of unusual shapes. Let’s hear it for pylons!