Merry Go Round

Artists' Books, Event, Origami, Small Editions

Developing books for the Art Walk Porty “Pleasure Ground” theme led our collective to consider the carousel, not only of significance in the fairground as a swirling ride but also to photographers as the holder of memories in sequence – the slide projector carousel.

Thinking about the theme for several months the final project formed when I encountered a boarded up Merry-Go-Round in France. It was 37 degrees, the ride abandoned by the sensible folk who didn’t want to melt in a plastic tent. Time alone to make multiple exposure medium format colour kodak images of the structure.

These photographs formed the ground of the work. Four photographic prints, an installation of transparent floating circular accetate ‘bubbles’ on a glass balustrade and the book works themselves.

Experimenting with the circular form led to the main work Merry-Go-Round. A hard cover double sided accordion variant with paper cut letters. The slinky book could be displayed in a variety of round forms, but also stretched out to permit the prints to be seen. Edition of 5. (Edit – SOLD OUT)

Taking inspiration from the transparent installation further artists’ books were developed utilising origami and map folding techniques to make additional carousel forms.

The final book in the series – with a nod to our hosts at Twelve Triangles – was a work of off cuts, recycling the cut off papers from the other works to form a unique triangular structure with loose pages and many display possibilities.

Last Light - Origami book - Lost Path Press 2018

Last Light

Origami, Small Editions

The first book in this series uses images taken as the sun set on New Years Eve, or Hogmanay as we Scots call it, 2017. The last light of the old year.

The land and sea fold, shape and reform in a continuous origami map fold which can be displayed in a variety of sculptural forms.

Last Light - Origami book - Lost Path Press 2018

The second and third books in the series are also available.

1. Boddin Point.

2. North Berwick.

3. Seacliff.

Available from 17/02/2018.

(c) Images by Elaine Robson.
Photographs in Scotland, 2017 – 2018.
Designed. printed and bound by Lost Path Press, Edinburgh, Scotland, January 2018. 6 pages, sculptural map fold with clip. Each series a limited edition of 5 copies with 1 Artists Proof.
Printed on recycled paper. SOLD OUT