Compass Diary
Size: Approx 30x23cm
In my bookworks I use empty old second hand photo albums or scrap books, which I collage and montage straight into with mostly my own images and found objects. You can see more of my work at my website: www.stevemcpherson.co.uk (Steve McPherson)
Compass Diary, February 2003These double pages can take from a day to several months to complete, going through a process where discarded and lost objects and original photos are positioned and re-positioned, collaged and montaged until they merge to form the double page whole.
Compass Diary, June 2001
The diaries can take a couple of years to complete each volume. They are a way of mapping, organising, collecting and collating visually and conceptually; where found objects, images, motifs, symbols and text repeat themselves- forming streams of conscious and unconscious thought, idea and meaning amongst layers of everyday debris and detritus.
STATEMENT:
Each double page is treated as potential space for endless possibilities. On completion, there lie in the bloated pages, created and re-created histories of individuals and others, known and unknown.
I have been obsessed with books as an art form for over 15 years, and as well as being a diarist/book artist I am a Sculptor and Installation artist and live and work (as a lecturer) in the Southeast of the United Kingdom.
I have exhibited in the UK and USA in solo and group shows. These one off Diaries have never been for sale but I would not dismiss the possibility. However I would be willing and pleased to loan them to a museum or gallery for negotiable periods of time.
Book artist: Steve McPherson
Contact email: steve@stevemcpherson.co.uk
Website: www.stevemcpherson.co.uk