CONCERTINA COLLABORATION 2023
Welcome to the inaugural CONCERTINA COLLABORATION online exhibition.
In 2022 I collaborated with Karen Stamper, I wrote a blog post about my experience that you can read HERE. As part of that I transformed a print into a concertina book, this book and other papers and constructions went to and fro between myself and Karen. When I launched my book arts course Cover to Cover it was clearly a great way to encourage others to create and share. The artists belong to my Print & Paper Forum as they have taken printmaking, book art and/or collage courses with me. Each artist was paired with another in the same country. They each created a simple concertina book of folded paper that they added to before posting it to their partner. These books travelled to and fro between the artists up to 6 times. Many of the participants posted photographs of their books at each stage. What you see here are the final books. I hope you enjoy them!
Here you will find work from the 2023 artists:
Sue Downie & Linda Walsh, Wendy Haydock & Caroline Isherwood, Annette Kreiser & Pippa Palmer, Marian Hall & Carol Windram, Terry Alvare & Beatrice Cran-Baker, Daphne Dwyer & Denise Linet, Jeanne Beck & Michele Kamprath, Pamela Jeffrey & Nathalie Robert, Kate Crossley & Rosemary Everett, Rosie Coles & Caroline Soer, Bonnie Faulkner & Christine Watters, Sally Hirst & Edna Coatsworth, Anne Bullough & Lynne Butt, Jennifer Henley & Sue Firmin, Hazel Cilia & Maggie Thompson, Annette Bergman & Eva Schull
Sue Downie & Linda Walsh
United Kingdom
Sue Downie in collaboration with Linda Walsh
Linda Walsh in collaboration with Sue Downie
Wendy Haydock & Caroline Isherwood
United Kingdom
Caroline Isherwood in collaboration with Wendy Haydock
Wendy Haydock in collaboration with Caroline Isherwood
Annette Kreiser & Pippa Palmer
United Kingdom
Pippa Palmer in collaboration with Annette Kreiser
Annette Kreiser in collaboration with Pippa Palmer
Marian Hall & Carol Windram
United Kingdom
Marian Hall in collaboration with Carol Windram
Carol Windram in collaboration with Marian Hall
Terry Alvare & Beatrice Crane-Baker
United States
Terry Alvare in collaboration with Beatrice Crane-Baker
Beatrice Crane-Baker in collaboration with Terry Alvare
Daphne Dwyer & Denise Linet
United States
Denise Linet in collaboration with Daphne Dwyer
Daphne Dwyer in collaboration with Denise Linet
Jeanne Beck & Michele Kamprath
United Kingdom
Jeanne Beck in collaboration with Michele Kamprath
Michele Kamprath in collaboration with Jeanne Beck
Pamela Jeffrey & Nathalie Robert
Canada
Pamela Jeffrey in collaboration with Nathalie Robert
Nathalie Robert in collaboration with Pamela Jeffrey
Kate Crossley & Rosemary Everett
United Kingdom
Kate Crossley in collaboration with Rosemary Everett
Rosemary Everett in collaboration with Kate Crossley
Rosemary Coles & Caroline Soer
United Kingdom
Rosemary Coles in collaboration with Caroline Soer
Caroline Soer in collaboration with Rosemary Coles
Bonnie Faulkner & Christine Watters
United States
Bonnie Faulkner in collaboration with Christine Watters
Christine Watters in collaboration with Bonnie Faulkner
Edna Coatsworth & Sally Hirst
United Kingdom
Edna Coatsworth in collaboration with Sally Hirst
Sally Hirst in collaboration with Edna Coatsworth
Anne Bullough & Lynne Butt
United Kingdom
Lynne Butt in collaboration with Anne Bullough
Jennifer Henley & Sue Firmin
United Kingdom
Jennifer Henley in collaboration with Sue Firmin
Sue Firmin in collaboration with Jennifer Henley
Hazel Cilia & Maggie Thompson
United Kingdom
Hazel Cilia in collaboration with Maggie Thompson
Annette Bergmann & Eva Schull
Germany
Annette Bergmann in collaboration with Eva Schull
Eva Schull in collaboration with Annette Bergmann
Thank you for visiting our inaugural exhibition! There will be another in 2024. It is open to anyone who is enrolled on my printmaking, book art and/or collage courses
Feel free to write in our visitors book below
Sally
PS. Many,many thanks to Milly Kirby for their hard work and help with this project.
Wow! Such beautiful collage work! Innovation plus! Soo inspiring!
Very inspiring and exciting Creative collaborations
What a good idea. I really enjoyed seeing all this creativity. The people working together, do they live in the same area and do the work in realtime together? Or do you start on your own a concertina book an work only every second page and then send it to your partner person?
They each made a book that flew back and forth simultaneously? They ended up with the book They started with… no rules other than could be posted and not oil based media. Working in the evoke book, and over their partners..
We paired them by country..
So many interesting books and love the different ways they have been interpreted. I enjoyed being a part of this. It’s great to see all the books together x
This was great fun to do, and quite a lesson in not being ‘precious’ about what you do as you pass it on to another pair of hands to change it as they wish.
They all look amazing and very interesting to see the transformation from concertina book to sculpture, especially Carol and Marian’s tall one. Thank you Sally and Milly for such a professional presentation.
What an exciting and superb collection of concertina books
Stunning work 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟 enjoyed every single one.
Thank you, Sally for the wonderful idea to start this concertina swap. It was a challenge for me, because I was paired with fantastic artist. In the end we both loved our books!
Thank you, Millie for putting together this beautiful presentation.
Kind wishes to all participants!
Eva Schull, Düsseldorf (Germany)
Wow such lovely concertina books. I especially love the one with the black view finder pages …… incredibly creative.
Great! I love the partnership concept as well as the books, and have questions about many.
This work is really stunning and inspiring. Thanks so much for sharing these collaborations. Totally amazing.
Fabulous work. Congratulations
Such wonderful works. I’m going to have to up my game!
I’m sure your game is perfect Maggie 😊😉
These are so inspiring I want to take your class! Just beautiful from start to finish. Thank you so much for sharing
Thanks!
I so enjoyed taking part, especially the excitement each time it dropped through my letterbox. Some fabulous books here, I love how yours grew in different ways Sally, and the black tall construction. Looking forward to the next round of collabprations!
Thanks Sue!
Loved taking part in this and look forward to hopefully doing it again next year. Do we need to sign up somewhere Sally to take part next year? Thanks Kate
Head to the Print&Paper Forum There’s a section on the intro Collaboration 24 with a link to sign up. It will be earlier next year. ☺ love your book !
The compilation and exhibition of our work is fabulous Sally you’ve managed to make us all look very talented ! Thank you for all of your hard work and your lesson in the Gel printers Summit was fabulous as all of your courses are, original and comprehensive .
Thanks Carol! You ARE all very talented 😊😊