An exploratory study of methodologies for digital colour printing in textile design, through an understanding of interwar historical colour palettes (2023)
Thesis
Gooby, B. An exploratory study of methodologies for digital colour printing in textile design, through an understanding of interwar historical colour palettes. (Thesis). University of the West of England. Retrieved from https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/8704673

Digital printing technology has had a major impact for the textile designer. Their design process now enables them to create complicated multi-layered digital designs incorporating photographic images and intricate detail. Artwork is no longer restri... Read More about An exploratory study of methodologies for digital colour printing in textile design, through an understanding of interwar historical colour palettes.

World Book Night United Artists - Stories of and strategies for experimental, collaborative publishing (2023)
Journal Article
Bodman, S. (2023). World Book Night United Artists - Stories of and strategies for experimental, collaborative publishing. Axon: Creative Explorations, 13(1), 2-21. https://doi.org/10.54375/001/cbyvozki7k

Sarah Bodman reflects on 13 years of Bookarts at UWE Bristol's World Book Night (WBN) project; a text and image / artists' books-based event which has evolved from an initial collaboration with the artist and poet Nancy Campbell into an annual, inter... Read More about World Book Night United Artists - Stories of and strategies for experimental, collaborative publishing.

Night and Day (2023)
Exhibition / Performance
Bodman, S. Night and Day. [Artist's book]. Exhibited at Bristol. 5 July 2023 - 5 September 2023. (Unpublished)

The set theme for the ABC artists’ books club exhibition this year is Night and Day, inspired by the poetic works of Thomas A Clark. Clark is co-founder of Moschatel Press with Laurie Clark, which celebrates its 50th anniversary this year. Night and... Read More about Night and Day.

To the library… where artists and books want to be (2023)
Presentation / Conference
Bodman, S. (2023, July). To the library… where artists and books want to be. Presented at GENERATIVE SPACES The Creative Powers of the Art Library, ARLIS UK & Ireland Annual Conference, Norwich

Sarah Bodman looks at some of the ways artist interact with the library as a creative catalyst for researching, making and exhibiting artists' books as well as making works in response to libraries. From installations by Guy Bigland, Leslie Mutchler... Read More about To the library… where artists and books want to be.

The place in which I’ll fit will not exist until I make it (2023)
Presentation / Conference
Bodman, S., & Bakker, R. (2023, June). The place in which I’ll fit will not exist until I make it. Presented at PROOF! 23 Symposium, UWE Bristol

Artists' talk for PROOF! Symposium Sarah Bodman and Roelof Bakker are undertaking a mail art collaboration to produce a body of work for exhibition / artist's book. Along the way we will document and reflect upon our practice to produce written text... Read More about The place in which I’ll fit will not exist until I make it.

Novel use of robotic 3D paste printing technology for the creation of ceramic shell investment casting moulds (2023)
Presentation / Conference
Bolouri, A., Jorgensen, T., Khayatzadeh, S., Soe, S., Leon, M., Lightfoot, S., …Farzadnia, F. (2023, June). Novel use of robotic 3D paste printing technology for the creation of ceramic shell investment casting moulds

This paper presentation outlines early-stage, ongoing research into novel approaches with Additive Layer Manufacturing for the direct manufacture of ceramic shell investment casting moulds. The research is focused on the use of 3D printing with refra... Read More about Novel use of robotic 3D paste printing technology for the creation of ceramic shell investment casting moulds.

Birds all sing / every flower exhales (2023)
Physical Artefact
Bodman, S. Birds all sing / every flower exhales. [Risograph print and collage]. Bristol

A unique artist's book produced for the ABC exhibition Night and Day at Bower Ashton Library, July - August 2023. Risograph print and collage.

Depths of fields - Chrystal Cherniwchan & Craig Tattersall's print and sound collaborations (2023)
Journal Article
Bodman, S. (2023). Depths of fields - Chrystal Cherniwchan & Craig Tattersall's print and sound collaborations. Printmaking Today, 32(126), 22-23

Sarah Bodman interviews Chrystal Cherniwchan and Craig Tattersall. Through overlayering and overlapping they bring print and sound together in their collaborative works. Cherniwchan's practice is rooted in digital photography and production, whilst T... Read More about Depths of fields - Chrystal Cherniwchan & Craig Tattersall's print and sound collaborations.

The small machine talks, episode 102: Sarah Bodman (2023)
Presentation / Conference
Bodman, S. (2023, May). The small machine talks, episode 102: Sarah Bodman

AngelHousePress presents the Small Machine Talks an ongoing conversation about art & literature &… The Small Machine Talks, Episode 102 with Sarah Bodman Sarah was interviewed by host Amanda Earl - a Canadian poet, prose writer, visual poet, ed... Read More about The small machine talks, episode 102: Sarah Bodman.

An industrial craft reinstated: A printmaker's perspective on tissue transferware (2023)
Thesis
Sheppy, L. An industrial craft reinstated: A printmaker's perspective on tissue transferware. (Thesis). University of the West of England. Retrieved from https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/9238193

Underglaze tissue transfer printing, termed transferware, is a genre of industrial printmaking on ceramics. This genre was practiced inside the factory and is described in my doctoral study as an industrial craft. Much of the knowledge surrounding th... Read More about An industrial craft reinstated: A printmaker's perspective on tissue transferware.

The blue notebook: Journal for artists’ books, Volume 17 No 2, Spring – Summer 2023 (2023)
Journal Article
(2023). The blue notebook: Journal for artists’ books, Volume 17 No 2, Spring – Summer 2023. The Blue Notebook, Volume 17(No 2, Spring – Summer 2023), 72

Editor: Sarah Bodman In this issue: Amador Perez -art… books… art books… artists’ books… As a child I had access to the world of art through printed reproductions on postcards and books. As a teenager I collected facsimile publications sold at... Read More about The blue notebook: Journal for artists’ books, Volume 17 No 2, Spring – Summer 2023.

Field Study emanation - the Fox sisters - for Field Report 2022 (2023)
Physical Artefact
Bodman, S. Field Study emanation - the Fox sisters - for Field Report 2022. [Paper edition of 100]. Geelong, Australia

Field Study emanation, small performance in tribute to the Fox Sisters, 7.30pm, 7th October 2022 by Sarah Bodman for: Field Report 2022 Journal of Field Study International Published April 2023 David Dellafiora (curator) - The Field Report i... Read More about Field Study emanation - the Fox sisters - for Field Report 2022.

Space, line, colour (2023)
Exhibition / Performance
Bodman, S. Space, line, colour. [Artists' books]. Exhibited at Bristol. 21 April 2023 - 30 June 2023. (Unpublished)

Space, Line, Colour: a curated display of artists' books from Bower Ashton Library's special collections, on show in the side cabinets until the end of June 2023. Selected by artist and publisher Julie Johnstone to exhibit alongside her solo exhi... Read More about Space, line, colour.

We remember – World book night 2023 (2023)
Exhibition / Performance
Bodman, S., & Parr, L. We remember – World book night 2023. [Exhibition artefacts]. Exhibited at Bristol. 21 April 2023 - 30 June 2023. (Unpublished)

Inspired by the work of Joe Brainard 1942-1994 I Remember (which in turn inspired Georges Perec 1936-1892 to write Je me souviens/) the theme for United Artists World Book Night 2023 was ‘We Remember’. One hundred and fourteen artists have respond... Read More about We remember – World book night 2023.

Shadow and light: Honoring Iraqi academics, photographs of witness, memory and solidarity (2023)
Exhibition / Performance
Bodman, S. Shadow and light: Honoring Iraqi academics, photographs of witness, memory and solidarity. [Photography]. Exhibited at USA. 13 April 2023 - 2 June 2023. (Unpublished)

An exhibition curated by Beau Beausoleil, Artists’ Alley Champaign, IL & Hundley Central Core Gallery, Spurlock Museum, Urbana, IL, USA. 'Compiled by Beau Beausoleil, a poet and activist in the San Francisco Bay Area, the project memorializes Iraq... Read More about Shadow and light: Honoring Iraqi academics, photographs of witness, memory and solidarity.

KART 125 (2023)
Physical Artefact
Bodman, S. KART 125. [collage, mail art, postcards]. Geelong, Australia

One contributing artist for KART 125, an edition of 40 collaged artworks for the project. David Dellafiora (curator) This 125th issue of KART commemorates the 30th anniversary of the death of the sculptor Dame Elizabeth Frink (14th November 1930-... Read More about KART 125.

The secret lives of books (2023)
Presentation / Conference
Bodman, S. (2023, March). The secret lives of books

A free public talk for the Paper Ink Print Festival, Saturday 18th March 2023: If you are new to artists' books Sarah will show some examples from the CFPR Archive of what they might be: from literature inspired book objects and wordplay to works... Read More about The secret lives of books.

In search of symmetry (2023)
Journal Article
Bodman, S. (2023). In search of symmetry. Printmaking Today, 32(125), 22-23

Sarah Bodman speaks with artist Tricia Treacy as she prepares for an exhibition of her new work Scaffolding at the Center for Book Arts, New York. Tricia Treacy is based in rural New Hampshire, USA where she makes prints and artists' books, often in... Read More about In search of symmetry.

Near and far: An exhibition of artworks made by the printmaking staff at the University of the West of England (2023)
Exhibition / Performance
Klein, S., Trujillo Vazquez, A., Davis, A., Paz, A., Buxton, A., Goodman, B., …Arteaga, R. Near and far: An exhibition of artworks made by the printmaking staff at the University of the West of England. [Print]. Exhibited at Bower Ashton Gallery, University of the West of England, Bristol. 13 March 2023 - 24 March 2023. (Unpublished)

The exhibition by printmaking staff at the University of the West of England has become an annual event. At the end of the last exhibition the next one seems far away. But time flies and suddenly March is very near again, and panic begins. The theme... Read More about Near and far: An exhibition of artworks made by the printmaking staff at the University of the West of England.

How to be in the future? (2023)
Exhibition / Performance
Bodman, S., & Oechsler, M. How to be in the future?. [Printmaking]. Exhibited at London. 8 March 2023 - 11 March 2023. (Unpublished)

MOCA London presents How to be in the Future? - Salon for a Speculative Future: Women Artists’ Print Portfolio exhibition and publication launch. This new Salon for a Speculative Future (SFASF) publication How to be in the Future? accompanies a b... Read More about How to be in the future?.