Tom Sowden's Outputs (29)

Artist’s Book Yearbook 2022-2023 (2022)
Book

Articles and essays:
BOOKS BOXED – Imi Maufe asks – What happens when a book is boxed? and discusses the use and potential of box structures in artist’s book design; In the first of two pieces, David Solo reports on the – Book Art Review (BAR) Conve... Read More about Artist’s Book Yearbook 2022-2023.

BABE – The Lost Weekend Arnolfini, Bristol – online (2021)
Exhibition / Performance

Sat 17th April – Sun 18th April 2021

Bristol Artist’s Book Event at Arnolfini presented works by over 160 book artists and small publishers from around the world, online over the weekend. We had submissions of books and videos from artists and pub... Read More about BABE – The Lost Weekend Arnolfini, Bristol – online.

Ed Ruscha Books & Co (2019)
Exhibition / Performance

“Books & Co.” presents Ruscha’s legendary artist books together with those of more than 70 contemporary artists from all over the world—from Russia to Japan to the Netherlands, including artists' book by Tom Sowden, who have responded directly and di... Read More about Ed Ruscha Books & Co.

RE: Follow-ed (after hokusai) (2015)
Exhibition / Performance

Co-curated by Tom Sowden and Michalis Pichler. An exhibition of artists' tribute books to Ed Ruscha.

BABE – The Fifth Bristol Artists Book Event (2015)
Exhibition / Performance

Curated event including 113 artists, publishers, dealers and presses from the Australia, Belgium, Denmark, Ireland, Norway, Sicily, Spain, South Korea and the UK, attracted 7150 visitors and held at the Arnolfini, Bristol, 11-12 April 2015.

Artists' books at the Centre for Fine Print Research (2015)
Journal Article

An article on artists' books at the Centre for Fine Print Research.

PAGE.PRINT.POST: 50 years of Artists Books (2014)
Exhibition / Performance

PAGE.PRINT.POST: 50 years of Artists Books curated by Debbie Hill and Geoff Wallis, offers a rare insight and overview of the development, range and ambition of the Artists Book over half a century. Featuring books, postal art and other 'alternative... Read More about PAGE.PRINT.POST: 50 years of Artists Books.

Click, swipe, download, share: Digital artists’ publishing (2014)
Journal Article

In this article, the British artist Tom Sowden looks at some of the ways in which other artists are publishing their books digitally. From hypertext works to ebooks to blogging; artists are beginning to utilize purely digital publishing tools as a me... Read More about Click, swipe, download, share: Digital artists’ publishing.

Click, swipe, download, share (2014)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Tom Sowden was keynote speaker at the Beyond the Book conference, organised by Devon Guild of Craftsmen, Exeter University.

During this talk Sowden looked at how and why artists are using digital publishing tools to produce books. For the purposes... Read More about Click, swipe, download, share.

How to be a book artist (2014)
Journal Article

Tom Sowden is an artist and a lecturer on the MA Multi-disciplinary Printmaking course at the University of the West of England. Commissioned by Artquest to shed some light into the complexities of working with book art, this article is a vital compe... Read More about How to be a book artist.

BABE – The fourth Bristol Artists Book Event (2013)
Exhibition / Performance

Curated by Sarah Bodman and Tom Sowden with the Arnolfini Bristol this event showcased 105 artists, publishers, dealers and presses from the UK, The Netherlands, Belgium, USA, Canada, South Korea and Italy with 7530 visitors.

Various small books: Referencing various small books by Ed Ruscha (2013)
Book Chapter

As part of his ongoing research into the artists’ books produced by Ed Ruscha Tom Sowden was invited to contribute to VARIOUS SMALL BOOKS: Referencing Various Small Books by Ed Ruscha published by MIT Press (pages 86-87 and 166-169). In the 1960s and... Read More about Various small books: Referencing various small books by Ed Ruscha.

A manifesto for the book: Book - artist's book - artist's publication - book art? (2013)
Book Chapter

This paper was based on the results of a two-year research project led by Sarah Bodman and Tom Sowden, funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council, March 2008-February 2010. This project investigated the context and future of the artist's book... Read More about A manifesto for the book: Book - artist's book - artist's publication - book art?.

Follow-ed (after Hokusai) (2013)
Book Chapter

I can't stop making books in the style of Ed Ruscha. It has become an obsession, and my failure in trying to replicate an Ed Ruscha book, while always trying to succeed, is entirely part of the appeal to me. I don't live in 1960s California and my... Read More about Follow-ed (after Hokusai).

Some thoughts on the artist’s book in the 21st century (2013)
Book Chapter

The most ambitious and diverse survey of the book arts published to date, Book Art Object 2 serves as a record of the third biennial Codex Book Fair and Symposium, "The Fate of the Art," held in Berkeley, California in 2011. The event showcased conte... Read More about Some thoughts on the artist’s book in the 21st century.

Drawing with fire: The art of laser cutting paper (2013)
Book Chapter

This paper explores some of the laser cutting methods used by artists, in particular from an Arts and Humanities Research Council funded project (Paper Models: investigating laser-cutting technology to develop new artists' books and paper-based creat... Read More about Drawing with fire: The art of laser cutting paper.

Codex Event 8 (2012)
Exhibition / Performance

An Australian and British collaborative research project into pulp-printing, installation and artists’ books between Sarah Bodman, Paul Laidler, Tim Mosely, Monica Oppen and Tom Sowden.

Codex Event 8 tackled the ‘urban jungle’, its physical mass... Read More about Codex Event 8.

Un Manifesto para o Livro (A Manifesto for the Book) (2012)
Journal Article

A Manifesto for the Book was first published as a free online download as part of the findings from a two-year AHRC funded research project on the future of the artist’s book in the digital age(http://www.bookarts.uwe.ac.uk/canon.htm).

The manife... Read More about Un Manifesto para o Livro (A Manifesto for the Book).

Codex Event 8: An Australian and British Collaboration of pulp-printing, installation and artists’ books with Sarah Bodman, Paul Laidler, Tim Mosely, Monica Oppen and Tom Sowden 2011-2012 (2012)
Journal Article

A co-authored article by all the artists for Imprint journal, Australia, September 2012.

Sarah Bodman and Paul Laidler from the Centre for Fine Print Research (CFPR) at UWE, Bristol, UK joined Tim Mosely in Brisbane at Queensland College of Art (Q... Read More about Codex Event 8: An Australian and British Collaboration of pulp-printing, installation and artists’ books with Sarah Bodman, Paul Laidler, Tim Mosely, Monica Oppen and Tom Sowden 2011-2012.

The Blue Notebook: Journal for artists' books (2011)
Other

Vol 6 No 1 October 2011
A themed issue on Books and Travel.
Essays:
Katie Herzog’s cycling librarians hold their ‘unconference’ on wheels;
Steven Daiber’s series of collaborative adventures with artists in Cuba on the making of Privacidad: Pri... Read More about The Blue Notebook: Journal for artists' books.