Well Done and Thanks

Well, we did it. Great pics and great fun and thanks to all of you for being so good to work with. How are the essays?

When the dust settles don't forget we need to make a date to visit the old boys at the Island Trust and give them their copy.

Great pictures!

And Finally ...

And finally here we are at the exhibition ... setting it up etc...

Some more psychogeography of Mudchute

Then I thought of this timeline

The whole area was once simply known as Stepney Marsh; the name Isle of Dogges first occurs in the Thamesis Descriptio of 1588, applied to a small island in the south-western part of the peninsula. The name is next applied to the Isle of Dogs Fam (originally known as Pomfret Manor) shown on a map of 1683. At the same time, the area was variously known as Isle of Dogs or the Blackwell levels. By 1855, it was incorporated within the parish of Poplar under the aegis of the Poplar Board of Works. This was incorporated into the Metropolitan Borough of Poplar on its formation in 1900 (thank you Wikipedia!)

Time line

First I thought of:

First time at the Omphalos

I was looking at the videos we took the first time and I think this is it.

Google mentions

I've been checking up on on-line mentions of the Omphalos and noticed several hits for our blog on Google. Type in Mudchute or Mudchute + Omphalos and check them out!

Also found this photo on Flickr of the Omphalos. So we are not the only ones who are interested.

Yes it would be good to see what we are putting in the pockets. I guess we have enough time on Monday!

Great Pictures Tracy. Thanks.

Back to the history trust to get more leaflets say hello to our friends there and invite them to the exhibition.

very rough hand made book.Then lots of folding,which is more difficult than it looks.It needs precision,what a difference a millimetre makes!

Just checking that this is the address we are putting on the end page along with our names in alphabetical order:

http://missing-a-dimension.blogspot.com

I suggest that we look at all of the material assembled for inclusion into the book and 'curate' it. 'Editing' the material i.e. juxtaposing work in a less than obvious way might prove to be more thought provoking for the viewer. (A strategy employed by David Howells in 'Knight's Move').

Tutorial 9th May

We had a useful tutorial with Bridget.
We asked for a wall space to hang the big map and a table for the book. We may decide to pin up or display extra copies of the main inserts to avoid too many people handling the book. Or we could offer white gloves for the handling just to emphasis its potential fragility.

Tracy is going to invite people from the Island Trust to our show next Monday. We are still on course to offer a copy of our book to them for their archives.
We also need to think how we are going to document the whole project. Anything else we need top add to this blog?
We won't need much time for installation but we still need to paint the big map.

On Monday I will bring:
watercolours and brushes
Hammer
picture nails
double sided tape
white cloth for the table
Anybody else got things to add to this list?

More thoughts later.

Tying up the loose ends

Another useful session in Commercial Rd library. Neda monoprinted some great bookends in printing last Friday so we reinforced them with card and worked out how to stick them to the outer leaves of our book. We have six books, so on each, one to exhibit next Monday and one spare. We are each going to customise the back cover, including all our names and the blog address.
We all still have work to do on our inserts but they are looking good. We'll meet up on Friday just to sort out any last minute issues.

Tracy is going to pick up leaflets from the Island History Trust for the sixth pocket in the book

Sorry girls. I meant to take pics but forgot again! I'll post one of the completed book when I've done it. Also I'm still trying to work out how to upload pictures form artist book websites.

It was great spending the day at the commercial road library discussing and making preparations for the book. Thank you all for all the help - folds and measurements!

Images for a possible item about the Monk parakeet population at Mudchute.

Thanks for directing me to that last website Tracy, it is interesting.

Collective books

I found this interesting ,i know that we are planning to make a book and are thinking of production in terms of quality etc... but,i saw this today about a collective making books using recycled cardboard ,individually painted book covers and found it refreshing.It is linked to a blog called CENTRE FOR THE AESTHETIC REVOLUTION .It's worth a look. http://www .eloisacartonera.com.ar/ENGversion.html

Isle of Dogs

Earliest map to have used the name is robert Adam's 1588. Which shows the south-Western part of the peninsula.

Hi all,as i am working on some photos for our book i thought that i would put some more up for viewing.Then we will have a collection to choose from.