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A blog that follows my progression of a project for an exhibition at CoExist Arts called 'Set Of Odd Volumes'
Julie Dodd
I have recently graduated from a fine art degree course at Wirral Metropolitan College and I have started the fellowship there. I also work as an art technician. My art practice is based in printmaking, bookmaking and installation work.
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Julie Dodd, 'Forest', Recycled books.
# 5 [7 January 2010]
I've managed to cut another few books but I really dont want to put the thinner books into the exhibition now, but that's about half of what I've already cut! I've only completed 20 so far so I'll see how much time I've got left when I've cut thrity. From now ow I'm only using books over 600 pages long though.
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Julie Dodd, 'Forest', Recycled books.
# 4 [29 December 2009]
I've managed to cut three more books, I know it doesn't sound like many but these were more than 700 pages each. They're a lot more effective than the previous books as they sit in position without any help and have less gaps when splayed out. I've still got ages yet, although I'm also working on a project for the fellowship show. I'd better get a move on.
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# 3 [28 December 2009]
Below is the statement I've written for the Exhibition
Forest
Lungs of the World
With the ever growing concern of climate change, this work is about the declining population of trees and the importance and impact they have on the planet. Carbon dioxide is probably the largest contributor to climate change, with human consumption being the major fact. Trees play an important role in the survival of our planet as they absorb Carbon dioxide. Inspired by lung tissue, this miniature forest emphasies how trees are the lungs of the world.
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Hi Andrew, my work does seem to be heading that way. Usually my work is about the human body but most recently this has become the foundation for my work rather than the main subject. My husband is in his third year of a human georaphy degree so climate change is an often talked about subject in our house. I find that I work better if I let whatevers influencing my life be part of my work rather than working against it. So at the moment it's climate change but I'm not planning on my work necessarily continuing in this directon, I'm just going with the flow. I am overwhelmed, unsure and worried by all the information out there concerning climate change and find it very unnerving that there is so much uncertainty. But it seems the main cause for the acceleration of climate change is carbon dioxide emissons, so I think it's an important topic. In art terms I think it's a subject that has been saturated and keeping the subject fresh is difficult, but it's important to keep illustrating whats currently so important.
posted on 2009-12-30 by Julie Dodd
hi julie. you seem to be working with the notion of climate change as a driver for the current work. how often do you become overwhelmed by the notion of climate change and it's potential possible future?
posted on 2009-12-30 by andrew martyn sugars
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Julie Dodd, 'Forest', Recyced books.
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Julie Dodd, 'Forest (detail)', Recycled books.
# 2 [26 December 2009]
I've made eight tree books now, but two need some work on them because the pages have come away from the spine a little so they hae gaps in the form of the splayed pages now. I may be able to glue them back to the spine but I'll probably have to abandon them. I can cut three or four in a day so it won't be a problem.
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Julie Dodd, 'Work in progress'.
# 1 [22 December 2009]
My friend Carol Ramsay was asked to participate in this exhibition and she put my name forward. I was originally going to make my own books but I couldn't get any inspiration or motivation. Recently I entered a competition about climate change, I didn't get any of my work selected but ideas surrounding climate change keep popping into my head now. http://www.a-n.co.uk/artists_talking/projects/single/582916
I've been working on an idea that combines the human body with climate change, bizzare I know, but I was inspired by lung tissue when making a book last year and wanted to progess with it. http://www.a-n.co.uk/artists_talking/projects/images/579569
Recently I was going to sort through all my old books (I've kept them even with the covers off and pages missing)and throw away the ones that can't be saved, when the idea of using them instead of making my own popped in my head. They're now little tree like things and I'm hoping when I've made enough they'll look like a little forest, being the 'Lungs of the World'.
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