Recommended by Michal Siarek: Tonks’ work focuses on telling stories about people’s lives shaped by history and geography. Ideally I would like to have my book cover image debossed (i.e. indented) for added texture. Here Tonks wraps his book in a hand stitched UK flag, which are then placed into a wooden presentation box with a slide-off lid. My plan is to simply wrap my book in a scarf featuring a photomontage in the Japanese Furoshiki style.
It would seem my idea of applying a Furoshiki style wrapper to my book also has reference to the way certain ancient documents are stored in India. So apart from being eco-friendly, it would seem that my wrapper idea carries a metaphor of the archive as well, which simply adds to the layers of latent history in my body of work. What a wonderful chance discovery!
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Estrin, J. (2018) ‘The Photo Book as Art Object’ In: The New York Times 08/10/2018 At: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/08/lens/dayanita-singh-photo-books.html (Accessed 15/08/2022).
Invaluable (2020) Furoshiki: The Art of Japanese Fabric Wrapping – Invaluable. At: https://www.invaluable.com/blog/furoshiki/ (Accessed 15/08/2022).
Pramod Kumar, K.G. (2017) ‘Pramod Kumar K.G. on the vast Indian archives that are given remarkable short shrift’ In: The Hindu 12/08/2017 At: https://www.thehindu.com/society/history-and-culture/we-dont-know-how-to-use-our-archives/article19474766.ece (Accessed 15/08/2022).
Tonks, J. (2014) Empire – Jon Tonks. At: https://www.jontonks.com/books/ (Accessed 15/08/2022).
Lynda Kuit Photography Level 3 