Martha Lewis "Various Bookworks"
Brooklyn Public Library (Central)
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These are selected book covers and interior drawings from my published work with Columbia University Press, Oxford University Press (UK) and others. Shown here is a mix of printed works, original art and preparatory drawings that highlight my process. There is also a sampling of my unique handmade books.
I have no one style or medium–I look to the manuscript to see what I think the artwork should look like. I often work with the book's designers and discuss which approach to take in terms of how the image will work with the type. I certainly have aesthetic preferences, but these are always put in service of the book as a whole. I really enjoy this aspect of the work–it's like a game or puzzle to solve.
Very little of my work is done on the computer. Even when I collage, I like to cut and paste. I like the work to have a handmade, tactile quality that I often find lacking in digitally produced images.
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from September 27, 2011 to December 03, 2011