Friday, May 26, 2006

500 Handmade Books

Postmark Deadline: August 15, 2006

500 Handmade Books will be a juried gallery book featuring the best in contemporary book arts. We seek high-quality color slides, transparencies, or high-resolution digital images on CD of all types of books with all sorts of bindings, and constructed from all kinds of media. We'll accept miniatures, pop-ups, abecedaries, illustrated books, and books blank, printed, or written in. 500 Handmade Books, which will be released in Spring 2007, aims to be an inspiring collection for both beginner and professional bookmakers.

There is no entry fee, and artists worldwide are invited to submit images for consideration. Artists whose work is selected for inclusion will receive full acknowledgment within the book, a complimentary copy, and discounts on the purchase of books. Artists retain copyright of their work.

Entries must be postmarked by August 15, 2006.

No fee is required.

  • All visuals submitted must represent work that is original in design. Recent work is preferred.
  • A maximum of four entries per artist is allowed. An entry may consist of no more than two visuals (one main shot and one detail). All entries must be mailed in the same packet. All entries must be in the same format: send EITHER film (transparencies/slides) OR digital images.

If you have questions, contact Nathalie at 828-253-0467 x 756 or nathalie@larkbooks.com.

http://www.larkbooks.com/submissions/ArtistEntryForm-500HBooks.asp

Click the image to download the entry form.