MARCIE LEWIS
London-based photographer, darkroom printer and book-binder.info
books + boxes
commissions
human remains (wip)
ours
on the isle
automated
London-based photographer, darkroom printer and book-binder.
info
books + boxes
commissions
human remains (wip)
ours
on the isle
automated
Date: 2024
Specs: 137.5mm x 200mm, Hardback, 300 Pages, 120 gsm
Details: A catalogue of all images used within the accompanying collage, alongside a brief history of each of the collections of images in the work.
Covered in a light grey bookcloth, with blind debossing on the front cover and spine, and a tipped-in square on the cover.
Edition of three.
Date: 2024
Specs: 210mm x 210mm, Coptic Bound, 20 Pages, 300 gsm
Details: A handbound collection of twenty colour and black and white darkroom handprints from the Isle of Wight.
Covered in a dark green bookcloth, with gold debossing on the front cover and a tipped-in image from the series.
Edition of two.
Date: 2023
Specs: 215mm x 300mm, Perfect Bound, 60 Pages, 90 gsm
Details: A research project/dissertation exploring the concept of authorship and ownership within visual culture, through the use of the artist's laptop.
A personal laptop was chosen as the medium to help show the narrative story, which is shown through screenshots from the computer, enabling the reader to follow through the investigation as if they were conducting it themselves.
Edition of twelve.
Date: 2024
Specs: 370mm x 282mm x 60mm
Details: A handmade box to contain all of the tools used for book-binding and box-making within the studio.
Each section has been carefully constructed to custom-fit each tool, and then a larger box was built to perfectly fit them all when they are not in use individually.
Covered in a light grey bookcloth and then finished with a baby blue for the interior.
Edition of one.
Date: 2024
Specs: 257mm x 385mm x 58.5mm
Details: A handmade portfolio box created for portfolio reviews. It contains a copy of the handmade accompanying archive catalogue, which provides context to all the images within the work. Another smaller handmade box contains handprints that have been reprinted as C-types, and a copy of the dissertation exploring the deconstruction of the concepts of authorship and ownership within current visual culture.
Covered in denim blue bookcloth, with an indent for a name card. Several trays within the box contain the different layers of work, and a business card holder has been added to the inner lid of the box.
Edition of one.
Date: 2024
Specs: 220mm x 220mm x 40mm
Details: a handmade clamshell box and slipcase containing a copy of On the Isle.
Covered in a cream and brown book cloth, with a tipped-in image from the book.
Edition of one.