‘It’ (is all about the) Books
Included in the House & Gardens entry fee at Chawton House Library from 28 September to 28 October 2016 is access to this exhibition by Angela Thames, our Artist in Residence for 2015-2016. She has researched a selection of our rare and first edition books to create a unique body of artist books and prints.
In recent weeks, this new exhibition has featured in a variety of publications comprising:
- a-n, an international magazine for contemporary artists (https://www.a-n.co.uk/news/artists-books-12-angela-thames-at-chawton-house-library),
- Book Arts Newsletter” published by the University of the West of England: (http://www.bookarts.uwe.ac.uk/pdf/newspdfs/106.pdf) see page 7.
- Printmaking Today magazine, Autumn issue: Vol 25, No 3
Angela graduated from the University for the Creative Arts in Farnham in 2006 with a degree in Fine Art and has been printmaking and making artists books in her studio in East Hampshire ever since. She has taught workshops across the South East of England and her work can be found in public and private collections in the UK and Italy.