Collaboration: a creative exchange

When archiving my body of prints i came across the early ones made some 25 years ago when just beginning to learn the art of printmaking. I etched onto zinc, cut, scratched and carved onto acetates and card. My idea of a collaboration to transform the prints offered Ursula Pretsch an opportunity to create contemporary artist(ic) books which could present artwork both on the outside and as the very content. She wanted to give the ‘Cyclone whirl’ & ‘Cavepainting’ bundle and the ‘Mapping’ series their own destination and achieve a different look, feel and experience when opening each book. So she decided to create one book stitch-only and the other glue-only. You can see the detail on deeooshee.wordpress.com . When archiving. My body of prints I came across the early ones made some 25 years ago when just beginning to learn the art of printmaking. She etched onto zinc, cut, scratched and carved onto acetates and card. my idea idea of a collaboration to transform the prints offered Ursula Pretsch an opportunity to create contemporary artist(ic) books which could present artwork both on the outside and as the very content. I wanted to give the ‘Cyclone whirl’ & ‘Cavepainting’ bundle and the ‘Mapping’ series their own destination and achieve a different look, feel and experience when opening each book. So She decided to create one book stitch-only and the other glue The exchange of creation with the deconstruction of prints on paper to an object of tangible beauty .