by Mel Kadel
- in Handmade
- review by Julia Rothman
- on October 2, 2007
- comments by 4 readers
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Rough Cookie
This may be one of my best purchases at the book fair this past weekend (from the Cinders gallery table). It’s a little handmade book of work by Mel Kadel, who’s quickly becomming one of my new favorite artists. Each page has been tea(or coffee?) stained giving the paper a nice golden brown color and uneven texture. The images are so pretty with Mel’s same woman character in some sort of predicament- tangled in thin string-like colored lines, or being sucked into a sea of patterned blobs. The cover of the book is silkscreened and it is an edition of 100. You can see more of Mel’s work here, read an interview here and pick up a copy of this book here.
Anna-Lisa wrote
Beautiful – and thanks to Tas-Ka, I just had a look at your designs too. Wow – Love them! xxxx
October 3, 2007 4:04amJessica wrote
oooo- yet another artist I need to look at and love. So much character in these pieces!
October 3, 2007 6:15pmAbbey H wrote
How amazing is Cinders?! Every time they have a show it totally blows me away.
October 5, 2007 10:53pmleilalampe wrote
All this tips are so interesting! thanks Julia! :)
October 21, 2007 10:09pm