Susie Leiper, Full Circle, artist book: oil and resist on board, 20 x 9 cm.
On show at the RSA Annual Exhibition, RSA Edinburgh, until Sunday 16 June.
From closed to open to closed, a book naturally comes full circle. There is a spontaneity and random excitement to creating images with resist, oil paint and a knife. The initial images are halved and rearranged into a sculptural, double/sided concertina book, a format ideal for display. Some circles are halved, a few remain full, but the initial images themselves have come full circle when reconfigured as a book. One enthusiastic visitor wrote to say: ‘I think it is incredible. It is beautiful in so many ways: the thought, the execution, the colours, the shapes, the balance – I could go on!’