Heather Hunter Books

Artists Books

From 1996 to 1999,
work by
Heather Hunter

Five Artist's Books from 1996 to 1999

Intrinsic: Essence of Book.
Intrinsic definition, inwrought (adj) worked or woven into material especially decoratively.

Life.
Life is but a thin thread.

Link.
Recording personal history avoiding sentimentality.

Link II.
The development of women’s rights throughout three generations of my family.

Voice from the wall.
The wall being the Berlin Wall.

Intrinsic Essence of Book
Life is but a thin thread
Link. Recording personal history avoiding sentimentality.
Link II. The development of women’ rights throughout three generations of my family.
Voice from the wall. The wall being the Berlin Wall.

‘Touch a book. Hear the rattle of the paper, feel the weight of the binding and see colour running to every edge. Poetry and painting are rhythmically arranged in much the same way as lyrics are set to music. Making an artists book is like singing with the hands’.
Nancy Ruth Leavitt.