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Architectural Book Works

Many of Guy Begbie’s books are bound using both traditional and less conventional techniques. However, he makes other unique works, folded paper engineered forms and book structures that parody the codex book format.

These works combine paper and cloth based bindery materials with cast elements in plaster, beeswax and lead. These sculptural book objects are made using methods to enable the examination of parallels between book and architectural structures.

These works are intended to conceptually investigate ways in which the book form may hold and contain the experience of buildings and the landscape.

IMG_0586“Architectural Bookwork” Cast plaster relief map, Cast paper page relief maps & bindery materials  (GB 2000)

111GB architectural bookwork 1“Architectural Bookwork” Cast plaster Architectural Fixture & bindery materials  (GB 2000)

22GB Architectural Book Work“Architectural Bookwork” Cast plaster book block & bindery materials  (GB 2000)

33GB Sculptural Architecture“Sculptural Architecture” Stitched, perforated & punched paper stock   (GB 2000)

GB-Domestic-Fixture-Book-“Domestic Fixture Book” Stitched cast paper pages & integral plaster cast  (GB 1999)

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“Untitled” Architectural Concertina Structure Book (GB 2004)

GB Architectural Book work“Architectural Fixture Bookwork” Manila  paper stock, book thread (perfect binding): Lead relief map cast & plaster casts  (GB  1998)

IMG_0569“Architectural Bookwork” Blank paper stock, book thread & bonding plaster casts  (GB  1999)

Archtectural Leg book 1“Architectural Book” appropriated paper stock, book thread/hemp cord (perfect binding)   (GB  2000)

33GB Architectural book“Architectural Book” appropriated paper stock, book thread/hemp cord (perfect binding)   (GB  2000)

IMG_0575“Architectural Fixture Bookwork” Cast paper maps & plaster cast with stitching  (GB 1999)

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“Architectural Bookwork” Blank paper stock book block, book thread & bonding plaster cast extruded through the book

GB Architectural book proto 1“Architectural Bookwork” Appropriated paper stock, book thread (perfect binding) & bonding plaster casts  (GB  1998)

GB Architectural book proto 2“Architectural Bookwork” Appropriated paper stock, book thread (perfect binding) & bonding plaster casts  (GB  1998)

GB Architectural Map book 1“Architectural Map Bookwork” Cast paper maps & plaster casts (front & back) with foil & copper wire stitching  (GB 1999)

2GBegbieArchitectural#52A11“Architectural Bookwork” Cast Lead, Plaster & Bindery Materials               (GB 2000)

IMG_0593“Sculptural Architecture” Folded and sewn blank paper stock, steel rod, plaster & cement casts   (GB  2015)

GB Architectural Book components“Sculptural Architecture” Folded and sewn blank paper stock, steel rod, plaster & cement casts   (GB  2015)

11GB sculptural bookwork with cast component“Sculptural Paper based Bookwork & Cast Counterpart Cement Form” (GB  2015)

GB Architectural book 11“Sculptural Architecture” Appropriated book, steel rod, lead & plaster casts with ceramic shards   (GB  2009)

GB-concertina-book-pop-up-2“Paper Engineered Pop Up & Embossed Cone Book” (GB  2010)

17GBegbieNo3Architect52A4F“Architectural Bookwork” Cast Lead, Beeswax, Plaster & Bindery Materials  (GB 2000)

Guy-Begbie-Architectural-Bookworks22“Architectural Bookwork” Appropriated paper stock, book thread (perfect binding) & bonding plaster casts  (GB  1998)

GB-Held-and-Contained-3“Held & Contained Landscape” Folded paper stock vessels with printed location mapping & plaster of Paris cast  (GB  2003)

12 Guy Begbie architectural paper & casts 1706“Architectural Sculptural Bookwork & Counterpart Concrete Cast” Additive monotype printed paper stock, book thread (perfect binding) & concrete cast: Source material elements for printing the book work imagery and the counterpart cast mould are derived from corrugated cardboard packaging   (GB  2012)

GB Sculptural bookwork and Architectural component casts“Architectural Sculptural Bookwork & Counterpart Concrete & Plaster Casts” (GB  2012)

GB-Architectural-Book-Block“Architectural Book Block” Appropriated Paper Stock, Plaster Cast & Mixed Media  (GB 2010)

Guy-Begbie-Architectural-Bookwork4“Architectural Bookwork” Cast Plaster & Bindery Materials  (GB 2000)

GB-Architectural-Tableau-Book-3“Architectural Tableau Bookwork” Paper and card stock  Open Edition  (GB 2015)

GB-Architectural-Tableau-Book-4“Architectural Tableau Bookwork” Paper and card stock  Open Edition  (GB 2015)

GB-Tableau-book-2“Architectural/Landscape Tableau Bookwork” Paper and card stock  Open Edition  (GB 2017)

1 GB Architectural Tableau 1“Architectural Tableau Bookwork” Paper and card stock  Open Edition  (GB 2017)

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