Fast Bus from Tokyo to Rome
Category: I
Year: 2019
Location: London
Artist: Ruth Martin
I took the book out of the Library of Re-Claimed Books at turn the page artist book fair in Norwich. There weren't many books left to choose from at the time (it was at the end of the fair) so there was no special reason for choosing it but 'My Brother's Famous Bottom Takes Off!' was mine.
I wasn't sure what to do with the book at first. I didn't find it that inspiring but I love wordplay so I made an anagram of the title (I cheated a bit and left a few letters out). As soon as I had the title I was away.
'Fast Bus from Tokyo to Rome' immediately led me making a flick book so that the bus could travel between the two locations from the start to the end of the book.
I decided upon a classic London bus due to my location. Then the wordplay continued as I used the space on the side of the bus to advertise 'NOODLES' at the beginning of the journey morphing into 'SPAGHETTI' at its destination. The drawn line of the noodles/spaghetti became the road on which the bus drove.
I created the bus illustrations with hand cut rubber stamps (my customary working method). The book was cut down to size and the title was collaged on.
As I was printing the buses in the book I came across a page I hand't previously noticed (as I hadn't actually read the book). It was an illustration of a family eating bowls of spaghetti - just a lovely coincidence!
Year: 2019
Location: London
Artist: Ruth Martin
I took the book out of the Library of Re-Claimed Books at turn the page artist book fair in Norwich. There weren't many books left to choose from at the time (it was at the end of the fair) so there was no special reason for choosing it but 'My Brother's Famous Bottom Takes Off!' was mine.
I wasn't sure what to do with the book at first. I didn't find it that inspiring but I love wordplay so I made an anagram of the title (I cheated a bit and left a few letters out). As soon as I had the title I was away.
'Fast Bus from Tokyo to Rome' immediately led me making a flick book so that the bus could travel between the two locations from the start to the end of the book.
I decided upon a classic London bus due to my location. Then the wordplay continued as I used the space on the side of the bus to advertise 'NOODLES' at the beginning of the journey morphing into 'SPAGHETTI' at its destination. The drawn line of the noodles/spaghetti became the road on which the bus drove.
I created the bus illustrations with hand cut rubber stamps (my customary working method). The book was cut down to size and the title was collaged on.
As I was printing the buses in the book I came across a page I hand't previously noticed (as I hadn't actually read the book). It was an illustration of a family eating bowls of spaghetti - just a lovely coincidence!