The importance of personal portfolio is it represents who you are to your clients, it reflects you as a photographer and your understanding in this field, showing you are an innovative, your creative ability and professional skills you hav…

In this workshop. We learnt how to make two beautiful non-adhesive books structures: the Long Stitch and the Buttomhole Stich Bindings. Both bindings gave exposed decorative sewing on the spine and lots of potential in terms of materials s…

In this workshop. I learnt the slow process of making photo etching to produce a body of work for my final project. Photo etching is also known as photo ingalito, the word ingalito comes from Italy, which means carved. In this type of prin…

Being a sole trader is providing a service individually, you have your flexible working hours and you could work on various projects. However, this enjoyable role could be a risk than you need to consider where to get the next project as w…

The process of branding can be as valuable as using outputs to voice you as a brand. A good design stands out your style through outputs and people would easily remember you are a professional. Various things you could use as branding, for…

BABE (Bristol Artist Book Event) features the work of book publishers and small presses from around the world. Since 2007, BABE has established a great reputation as a relaxed and friendly event to meet and talk to book artists about their…

Since its invention in the 1830s, photography has radically transformed the way we document and express the world we see. Today, photographs are created and consumed at a raid race, but early on the very act of making a photograph was chal…

“Vanessa Winship is best known for winning the prestigious Henri Cartier-Bresson Award in 2011which enabled her to undertake a new photographic series in the United States Set upon the backdrop of the economic recession and decline of the …

Enter competitions is another tool of marketing that people would see you and your practice. Most prizes are in the form of grants so everyone has the chance to win the money. Majority requirement of entering competitions is 5-20 images an…

In this workshop, we learnt how to make a A5 Solander box which the box can be used for presenting works such as books, prints, images as well as it can store items. The process of box-making involving measuring, cutting, gluing, covering …

Stepping into next level can be tricky and panic. Because it is unknown and it might be a risk if finding that the way doesn't suit you. This session focused on getting prepare to reality and how you choose your right path, providing some …

The event features the work of bookmakers and small presses from around the world. It has established a great reputation as a relaxed and friendly event to meet and talk to book artists about their work and buy works of art. I always plan …

A portfolio website presents ourselves and our work professionally, it shows the potential of visual practice and reflects who we are. We can use it to express our perspective as well as look back what we have done in past. Now artists use…

Max is a photographer, writer and curator. He is the Founding Editor of Splash & Grab Magazine, the Director of Photography of Port Magazine and Port Creative and a freelance Photo Editor at the Financial Times Weekend Magazine. In the ver…

Karen MaQuaid gave us a talk about her learning from experience through her career as a curator. I like the quotes showing on slides, it summarises her experience learning from mistake. I think no matter what job we will be doing, we may h…

In this workshop, we learnt about the basic of typography, understanding the relationship of text and text culture. We went through type classification, type families, caps and mixing types to know using them functionally. Matt gave us som…

In this 2-day workshop we explored zine culture and we were given a brief content to make a zine. The task was collecting images and text from social media like Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. Putting those materials in a playful way as w…

In this workshop, we learnt how to make three handmade books by using Japanese sewing techniques: the 4-hole binding, the noble binding and the tortoise-shell binding. Additionally, we made a traditional bookcloth covered wraparound case t…

I went to the Small Publishers Fair in London. They had got artist books and few were literature. The space was narrow and it was busy which hardly moving around. Sellers were talking to visitors, one lady she was not friendly at me. When …

I signed up for volunteering the Bath and Bristol Small Publishers' Gathering. The task for student volunteer involved liaising with publishers, welcoming the public at the doors; handing out brochures; covering book tables, giving general…