Sketchbooks

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By using the site you agree to be bound by the Terms and Conditions of use relevant at the time of your visit. A first-time collection of Grayson Perry’s sketches, Sketchbooks follows the evolution of his career from art school to the present day. I have to feel I have developed an idea enough before committing to the labour-intensive version – beginning with postage stamp-size doodles, through to double page full-colour layouts that may take several hours.

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A sketchbook is a place where I can discuss ideas with myself, a place I work through and refine an idea for a good while before I will let it run around the studio, and then the world. I regularly flick through old sketchbooks, as I have a habit of jotting down a few words or a tiny doodle of an idea at the very first glimmer. I treasured them and filled them with diagrams of fantasy aircraft and plans of racing cars, adventure comics and war scenes.

Established in London in 2010, Antenne Books distributes publications on art, photography, design, illustration, theory, writing, fashion and culture. It is the place to make mistakes – they are cheap in time and materials; those initial marks often tell me in a few strokes whether an idea is a goer or a dud. One game we often played involved inventing a character, then drawing their family, then their house, car, holiday destination, etc. My sketchbooks do not make up a smooth, continuous series, as at different times in my career the sketchbook has played different roles.

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When I managed to set up my first ceramic studio, in 1986, all my creative energy became focused on clay.The density of thought, the love of art and the sheer number of man-hours in each one load them with huge meaning and memory for me. Disabling cookies will usually result in also disabling certain functionality and features of this site. In the last decade, independent publishing rapidly grew, with many emerging publishers utilising new technologies and the ability to produce books on small scales and at low costs. This could be a technique I consider to begin with to give me space to add personal notes as it is something I feel quite hesitant and reluctant to do but the space would also force me out of my comfort zone. The site offers a facility for you to contribute content (including, for example, written comments and/or photographs).