Karoline Hjort • Ritta Ikonen - Eyes as Big as Plates
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- BindingHard cover
- Dimensions305x254x13
- ISBN9788232801497
- LanguageEnglish
- LayoutGreger Ulf Nilson
- Pages176
- PhotographerKaroline Hjort • Ritta Ikonen
- Printed byGöteborgstryckeriet
- Published Year2017
- PublisherForlaget Press
- TitleEyes as Big as Plates
- Weight1361
Description
Article no.: 9788232801497
Eyes as Big as Plates is an ongoing collaborative photography and sculpture project by Norwegian-Finnish artist duo Karoline Hjorth and Riitta Ikonen (both born 1980).
Initially a play on characters from Nordic folklore, the series has evolved into a search for the human connection to nature. Hjorth & Ikonen work together throughout the process with their complementary skills (Karoline is the photographer in the duo, while Riitta works mainly with the creation of the wearable sculptures). Since 2011 the duo has collaborated with retired farmers, fishermen, zoologists, plumbers, opera singers, housewives, artists and academics. Each character inhabits the landscape in a wearable sculpture made from natural materials.
The Eyes as Big as Plates book features over 60 portraits of ninety-year-old parachutists, fishermen, retired farmers, zoologists, plumbers and opera singers. The first edition also includes an essay, field notes and stories behind-the-scenes. The handmade books are each unique, with thinly pressed vegetation veiled underneath the cover cloth.
All 176 pages have been printed with eagle-eyed precision in Gothenburg in Sweden and bound together with love at the last bookbindery in Norway. Designed by Greger Ulf Nilson and published by Press Publishing, this edition of 2000 books was brought to life by a roaring crowdfunding success in 2016.
Each book has leaves glued underneath the cloth material. The cloth material is transparent making every case one of a kind and making every book turn in to an object.
Initially a play on characters from Nordic folklore, the series has evolved into a search for the human connection to nature. Hjorth & Ikonen work together throughout the process with their complementary skills (Karoline is the photographer in the duo, while Riitta works mainly with the creation of the wearable sculptures). Since 2011 the duo has collaborated with retired farmers, fishermen, zoologists, plumbers, opera singers, housewives, artists and academics. Each character inhabits the landscape in a wearable sculpture made from natural materials.
The Eyes as Big as Plates book features over 60 portraits of ninety-year-old parachutists, fishermen, retired farmers, zoologists, plumbers and opera singers. The first edition also includes an essay, field notes and stories behind-the-scenes. The handmade books are each unique, with thinly pressed vegetation veiled underneath the cover cloth.
All 176 pages have been printed with eagle-eyed precision in Gothenburg in Sweden and bound together with love at the last bookbindery in Norway. Designed by Greger Ulf Nilson and published by Press Publishing, this edition of 2000 books was brought to life by a roaring crowdfunding success in 2016.
Each book has leaves glued underneath the cloth material. The cloth material is transparent making every case one of a kind and making every book turn in to an object.
Eyes as Big as Plates behind the scenes from Karoline Hjorth on Vimeo.