Monday, May 07, 2012

Waldersten 365.






Waldersten 365. By Jesper Waldersten. Max Ström, 2011. 672pp., illustrated throughout, 13,1x19,4cm. Click here to purchase so part of the sale goes to Save the Children.

I liked Jesper Waldersten's exhibition at Grafikens Hus - it really felt like his illustrations reached another level with the immersion in printing techniques (the exhibition was the culmination of a collaboration between Jesper Waldersten and musician Martin Sköld, with Waldersten spending time in Grafikens Hus' print workshop in close collaboration with printer Siv Johansson).

I appreciated this book even more as an extension of seeing the exhibition (even though it is of course a completely different project).

I always like the one illustration a day premise (sometimes that gets stale, but not in this instance), and the exposed binding in red thread as spine is a really wonderful thing to see on a fairly mass-market kind of book.


Book description:

"Every day for a whole year has Jesper Waldersten created at least one unique image and added the piece at www.waldersten365.com. He has a wide range and moves between dark humor, sharp contemporary commentary and clever wordplay."

2 comments:

Cecilia Levy said...

Jag älskar Waldersten - kan inte förlåta mig själv att vi lyckades missa utställningen...

Rare Autumn said...

Inte för att göra det hela värre eller så, men hans verk växte verkligen för mig med utställningen.
Fantastiskt djup i de grafiska trycken, som gav en helt ny dimension till illustrationerna...