Edward Wates Book Artist

I worked in academic publishing as a book designer and production manager for over 40 years. I am now focused full-time on the making of handmade books exploring texts with a personal resonance and in which I combine lettering and images

Focus:

Handmade books

All my books are constructed using the simplest materials and the minimum use of adhesives. The majority of papers I use are handmade while my most sophisticated tool is the metal pen. My work requires lengthy periods of attention which I consider an antidote to the restless babble of social media and the shallowness of our materialistic world