Baake, Frans. — Rathlin on Rathlin Island.
One-off handmade artists book consisting of 49 pages with original watercolour drawings/ impressions in black watercolour by Frans Baake, signed and dated 2000in pencil on first free endpaper, 49,(31 blank) pag., in a handmade album consisting of packing paper-leaves sewn together, original red rexine with an original drawing in black marker on frontcover, small quarto (24,5 x 19 cm.). = Artist's impressions from a journey to Northern Irelands island Rathlin in Ulster in early May 2000. This island is situated just above Northern Islands mainland and claims its fame to being the very first place in the world where a successful wireless transmission was achieved by Marconi in 1898. It has no trees, only 100 inhabitants and is boomerang-shaped. During his travels, Frans Baake makes sketches, photos and notes. The journey is then translated into a work of art, namely an artist's book, which he publishes himself in a small edition. In artists' books, the image usually dominates. The countless artist books that Baake has made are full of photos, woodcuts, linocuts, screenprints, collages and texts. The books are not literally about his travels and are therefore not comparable to the way we make our photo album or diary after a holiday. Baakes way of working is similar in general: he prepares for his voyage, at the actual trip he will make drawings, writings, photographs; in his studio back home these together with his thoughts and ideas will be transformed into books, prints, sketches, portfolios, articles.