Baake, Frans. — IJl-land. 1 tekst / 2 afbeeldingen.

No place (Enschedé?), self-published, 2001, 3 fold-out leaves with 2 line-illustrations by Frans Baake to the sides and a central letterpress poem of which the first letters of each line form the word “Tristan da Cunha” (the remote island in the southern Atlantic Ocean), hand-printed in 10 numbered and signed copies on vélin d’Arches, original turquoise velvet lettered in black, quarto (29 x 25,8 cm.). = Our copy signed and dated “2001” and numbered “1/10” in pencil. 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. Baake’s 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.