Baake, Frans. — (Negen linosnedes).
No place, self-published, 2010, 9 linocuts on handmade paper leaves, original wrappers made of raffia-bound tapa-cloth, square folio (ca.34,5 x 34,5 cm.), in original artist made orange cloth dropback box with repeated linocut on upper lid, finished with black cloth on the inside and signed and dated 2010 on inside upper lid in silver marker, square folio (38,7 x 37,8 cm.). = Possibly a unique artists book with contour-linocuts of islands. Upper lid of box slightly sunfaded. 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.