ARTIST’S BOOKS
Unique & custom made Artist’s Books by Christina Mitrentse using a variety of techniques i.e screen-print, hand cut, stenciling, marbling, drawing, sewing & stitching, hand binding, gilding, laser cut, cut-out & pop-up. To view each artwork click on an image to download the pdf.
ONLY WHEN ITS DARK DOES THE OWL OF MINERVA BEGIN ITS FLIGHT, 2011 , Screen printed leather bound book, printed ribbon with artist emblem, 40 x 50 cm
ATLAS ORNE, 2016, hand cut & altered book -Atlas Universel Quillet, Physique–Économique–Politique, published by Librairie Aristide Quillet, Paris, 1923 , gold leaf, collection Senate house London
SPECIMEN I, 2005, Hand made leather-bound file bag, hand-stitched, analogue photographic archive, 400gsm paper, gold leaf, 60 x 40 cm
SPECIMEN II, 2005 Hand made leather-bound book, hand-stitched, analogue photographic archive, 400gsm paper, gold leaf lettering, 50 x 30 cm, private collection Thessaloniki
MARBEL VERSUS MARBLING June 2026 Unique Artist’s Book , Hand bound book, 33 coloured digital prints of marble spheres & paper marbling, leather, 25 x 18 x 3 cm
FORBIDDEN FUNGI VERSUS FORBIDDEN ISBNs, Unique Artist's Book, 2025–2026, Twenty-one plates, 40 × 30 cm each , Archival box 43 × 33 cm
METABOOK 2010 ,Unique- Artist’s Book Archival Box 31 x 41 x 2 cm
EMBROIDERY ENCYCLOPAEDIA, 2020 Altered Embroidery Encyclopaedia ( Greek edition 1970 ) with 60 embedded hand-Knitted Patterns Designs, 24 x 32 x 3 cm
HOLOCAUST , 2015, hand cut book, hand pulled screen print, collage, 30 x 20 cm, private collection N.Y
EURO-VOLVELLE, 2019, Hand cut publication national bank of greece, wood, laser-cut cover, gold leaf, 10 cm high x 40 cm diameter