Our guest is Mark Cockram, a book artist, teacher, and bookbinder from London, UK. Mark is the owner of the Studio 5 Book Arts. We talk about his early career, teaching, and experiments with structures and materials.

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Studio 5 Book Arts

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00:00​ – Introducing Mark Cockram
00:26​ – Reinstalling Art Deco toilets to old buildings
02:47​ – College: art and conservation
03:54​ – Opening the studio and teaching
05:43​ – Bookbinder vs. Book Artist
09:09​ – Book as a universally recognizable object
10:37​ – Breaking the rules
14:18​ – Damaging books for art and teaching
15:21​ – Books and microwaves
16:38​ – Experimenting with materials
22:11​ – Relation of materials to the theme of the book
23:57​ – Clay from Singapore
27:10​ – Public perception of a traditional book as an 18th-century binding
28:08​ – Education and paying the bills
31:00​ – Collections of modern bindings
34:38​ – When a client asks to do something wrong
39:46​ – Where Mark finds his inspiration
41:47​ – Mark’s collage work
47:27​ – How the approaches change over the years
48:51​ – Mark’s current classes
52:47​ – Setting students on a path
56:32​ – Educational videos Mark shares on Facebook