Sandie Gent's colourful, tattoo-inspired 'What's your Story?'

Sarah Jarrett-Kerr's exquisitely bound girdle book 'Sammy the Seal goes to the Library'

Kate Bernstein's informative screenprinted book 'Love and Toothache, 2017'

Linda Parr used an intriguing folded structure for her book 'Pilgrim Passport'

A really fun Show and Tell session for the 'Redesigning the Medieval Book' exhibition at UWE Bower Ashton last Saturday. Twelve participating book artists came along to talk about the inspiration and production processes behind their book. It was also an opportunity to see the books up close and to handle them – always a treat. Still amazed by the diversity of responses to the same brief, and it was so interesting to meet other artists who have been inspired by the same subject matter. Many thanks to everyone who came along, especially Professor Daniel Wakelin who came over from Oxford to join us. Photos by Sarah Bodman, who also helped to organise the session… I'm very grateful to her and the library at Bower Ashton for offering the opportunity for this exhibition to take shape.