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Article: Look books: the wonder of what lies between the covers is often visual, as these inventive publishers know so well.(ARTS & CULTURE)
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- April 1, 2008
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BEYOND WORDS
ELENA FOSTER A book made of bronze, brass, steel or heavy paper; a book sculpted with a laser beam; a book so large you can step inside it. Whatever the impetus behind a volume published by Elena Foster's IvoryPress, it is not--as she says herself--"about words."
Lady Foster (she is married to the architect Sir Norman Foster, with whom she has two young children) is one of the world's leading experts on the livre d'artiste. Not to be confused with books about artists, examples of this genre are Edited by Sarah Medford imaginative creations in their own right. Just how imaginative, visitors to London's ...