Part 3 of an interview series in which I invite artists to respond to six questions about art, process, and creativity. Today's artist is Mia Leijonstedt , a Finnish artist who lives in England. "How Stories are Born" artist's book Philip Hartigan : What medium/media do you chiefly use, and why? Mia Leijonstedt : I have a broad general training in visual arts, but my main discipline for the past 15 years has been contemporary bookbinding and sculptural book art. I'm easily bored with any one art technique, and books have proven to be a canvas that can accommodate an endless amount of creative experiments and numerous different materials, thus keeping me hooked. But beyond its any given outer form, my art is about conveying tales through the use of materials, the tactile details being the language in which a story is told. PH : What piece are you currently working on? ML : In the past year I have been transitioning from book art towards mak...
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