Joe Devlin
@joedevlin.bsky.social
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Artist based in Manchester and Leeds Nutsandboltspublishing.com
Mixed horizons. Postcards found in a library book.
4 days ago
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Page dividers composition
7 days ago
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A reconfigured dust jacket.
12 days ago
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Twelve gatefolds on a shelf. A concertina publication.
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22 days ago
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A drawing of bookmarks
24 days ago
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Joe Devlin
UCL Art Librarian
about 1 month ago
The call for applications for the UCL Small Press in Residence 2026 is now open. The residency is hosted by
@uclspeccoll.bsky.social
in collaboration with the
@sladeschoolucl.bsky.social
and
@uclpublishing.bsky.social
Please share:
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Call for Small Press in Residence 2026 | UCL UCL Special Collections
UCL Homepage
https://blogs.ucl.ac.uk/special-collections/2026/02/27/call-for-small-press-in-residence-2026/
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Enamel paint on an endpaper. A drawing made using doodles found in a library copy of Russian Constructivism by Christina Lodder.
28 days ago
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Marginal exchanges. An ongoing series of redrawn marginalia found in British Politics books held in libraries.
30 days ago
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An incomplete list of drawings for overhead projecters. Overhead Overheard Over here Over there Over and over and over and over Overblown Overwritten Overhanging Overlaid
about 1 month ago
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A drawing on an endpaper.
about 1 month ago
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soon so on
about 1 month ago
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A small selection of drawings on endpapers.
about 1 month ago
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Dog ear bunting (dog ears and bookbinding thread)
about 1 month ago
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A drawing on an endpaper.
about 2 months ago
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Clouds clouds Clouds Clouds clouds Clods Clods Clods Clods
about 2 months ago
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A black & white image, of a small selection, of black pages from various editions of Tristram Shandy.
about 2 months ago
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Overwritten words. A drawing on an endpaper.
about 2 months ago
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Drawing on isometric graph paper.
about 2 months ago
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A drawing on hotel paper based on a simple printer's orament found in an 18th century Methodist pamphlet.
about 2 months ago
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A dog ear found in The life and opinions of Tristram Shandy, gentleman. 19, ace, 21.
about 2 months ago
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Joe Devlin
Inscription: the Journal of Material Text
about 2 months ago
Call for papers! INSCRIPTION 7 (out 2027) will be all about BLANKS. It will be (as ever) a BEAUTIFUL and MAXIMAL object. Send us your ideas! Historical / theoretical / creative / creative-critical -- or some strange blend. First step: 400-word proposal + brief CV by 1 April 2026. CFP attached.
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A found composition. From the pages of a 19th century Methodist book.
2 months ago
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98/99. Found in a copy of 'For A New Novel : essays on fiction' by Robbe-Grillet.
2 months ago
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A study for a concertina structure on isometric graph paper.
2 months ago
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A drawing made with abandoned pens and pencils, found on the shelves of libraries in and around Manchester.
2 months ago
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A drawing on an endpaper using annotations found in a library copy of Russian Constructivism by Christina Lodder.
3 months ago
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Parentheses drawing (number 15)
3 months ago
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A remixed Bridget Riley collage using pages from Studio International (July-August 1971)
3 months ago
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A drawing on an endpaper using pencils found on the shelves of libraries.
3 months ago
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Ordered index cards.
3 months ago
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C D F G H I J K L M O P Q R U V W X Y Z Absent letters.
3 months ago
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Ink Splash / splat. An example from a collection of ink stains in the sea found on maps in various libraries.
3 months ago
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A book page, white on white (after Malevich)
4 months ago
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A drawing on an endpaper using a pen found on a library shelf.
4 months ago
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Rubbings of book covers
4 months ago
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Repeat Pattern. A new limited edition N&B pamphlet. Now available to purchase, £6 including p&p. Four colour riso printed cover with digital printed inner pages. See link below.
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5 months ago
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A drawing on an endpaper made with a pencil found on a library shelf.
5 months ago
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A drawing on an endpaper using a pencil found on a library shelf.
5 months ago
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A drawing on an endpaper using a pencil found on a library shelf.
5 months ago
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reposted by
Joe Devlin
Imogen Reid
5 months ago
Yesterday at BOOKMORPHS, an excellent show, work by:
@joedevlin.bsky.social
@rowena-hughes.bsky.social
@tothemadpoets.bsky.social
@sarahbodman.bsky.social
@inscriptionjournal.bsky.social
SJ Fowler et al. A beautiful catalouge all free! Until 28/11 The Hellenic Centre
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ILZt...
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"BOOKMORPHS: Artists' Books from Greece & the UK", The Hellenic Centre London
YouTube video by Athens Art Walk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ILZtj0jvDW4
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Bibliotech : ReReading the Post-digital Library by the fantastic Torque editions includes a chapter on my work. This is a beautifully realised publication.
5 months ago
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Repeat Pattern now available to purchase. A limited edition pamphlet of 70 copies with digital printed inner pages and a four colour riso printed cover. £6 including p&p. Link to purchase below.
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5 months ago
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A doodle found in an 18th century Methodist pamphlet.
5 months ago
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reposted by
Joe Devlin
Imogen Reid
5 months ago
Artist's Book post, "Repeat Pattern" by the ever excellent
@joedevlin.bsky.social
. Available to order from Nuts and Bolts Publishing, check out the site for a very fine array of book related artworks:
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Joe Devlin
PARIAH PRESS 🍷
5 months ago
God's Fox II Exhibition Catalogue in the pipe...
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RSVP to Birmingham preview...
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#photography
#publishing
#photobook
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Buy a copy of Repeat Pattern now. A limited edition pamphlet with digital printed inner pages and a four colour riso printed cover. £6 plus p&p. See link below.
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Repeat Pattern
A limited edition pamphlet. Two digitally printed inner pages consisting of the single word ‘Pattern’. An act of removal resulting in a repeated image that, upon close inspection, revea…
https://nutsandboltspublishing.com/repeat-pattern-coming-soon/
5 months ago
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reposted by
Joe Devlin
J. R. Carpenter
5 months ago
I have a chapter called “Library of Wind” (after Nancy Campbell’s book Library of Ice) in this wonderful new book from Torque Editions BiblioTech: ReReading the Post-digital Library
torquetorque.net/publications...
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Another square corners Letraset drawing on Japanese paper
5 months ago
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A square corners Letraset drawing on Japanese kitakata select paper.
5 months ago
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