LEFTOVER NOTEBOOKS – NEMO’S

Description

SHE.LAB – “Leftover Notebooks” Series / Nemo’s 

15 x 21 cm
Ivory paper / blank / dotted
SET OF THREE /  eack one is a unique piece

For the cover, we use the leftover paper produced while making the “Abdomen” screen-print, printed by 56Fili.

Hand bound by SHE.LAB in 2021

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Artist info

Nemo's

Nemo's began drawing as a child, later on recognizing this gesture as the most authentic way of expressing himself. In 2002 he started painting walls in abandoned spaces or factories; he then adopted the name of the main character of the book "Little Nemo in Slumberland" by cartoonist Winsor McCay. His first inspiration came from anatomy, biology and the comics books he found at home, together with science fiction movies and dystopian cyberpunk tales of the early 1980s. Since the very beginning he was interested in human beings as "social animals", which led him to define a prototype of a hominid describing the contradictions of our time: "Naked and devoid of any sign of civilization, the human being shows itself for what it really is: a defenseless creature at the mercy of nature and of itself without hierarchical structures, whose only purpose is to survive”. In a balance between wonder and repulsion, Nemo's thus describes contemporary society and tries to give a name to what surrounds him. Nemo's art can be appreciated in numerous countries worldwide (Latin America, United States, India, Africa and Europe). His work is rich with social meanings and deals with realities that are usually marginalized, such as suburbia and prisons. Between 2016 and 2017 he published two books with the Italian publisher Logos. The first one is a collection of drawings, and the second one deals with the lack of water issue around the world.

Artist info

shelab

SHE.LAB is a creative studio specializing in editorial design and the art of handcrafted bookbinding born in 2019 from the idea of designer Paola Pompili with the aim of creating a reality that would become a referral point for book and paper object lovers, thanks to the experimentation of different techniques, materials, and supports. The ten-year collaboration with Galleria Varsi in Rome has evolved over time, making She.Lab an essential component of this project. Starting from January 2022, in fact, She.Lab works inside Varsi Art&Lab's laboratory and embody, together with the screen printing studio 56Fili and the design studio Base/34, its artisanal and productive side. In this space, Paola Pompili and bookbinder Claudia Mosena (who joins the project in 2022) work in synergy to design and create products that feature research, craftsmanship, and uniqueness as their strengths. The studio opens outward during workshops and becomes a place for sharing and disseminating manual skills and traditional workmanship dedicated to the world of bookbinding.

More info

VARSI stationery is a series of stationery products created together with SHE.LAB studio (graphic studio and artisan bookbinding laboratory). It offers VARSI and other brand products created in collaboration with various internationally renowned artists.

The collection includes annual planners, notebooks, sketchbooks, photo albums, pens, pencils, etc.

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“Leftover notebooks” is a new series of notebooks, part of Varsi Stationery, that are born from the scraps produced in our screen printing laboratory.

In fact, each screen printing requires a series of tests that are used to achieve the best results.

We decided to reuse these scraps to create unique and practical notebooks that can help us recycle paper in a sustainable and useful way.

Each piece is entirely bound by hand by SHE.LAB in our bookbinding laboratory.

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