More Is Less

Jennie Cole, More Is Less (2026)

Details:

Book measures approximately 11.3 x 11.9 x 3 cm (in box). As each book is handmade, dimensions may vary slightly.

Outer solander box contains a pamphlet-stitched booklet digitally printed on gold paper with a short essay about the book and its context.

Outer box encloses hand-painted concertina book with circular cut-outs and hand-tooled lettering. This concertina book is a poem of text and image in the form of a pantoum that depicts ideas and processes of vegetation degradation in this era of climate crisis.

Hand painting in acrylic paint, hand tooling in gold foil, gold leaf on dried leaf collage, and digital printing.

Edition of 9.

An artist’s book by Jennie Cole. Made in London, 2026.

Construction:

Inner concertina and solander box covers of Inspirations Metallic Cloth in Gold, hand-tooled with gold foil lettering.

Outer box also features hand-painted paper disc of leaf collage, gold leaf, and acrylic paint, pasted onto book board.

Solander box lined and edged with 150 gsm Daler-Rowney Canford Paper in Frosted Gold, with detail areas of gold leaf on dried leaf collage.

Inner booklet pages digitally printed on 150 gsm Daler-Rowney Canford Paper in Frosted Gold.

Inner concertina of 300 gsm Stonehenge Aqua Not (cold press) paper, hand-painted in acrylic paint, with hand-tooled gold foil lettering.