Tony Hayward and Book Art

Tony Hayward gave our typography class a presentation of his astounding collection of all sorts of STUFF one Wednesday afternoon. I’m capitalising STUFF here to somehow illustrate how much of it there really was, a ton! Mainly it consisted of his artist books about his art, and items and experiences from his trips to India. It also included, letterpressed postcards, invitations, flip books, art books, plastic bags recycled from banners from Indian streets among other things. Actually thinking of the plethora of STUFF makes it hard to recall exactly how much STUFF there actually was.
What I do recall is how everyone seemed to listen intently, or appreciatively I would say, because of how he described his STUFF. It was like he was so into it that we were into it. For example the way he described the big, plastic, plaid, mothball smelling bag made from an Indian street banner was not done with necessary over the top excitement, but was endearing because Tony really was excited about it, you could tell he just really loved his STUFF. It was like he gave us a peak into the time capsule of his life, like we were looking through his attic... you have to give respects to that.

Tony’s work can be found at the book store
http://www.bookartbookshop.com/docs/opening.htm
Tony Hayward has been publishing books and postcards since the early 1990s. They feature his own work as a visual artist under such titles as The Castle and other works and Comedy of Errors. Travelling to India for more than fifteen years, he has also published books which document his collection of Indian contemporary objects formed during trips to the Sub-continent. With such titles as Made in India and 89 Indian Kerosene Lamps they focus on utilitarian objects made from scrap or waste material.