MELANIE HAVA BOOKPLATES

ISBN: 9329925144608

Melanie Hava was born into an interesting and diverse culture, her father comes from Enns, the oldest city in Austria, and her mother from one of the oldest cultures on earth, the Aboriginal people of Australia. Whilst Melanie celebrates her Austrian heritage she also identifies through her Mum’s culture, a Mamu Aboriginal woman, Dugul-barra and Wari-barra family groups from the North Johnstone River catchment of the Wet Tropics of Far North Queensland and the adjoining Great Barrier Reef sea country. Melanie’s work is influenced by her diverse cultures and her experiences in the outback, rainforest and reef country.

A Bookplate is a small print or decorative label placed into a book inside the front cover to indicate its owner. Bookplates typically bear a name, design, or crest that relates to or is requested by the owner of the book. Historical Bookplates are of great interest either as specimens of bygone decorative fashion or as personal relics of well-known people. Nowadays they are often of a value far greater than the book in which they are found affixed.

Includes 12 bookplates, 3 each of 4 designs.

By BLUE ISLAND PRESS