Ingredients for a Night Blooming Garden

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z-fold of the artists book Ingredients for a Night Blooming Garden

Title

Ingredients for a Night Blooming Garden

Subject

Studio Arts

Description

One sheet of brown paper enhanced for darker weave-effect, folded and slit to form 2 segments of accordion folds. First pg. printed with title; text in dark brown ink; ills. are relief prints of stones, leaves and blossoms on top of pressure prints of leaves and stems. Issued in plain dark-brown 2-flap folded-paper case. Limited ed. of 75, signed and numbered by the artist. Single sheet book folded. Pressure print. Linoleum cuts. Housed in matching brown paper wrapper with paper slip and slot closureCatherine Michaelis: "So many garden ideas, so little time to garden. Sometimes the gardens I want to create just can't happen in the yard, they have to be created in the studio. This one is a pressure print of black-leaved plants on dark paper with linoleum printed white flowers, stones, and moon to light your way through the pages."

Creator

Michaelis, Catherine

Publisher

May Day Press

Date

2005

Format

"1 folded sheet: ill.; 25 x 31 folded to 12 x 8 cm.

Denison's copy is signed by author and is no. 59 of 75."

Language

English

Barcode

35108007285075

Location and Call Number

DEN Spec Coll N7433.4.M494 I54 2005

Collection

Citation

Michaelis, Catherine, “Ingredients for a Night Blooming Garden,” Digital Exhibits | Denison University Archives & Special Collections, accessed April 24, 2024, https://exhibits.denisonarchives.org/items/show/216.