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  • Collection: Artists' Books

Front cover of the artists book By Chance: Serendipity and Randomness in Contemporary Artists' Books propped up
"Accompanies an exhibition of the same title held at Yale University Library, New Haven, Conn., August 12 - November 6, 2002. Colophon: The cover image is a combinatory blind collaboration between Price and Rossman. Each author created an image…

Contents of the artists book Pulp, A Love Story: My Serbian Affair with Papermaking
"A comic book in English and Serbian about papermaking. Comics and story by Vlada Veljasevic and Melissa Potter, inspired by Potter's 2006 Fulbright in Serbia. Melissa Potter, Introduction: ""This graphic novella grew out of my Fulbright at the…

The artists book The Art of the Peacock from A to Z opened up to reveal the z-fold
One side of a continuous strip, folded accordian style and attached at its ends to paper covered boards, ribbon tie clasp. Italian marbled paper pattern suggests the peacock's tail". Handlettered in ink & rubber stamps on one ply Strathmore, the book…

Front cover of the Artists book Spiral of Love
Signed by artist. Limited edition of 31. The artwork "Spiral of Love" has been computer generated from an original artwork by Pia Pizzo. Hand colored and gold leaf applied. Poem by Rabindranath Tagore, Calcutta, India, 1861-1941.

Front cover of the Artists book Virtigo
I printed Vertigo at Penland School of Crafts during a week-long retreat for instructors in September 2011, shortly after having been diagnosed with vertigo. The imagery represents things that make me feel better when I am experiencing vertigo,…

Front cover of the artists book Drive by Shootings: Scenes from the Trip so Far
A souvenir album of images taken during travels across the U.S. in 2001 and 2003. Images printed on one side of a continuous strip; folded accordion style with extended flap closure. The artist is the alumni of the School of the Art Institute of…

Front cover of the Artists book Cradle of Civilization
Accordion fold. Inkjet printed using archival inks on enhanced matte paper. Gray paper covers with title on green spine.

Front cover of the Artists book Witness, 1956
Edition of 60. Single sheet in French fold. Letterpress printed. Handmade paper made in the Lost Arch Papermill on the University of Alabama campus. Typeface: Garamond. Artists' statement: "This is an abstracted map of the University of Alabama…

the artists book R & J: The Txt Msg Edition phone and purse
The language in Shakespeare's plays has stood the test of time, but could it survive a translation into text messages by a modern teenager? I asked my 16-year-old granddaughter to rewrite the balcony scene from Romeo and Juliet as if it had all…

Front cover of the artists book A Tale of Two Herbs
Limited edition of 300 and signed by author. "This small concertina was printed at the Ohio State University Libraries' Center for Book Arts Logan Elm Press from photopolymer plates on a Vandercook No. 4 letterpress. The type is Garamond with Futura…
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