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  • Collection: Artists' Books

Front cover of the artists book On War and Peace
Letterpress printed, handbound accordion book with single signatures sewn with red thread on mountain folds. "On war and peace was produced in a class taught by Bonnie Thompson Norman at the Windowpane Press, Seattle, Washington. Participants were…

Artists book Om Shanti opened to reveal the flaps inside
A flag book consisting of seven leaves, each divided into three flags, with a gold-colored cord running through the top and bottom segments and through the covers. In place of a spine, there is an accordion binding. Devanagari and Roman scripts on…

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…

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 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…

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 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 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 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.

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…
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