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Wrongly Bodied Two, Clarissa Sligh, Women's Studio Workshop, Special Collections, Fleet Library
Wrongly Bodied Two, Clarissa Sligh, Women's Studio Workshop, Special Collections, Fleet Library
Artists' Books
112 pages : illustrations, portraits. "Wrongly bodied two" relates the stories of Jake, a contemporary white male imprisoned in a woman's body as he transitions from female to male and Ellen Craft, a 19th century black woman who escapes slavery by passing as a white man. While photographing Jake's transition, Sligh becomes conscious of society's psychological response to the transgressive act of changing one's identity. Recalling Ellen Craft's journey to freedom, Sligh re-examines her own fears of crossing the forbidden boundaries of gender, race and class."--artist's webpage. "Produced during an artist residency at the Women's Studio Workshop .. The book …
True To Life, Julie Chen, Special Collections, Fleet Library
True To Life, Julie Chen, Special Collections, Fleet Library
Artists' Books
1 volume (unpaged) : 12 leaves of color plates. Title from portfolio box. Text "block" has 12 leaves of color plates that are manipulated by the reader. Includes instructions on "How to work this book"--Colophon. "... letterpress printed using a combination of pressure plates, woodblocks, & photopolymer plates. It was assembled and bound at Flying Fish Press with expert assistance from Macy Chadwick. The image that appears on each page is one section of a long, continuous visual timeline that can never be viewed all at once. In an edition of 100 copies.--Colophon. Library has copy no. 36, signed by …
Nets, Jen Bervin, Unkown Risd Student, Special Collections, Fleet Library
Nets, Jen Bervin, Unkown Risd Student, Special Collections, Fleet Library
Artists' Books
150 leaves. The texts of Shakespeare's 150 sonnets have been "stripped ... bare ... to make the space of the poems open, porous, possible ..."--Working note. The full text of Shakespeare is printed in light gray type, with the author's selected words printed in darker type. The title is derived in this manner from the word Sonnets. Library has a 2nd copy in Artists' Books: B458Ne. Curated title for Fleet Library Special Collections exhibition Stacked & Altered, summer 2022.
Archipelago, Richard Rose, Special Collections, Fleet Library
Archipelago, Richard Rose, Special Collections, Fleet Library
Artists' Books
24 unnumbered pages. Cover title. Editor, Philip C. Rose ; Design, PopKitchen, Inc. Grandpa vs. Slinky -- Il Turista -- Eye lines -- Manna -- B[or]n -- Whack-a-mole -- The Indelible shrinking man -- Chordata -- Projection -- Brother's keeper -- At eighty. Collection of concrete poems. Letterpress printing, red and black. Typeface, Legacy Serif. Pop-it note mounted inside backcover, to Jan from the author. RISD Faculty. Gift of Jan Baker.
Aunt Sallie's Lament, Margaret Kaufman, Clair Van Vilet, Ellen Dorn Levitt, Audrey Holden, Mary Richardson
Aunt Sallie's Lament, Margaret Kaufman, Clair Van Vilet, Ellen Dorn Levitt, Audrey Holden, Mary Richardson
Artists' Books
Diamond shape bound book, 24 pages, mounted color illustrations. Limited edition of 120 copies signed by Claire Van Vliet, Mary Richardson, Audrey Holden and E.D. Levitt. "This edition was made using the Permalin text block of the 1993 edition by Chronicle Books.. The design was made with Ellen Dorn Levitt and Audrey Holden who did most of the assembly and made the boxes with Mary Richardson."--Colophon. Book bound in a diamond-shape with the left point blunted for the spine. Each page is a different combination of colors and geometric shapes resembling quilt blocks. Additional Japanese and handmade papers added to …
Abecé, Joan Lyons, Special Collections, Fleet Library
Abecé, Joan Lyons, Special Collections, Fleet Library
Artists' Books
hand sewn signatures with cloth spine and paper covered boards. Enclosed in cardboard wrapper with thread tie. Cover; interior pages and spreads. Colorful images of letters of the alphabet, as found in grafitti on various public surfaces in Mexico City.
Small Gifts, Karen S. Kunc, Special Collections, Fleet Library
Small Gifts, Karen S. Kunc, Special Collections, Fleet Library
Artists' Books
1 sheet : color illustrations . Author information from colophon. "This book began at midsummer with etchings made in Kustavi, and aquatints made at home in the fall. The text is handset and the paper is handmade of grasses and old sheets. All completed at winter solstice by Karen Kunc."--Colophon. Issued in an edition of 18. Bound in boards covered with blue, grey, and red paper. Text consists of a Finnish folk song. Color etchings and aquatints printed on handmade paper of grasses and cotton rag. Letterpress printed text. Accordion folded into covered boards. Library has copy no. 8.