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Ephemerals, Julia Abbott, Special Collections, Fleet Library

6th Baker & Whitehill Student Artists' Book Contest 2020

No abstract provided.

Leaf, Peter Lyssiotis, Special Collections, Fleet Library

Artists' Books

2 volumes. "Leaf was completed in 2017. The paper is Magnani Pescia 160 gsm. and the pre press work is by Chris Boone. The offset printing is by Redwood Prints. The book has been bound by Pohlmann Binders.. in an edition of 10 with 3 artist's proofs."--colophon. Illustrated endpapers. Signed by the author. At the edge of a forest, a man sees a mysterious woman working at a table, sewing words on a collection of leaves. By asking a series of questions, the man ultimately discovers the true meaning of her work.

Pine Needles And Cones, Peter Freedman, Fleet Library, Special Collections, Jan Baker

Nature

This book was completed for Jan Baker's artists' book class, Printed Books.

The Agrarian Standard, Scott Thorpe, Fleet Library, Special Collections, Jan Baker

Nature

This book was completed for Jan Baker's artists' book class, Printed Books.

Monas (Unity): Notes On Time And Seasons, Louise Kohrman, Special Collections, Fleet Library

Artists' Books

4 stab bound booklets, enclosed in an Asian wrapped portfolio, held with bone clasps; portfolio cover; first opening; title page; interior spreads; four volumes; two volumes open; portfolio closed, with four volumes fanned out. Each booklet, through abstract images and poetry, offers personal musings on nature and life, creativity, and time, within the changing seasons. RISD Alumna

Plant Deconstructions, Louise Kohrman, Fleet Library, Special Collections, Jan Baker

Nature

This book was completed for Jan Baker's artists' book class.

Handmade Paper, Elizabeth E. Eddins, Fleet Library, Special Collections, Jan Baker

Nature

This book was completed for Jan Baker's artists' book class, Papermaking.

Winter Garden, Leland Burke, Fleet Library, Special Collections, Jan Baker

Nature

This book was completed for Jan Baker's artists' book class, Printed Books.

The Flower Book, Stacey Dietz, Fleet Library, Special Collections, Jan Baker

Nature

This book was completed for Jan Baker's artists' book class, Papermaking.

Seasonal Turns: Four Accordion Books, Bea Nettles, Special Collections, Fleet Library

Artists' Books

4 accordion fold books, enclosed in a plastic box; cover; four small books; three accordion books; two interior spreads . The four seasons are depicted through images of nature and human interactions with it.

Looking At The Sea, Sonia Chia, Fleet Library, Special Collections, Jan Baker

Nature

This book was completed for Jan Baker's artists' book class, Printed Books.

Tending Gardens: A Book On Friendship, Andrew Scro, Fleet Library, Special Collections, Jan Baker

Nature

This book was completed for Jan Baker's artists' book class, Printed Books.

Stopping By Woods On A Snowy Evening, Dennis Mabry, Fleet Library, Special Collections, Jan Baker

Nature

This book was completed for Jan Baker's artists' book class, Printed Books.

The Shakespeare Garden, Tamar Kondy, Fleet Library, Special Collections, Jan Baker

Nature

This book was completed for Jan Baker's artists' book class, Papermaking.

Garden Journal, Ellen Dessloch, Fleet Library, Special Collections, Jan Baker

Nature

This book was completed for Jan Baker's artists' book class, Printed Books.

Broken Sky, Arpie Gennetian, Fleet Library, Special Collections, Jan Baker

Nature

This book was completed for Jan Baker's artists' book class.

Sowing Fields, Kathleen Mallow, Fleet Library, Special Collections, Jan Baker

Nature

This book was completed for Jan Baker's artists' book class, Printed Books.

Crosscurrents, Claudia G. Thompson, Fleet Library, Special Collections, Jan Baker

Nature

This book was completed for Jan Baker's artists' book class.

Four Seasons Of The Wind, Athana A. Katsiaficas, Fleet Library, Special Collections, Jan Baker

Nature

This book was completed for Jan Baker's artists' book class.

The Stars Do Their Rounds, Susan Lawler, Fleet Library, Special Collections, Jan Baker

Nature

This book was completed for Jan Baker's artists' book class.

Tides, Christina Walker, Fleet Library, Special Collections, Jan Baker

Nature

This book was completed for Jan Baker's artists' book class.

Splash!, Janet Thuerer, Fleet Library, Special Collections, Jan Baker

Nature

This book was completed for Jan Baker's artists' book class.

Flamingo In The Dark, Bea Nettles, Special Collections, Fleet Library

Artists' Books

case bound in hard cover, foil stamped cover text; cover; interior pages. A series of complex layered photo montages in color.

Hana Shishū (花詩集) | Flower Poetry Collection, Kawarazaki Kōdō, Special Collections, Fleet Library

Pattern, Ornament, and Decoration

Classical patterns for dyeing. Volumes : color illustrations ; 31 cm. Folding books, Acordion style binding.

CONTENTS: 1-3. Mon'yō no maki -- 4. Hamon no maki -- 5. Mizu no maki -- 6. Unka no maki -- 7. Shikishi no maki

Library has no. 5 only. Gift of the Estate of Sol P. Kaufman. Volume is an accordion style fold, illustrated endpapers on the front board. Each page spread contains 6 or more stenciled blocks of patterns designs. Volume number from applied strip on front cover, hand calligraphed in Japanese.

First Forms Of Art : Pt.2. Crystal Forms, Hans Carl Perleberg, T. H. Schenk

Nature

2 v. : 80 leaves of plates ; 36 cm. Cover title. In portfolio. "This collection of 156 different forms of crystals was produced by microphotography. Professor T.H. Schenk, of Austria, experimented several years in order to bring about interesting designs through the action of acids on various metals..."--Pt. 2., cover page verso. Pt. 1. Nature -- Pt. 2. Crystal forms. Library has Pt. 2 only ; Plates: 1-20.

Etude De La Mer : Faune Et Flore De La Manche Et De L'Océan V. 2, Mathurin Méheut, Maurice Pillard Verneuil

Nature

Volume 2 of 2 : illus. (some color) ; 37 cm. Edition: Nouv. éd. Includes index. Gift of Edwin C. Parker.

Etude De La Mer : Faune Et Flore De La Manche Et De L'Océan V. 1, Mathurin Méheut, Maurice Pillard Verneuil

Nature

Volume 1 of 2 : illus. (some color) ; 37 cm. Edition: Nouv. éd. Includes index. Gift of Edwin C. Parker.

Flora, Henry Newmark, Rosa Newmark, Special Collections, Fleet Library

Nature

1 volume, 7 pages, 6 plates of mounted plants. Title from cover. "To our beloved mother on the 33d anniversary of her birthday, as a token of our love, and a remembrance of our pleasant sojourn at Engelberg. Engelberg, Switzerland. August 24th, 1887."-- written in ink on first page. Signed, Henry M. Newmark, Rosa Newmark. Opposite each of the mounted plant specimens are numbered lists of the flowers and plants Latin names used in each construction. Green cloth binding with blind decorations, bevelled edges, frame, border with ivy leaf. Title and smaller printer's ornaments below embossed in gold. The Newmarks …

Seaweed Scrapbook, Gorham Manufacturing Company, Special Collections, Fleet Library

Nature

8 leaves : mounted samples ; 28 cm. Specimen book of mounted seaweed plants. Specimens have plant names in Latin and English. Four leaves of paper handsewn into paper cover. Two pages have the mounted specimens clipped-out of the scrapbook.

From the Gorham Design Library. Gift of Lenox Inc.