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Yu Han Mou, Alayna Ho, Fleet Library, Special Collections Jan 2017

Yu Han Mou, Alayna Ho, Fleet Library, Special Collections

4th Student Artists' Book Contest 2018

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The Inventories, Sue Johnson, Special Collections, Fleet Library Jan 2010

The Inventories, Sue Johnson, Special Collections, Fleet Library

Artists' Books

four miniature books; miniature books, accordion with board covers. Sequences of images from ephemera and original drawings in unusual juxtapositions, creating a kind of "visual poetry".


Counting: A Book Of Lists, Janine Wong, Special Collections, Fleet Library Jan 2008

Counting: A Book Of Lists, Janine Wong, Special Collections, Fleet Library

Artists' Books

accordion, dos à dos, uncovered spine with two cloth covered boards; a cloth covered board folder wraps around the book and all enclosed in a cloth covered slipcase, with foil stamped title. Cover; interior pages. Taking bits of information found in old journal entries, calendars, shopping and to-do lists, the artist notes the roles she plays as wife, mother, professor, administrator, architect, and book artist. Found lists are digitally reproduced with letterpress.


Twenty-Five Years Ago, Joan Lyons, Special Collections, Fleet Library Jan 1998

Twenty-Five Years Ago, Joan Lyons, Special Collections, Fleet Library

Artists' Books

saddle stitch with soft cover; cover; interior spread and pages; back cover. The artist's wallet is recovered in an old air vent in her child's former school 25 years after she had visited his 4th grade classroom. The contents reveal life in the early 1970's.


Auto Communication, Miriam Schaer, Special Collections, Fleet Library Jan 1992

Auto Communication, Miriam Schaer, Special Collections, Fleet Library

Artists' Books

concertina fold spine with pamphlet sewn signatures, bound in paper covered boards, housed in a cloth covered clamshell box; book and box decorated with plastic toy trucks; box cover; cover; interior spreads; detail. Assorted bits of paper signs, pamphlets, business cards, flyers and other debris found on the streets of Manhattan are collaged to communicate street life in a busy city.