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2018

Rhode Island School of Design

Book and Paper

Artists' books; blot drawing; letterpress printing; lithography; handmade paper

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Curio, Melanie Mauro, Special Collections, Fleet Library Jan 2018

Curio, Melanie Mauro, Special Collections, Fleet Library

Artists' Books

1 volume. "Curio was designed and printed by Melanie Mauro at The University of the Arts and Heirloom Press. The text is adapted from the 1868 collection of articles, Modern Women and What Is, and Kate Chopin's novel, The Awakening". This book is printed using letterpress, screenprint and lithography on paper handmade by the artist" --Colophon. Includes inkblot imagery; some screen printed using black thermo-chromic ink that turns white when heated. Edition of 5, signed and numbered by the artist. Sewn on seven raised cords and bound in full white (alum-tawed) leather. Curio is a collection of "quotidian objects" that …

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