Someone Else,
2015
Rhode Island School of Design
Someone Else, Yi Bin Liang, Fleet Library, Special Collections
2nd Student Artists' Book Contest 2016
No abstract provided.
In Memory Of January 28, 1986,
2015
Rhode Island School of Design
In Memory Of January 28, 1986, Lanxuan (Florence) Liu, Fleet Library, Special Collections
2nd Student Artists' Book Contest 2016
1st PURCHASE PRIZE WINNER $500 | Sponsored by Elkus Manfredi
Vibrato,
2015
Rhode Island School of Design
Vibrato, Chenhao (Lobbin) Liu, Fleet Library, Special Collections
2nd Student Artists' Book Contest 2016
No abstract provided.
To Thine Own Self Be True,
2015
Rhode Island School of Design
To Thine Own Self Be True, Aly Maderson Quinlog, Fleet Library, Special Collections
2nd Student Artists' Book Contest 2016
No abstract provided.
Lenticularis Typographic Abecedarium,
2015
Rhode Island School of Design
Lenticularis Typographic Abecedarium, Lisa J. Maione, Fleet Library, Special Collections
2nd Student Artists' Book Contest 2016
No abstract provided.
Peter Nicholson's Providence,
2015
Rhode Island School of Design
Peter Nicholson's Providence, Peter Nicholson, Fleet Library, Special Collections
2nd Student Artists' Book Contest 2016
No abstract provided.
Our Family Album,
2015
Rhode Island School of Design
Our Family Album, Jessica Renzelman, Fleet Library, Special Collections
2nd Student Artists' Book Contest 2016
No abstract provided.
The Marble Faun,
2015
Rhode Island School of Design
The Marble Faun, Ivan Rios-Fetchko, Fleet Library, Special Collections
2nd Student Artists' Book Contest 2016
No abstract provided.
The Travel,
2015
Rhode Island School of Design
The Travel, Kathia St. Hilaire, Fleet Library, Special Collections
2nd Student Artists' Book Contest 2016
2nd PURCHSE PRIZE WINNER $375
Dolores & Goliath,
2015
Rhode Island School of Design
Dolores & Goliath, Lauren Wiener, Fleet Library, Special Collections
2nd Student Artists' Book Contest 2016
No abstract provided.
Radishes,
2015
Rhode Island School of Design
Radishes, Shaylie Woodhouse, Fleet Library, Special Collections
2nd Student Artists' Book Contest 2016
No abstract provided.
The Dyatlov Pass Incident,
2015
Rhode Island School of Design
The Dyatlov Pass Incident, Leah Yao, Fleet Library, Special Collections
2nd Student Artists' Book Contest 2016
No abstract provided.
The End Of The Wasp Season,
2015
Rhode Island School of Design
The End Of The Wasp Season, Erin K. Schmidt, Special Collections, Fleet Library
Artists' Books
1 artists' book. Edition of three numbered and signed copies. Title, artist's name, edition statement, and artist's email address written in pencil on paper board which attaches the cover boards in place. Publication date from artist's invoice. "The title of this work is taken from the title of the book 'the end of wasp season' which has been altered into the form of a wasp nest. Nine small whirlwind bound books are nestled into the brood cells, tucked away like larvae. Within the brood cells images of wasps have been rubber stamped in social groupings, but their numbers decrease leaving …
Rain/Fall,
2015
Rhode Island School of Design
Rain/Fall, Denise Bookwalter, Michael Bookwalter, Special Collections, Fleet Library
Artists' Books
1 volume (unpaged) : illustrations (partly color). Limited edition of 50 numbered copies. Co-published: Chicago: Center for Book and Paper Arts. Artist book consisting of 9 rotatable volvelles inserted into cardboard pages. Printed on Legion Bamboo paper. Bound in red book cloth. "The project Rain/fall accentuates the physicality of the book and the possibilities of contemporary mobile technology combining these seemingly disparate forms to create a complementary cross platform reading experience. Rain/fall is driven by geography and weather. The text in both the app and the book is determined by where the reader is and what weather the reader is …
Until Death Do Us Part,
2015
Rhode Island School of Design
Until Death Do Us Part, Thomas Sauvin, Special Collections, Fleet Library
Artists' Books
[100] pages : chiefly color illustrations. "Published ... in a second edition of 2000 China, September 2015."--colophon. "Until Death Do Us Part focuses on the unexpected role cigarettes play in Chinese weddings. As a token of appreciation, it is customary for the bride to light a cigarette for each and every man invited. The bride and the groom are then invited to play some cigarette-smoking games of an unprecedented ingenuousness. This publication pays homage to a tradition in which love and death walk hand in hand. These photos come from the Beijing Silvermine project, an archive of half a million …
Unfolding Practice : Reflections On Learning And Teaching,
2015
Rhode Island School of Design
Unfolding Practice : Reflections On Learning And Teaching, Arzu Mistry, Todd Elkin, Women's Studio Workshop, Special Collections, Fleet Library
Artists' Books
56 unnumbered pages : color illustrations. Issued in an edition of 50 copies. "Unfolding Practice: Reflections on Learning and Teaching is a conversation between two artist-educators. Flowing across five chapters, the double sided accordion book has been curated from ten years of recorded conversations, field notes, planning, sketches, reflection, and teaching. The front of the book weaves text, illustration, cutouts, and screen prints, journeying through artistic process and educational practice. The back of the book is a guide, expanding on the practice of using accordion books as a tool for capturing, visualizing, and building upon reflective thinking. The brown paper …
Blue Yodo Waltz,
2015
Rhode Island School of Design
Blue Yodo Waltz, Kyoko Matsunaga, Special Collections, Fleet Library
Artists' Books
1 scroll. "Rivers are the source of all development, and civilizations are made up of individuals. The original of this scroll was a collage on a QRS player piano roll of Blue Danube Waltz (Strauss) which I happened to find at an antique shop. When I lived in Osaka, I took pictures of ordinary local people while walking along the city's iconic Yodo river all the way to the bay as a collection of slice-of-life scenes of people in the limited area and time that I could experience at first hand, and laid them on the stream of the elegant …
Wipe The Slate,
2015
Rhode Island School of Design
Wipe The Slate, Sarah Nicholls, Special Collections, Fleet Library
Artists' Books
1 folded sheet. Edition of 200. "December 2015 New York City" Folded pamphlet, with text and background illustrations, printed from wood and metal type and hand carved lino blocks. Can be viewed unfolded flat or folded into accordion-style book. Sheet folds out to 32 x 47 cm, one side illustrated with woodcuts, the other with linocuts. Title printed in red letterpress, text printed in blue letterpress.
The Tunnel Calamity,
2015
Rhode Island School of Design
The Tunnel Calamity, Edward St. John Gorey, Special Collections, Fleet Library
Pop-up and Movable Books
1 tunnel book : color illustrations. "A Tunnel Book" Tunnel peepshow with 8 panels attached on the vertical edges with accordion-folded strips pasted down on front and rear illustrated boards. Book expands so cut-out illustrations can be viewed in 3-D through peephole in cover. Unexpected appearance of the Uluus (thought to have been extinct for over a century) in the tunnel connecting East Shoetree and West Raidsh, St. Frumble's Day, 1892. Originally published: New York : G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1984. Housed in a paper box (16 x 18.5 cm)
The Bee Book,
2015
Rhode Island School of Design
The Bee Book, Matt Holbein, Emily Brooks, Foliage Library, Special Collections, Fleet Library
Pop-up and Movable Books
1 volume (in box) : color illustrations + 1 instruction booklet. Statement of responsibility from back cover of book. "The Bee Book is part of the Foliage LIbrary, a series of educational pop-up books by Matt Holbein & Emily Brooks."--Accompanying instruction booklet. "The Foliage LIbrary: Exploring nature through interactive folding books"--Back of box. The artists were inspired by classes on artists' books and pop-up books taught at the RIT Libraries for the creation of this book and others from their company. Funding for The Bee Book was obtained through a Kickstarter campaign. "The Bee Book is an illustrated interactive folding …
