How Books Work,
2010
Rhode Island School of Design
How Books Work, Julie Chen, Clifton Meador, Special Collections, Fleet Library
Artists' Books
16 pages : color illustrations. "Written, designed, and produced by Julie Chen and Clifton Meador ... Fall 2010"--Colophon. Cover title. Unnumbered edition of approximately 300 copies. In paper portfolio with mounted color illustration including title. Offset printed; lasercut elements. Clifton Meador, RISD Alumnus, BFA Photography, 1980. Gift of Julie Chen. Fleet Library at RISD Alumni Collection. Curated title for Fleet Library Special Collections exhibition By Hand: Women & Books Exhibit fall, 2021.
Why?,
2010
Rhode Island School of Design
Why?, Giacomo Traldi, Fleet Library, Special Collections, Jan Baker
Letters
This book was completed for Jan Baker's artists' book class.
The Xeroxed Book,
2010
Rhode Island School of Design
The Xeroxed Book, Eric Doeringer, Special Collections, Fleet Library
Artists' Books
1 volume, 185 pages. "The Xeroxed Book is based on Carl Andre, Robert Barry, Douglas Huebler, Joseph Kosuth, Sol LeWitt, Robert Morris, Lawrence Weiner - an artists book published by Seth Siegelaub and John Wendler in 1969 that is more commonly known as The Xerox Book. The Xerox Book was conceived as an exhibition in book form: Siegelaub invited the seven titular artists to submit 25-page projects designed to be reproduced by the then-new technology of the photocopy. However, photocopying proved too expensive at the time, and the book was printed on a traditional offset press. The Xeroxed Book is …
Bastokalypse,
2010
Rhode Island School of Design
Bastokalypse, M.S. Bastian, Special Collections, Fleet Library
Artists' Books
1 volume (unpaged) : chiefly ill.. Cover title. Book has text and illustrations on one side and a 52 meter frieze of apocalyptic imagery on the other side of accordion-fold paper board pages. Includes bibliographical references. Text in German English and French.
Red Radish,
2010
Rhode Island School of Design
Red Radish, Elle Conyers, Special Collections, Fleet Library
Artists' Books
14 unnumbered pages . Cover title. No edition statement. Author name on last printed page. Accordion fold, printed on one side only, folds out to 5 x 46 cm. Second part of compound word begins the word on the next page. Student work likely completed for one of Jan Baker's Printed Books classes, Rhode Island School of Design. RISD Alumna, BFA, GD, 2010. Gift of Jan Baker.
Erotica Botanica,
2010
Rhode Island School of Design
Erotica Botanica, Catherine Michaelis, Special Collections, Fleet Library
Artists' Books
16 unnumbered pages : illustrations. Artist's book written, designed and created by Catherine Michaelis. Limited edition of 40 copies, signed "Catherine Alice" by the artist. "Enter the sensual Erotica Botanica through an unfolding caress of its leaf shaped pages. Delicate flowers with enticing organs float up from the folds above a bed of leaves and seed pods. Erotic verse, written by flowers and pollinators, inspires the viewer to contemplate the sexual desire of plants."--May Day Press blog, viewed 12/6/10. The deluxe edition ... has a ... wrapper with supporting top and bottom flaps and five pop-ups, (one delicately concealed in …
Konglish,
2010
Rhode Island School of Design
Konglish, Jana Sim, Special Collections, Fleet Library
Artists' Books
28 unnumbered pages : color illustrations. Limited edition of 32 copies, signed and numbered by the artist. "This book is about the differences between how language is observed and interpreted. My focus is on three languages which are Korean, English and Konglish (Korean + English) ... There are short, humorous stories in each language that I have personally experienced based on the differences of the languages and how they function in different cultures ... Two laser cut volvelles ... have mixture of both Korean and English alphabets. The book will be very different depending on what language you are able …
Sheets,
2010
Rhode Island School of Design
Sheets, Dolores Connelly, Jessica Spring, Springtide Press, Special Collections, Fleet Library
Artists' Books
4 leaves (folded into house shape). "Sheets is a cycle of haiku by Dolores Connelly, each poem capturing a moment within a season. These haiku are excerpted with permission of the author from A Twisted Balance, One-Line Haiku and a Few Senryu, an unpublished collection of one hundred haiku dedicated to people forced from their homelands or houses"--Colophon. Title and statement of responsibility from colophon printed on the inside bottom of the cardboard box. "The text and ornaments are handset and letterpress printed on handmade abaca [paper] and housed in boxes made with Paper Studio's recycled cardboard box paper .. …
River D: The Shortest River In The World,
2010
Rhode Island School of Design
River D: The Shortest River In The World, Jill Timm, Mystical Places Press, Special Collections, Fleet Library
Artists' Books
[12] pages : color ill., map . "Limited edition of 32."-- Colophon, page [3] of cover.
Dirty Baby / By Ed Ruscha, Pictures ; Nels Cline, Music ; David Breskin, Ghazals.,
2010
Rhode Island School of Design
Dirty Baby / By Ed Ruscha, Pictures ; Nels Cline, Music ; David Breskin, Ghazals., Edward Ruscha, Special Collections, Fleet Library
Artists' Books
A33, B33 leaves : color illustrations; 4 compact discs. Side A and Side B are inverted and bound tête-bêche style. United States dime is imbedded on the cover of side A. Concept & design by David Breskin. The accompanying spoken word CDs feature the author reading his ghazals, the texts of which are printed in this book. Side A: For Dave Hickey. Side B: For Kareen Rashad Sultan Kahn, February 12, 1987-August 6, 2007, in memoriam. SUMMARY "Dirty Baby" is a collaboration between the paintings of Ed Ruscha, the music of Nels Cline, and the poems of David Breskin. The …
The Model Architect: The Panic Of '09,
2010
Rhode Island School of Design
The Model Architect: The Panic Of '09, Karen Hanmer, Special Collections, Fleet Library
Artists' Books
drum leaf binding variation in hard cover, with leather spine; cover; interior spreads and pages. Samuel Sloan's 1852 publication of model designs for houses is updated with this reflection on the current US housing crisis.
Local Conditions: One Hundred Views Of Mount Rainier (At Least),
2010
Rhode Island School of Design
Local Conditions: One Hundred Views Of Mount Rainier (At Least), Chandler O'Leary, Special Collections, Fleet Library
Artists' Books
1 container box, 120 card-sized prints, 1 guide (50 pages). Consists of 120 card-sized prints in a container box (20 x 26 x 19.5 cm) and a viewing box with slats for inserting the cards to create different views of Mount Rainier. The container box has three drawers, two of which contain the cards and the last containing the viewing box and a guide to the cards called "Locator key." The top of the container box is a viewing platform to hold the viewing box. The container box is inserted in a five-paneled wrapper printed on the interior with an …
The Inventories,
2010
Rhode Island School of Design
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".
