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Full-Text Articles in Art and Design
The Body Temple, Laura Davidson, Special Collections, Fleet Library
The Body Temple, Laura Davidson, Special Collections, Fleet Library
Artists' Books
sculptural, hinged panels unfold to create a 3 dimensional architectural "temple"; exquisite corpse; box exterior; first opening; side views; angled viewss. Classical and Renaissance architects used parts of the human body as metaphors and inspiration for designing buildings.
A Hypothetical Analysis Of The Twinkle In Stars: (As Told By A Child To A Teacher), Katherine Ng, Special Collections, Fleet Library
A Hypothetical Analysis Of The Twinkle In Stars: (As Told By A Child To A Teacher), Katherine Ng, Special Collections, Fleet Library
Artists' Books
1 art work : color illustration. Consists of a single sheet of paper (5 x 64 cm.) folded into a pentagonal shape (9 cm.) that stores five folded paper colored stars (1-2 cm.) permanently constructed in the same manner. "Book structure based on the wishing stars (lucky stars) from Hong Kong. Handset in Centaur, letterpress printed on Mohawk"--Colophon. Library has copy 92 of 100. Initialed by the author. Curated title for Fleet Library Special Collections exhibition By Hand: Women & Books Exhibit fall, 2021.
A Passage, Buzz Spector, Special Collections, Fleet Library
A Passage, Buzz Spector, Special Collections, Fleet Library
Artists' Books
case bound in hard cover with silk covered boards; cover; top view of text block; interior pages and spreads, detail; colophon. Book consists of 181 identical pages bound and torn vertically by the artist. The page stubs gradually increase and the resulting text block forms a triangular shape. Content of the text is blurry until the full pages can be completely read. Curated title for Fleet Library Special Collections exhibition Stacked & Altered, summer 2022.
Index To The Encyclopedia, Scott Mccarney, Special Collections, Fleet Library
Index To The Encyclopedia, Scott Mccarney, Special Collections, Fleet Library
Artists' Books
perfect bound with soft cover, cover image foil stamped; cover; interior page and spreads. This book, though an artist book in itself, functions as an Index to "The Encyclopedia" a separate but related sculptural bookwork.
Reminder: An Open Book Test, Wilber Chip Schilling, Special Collections, Fleet Library
Reminder: An Open Book Test, Wilber Chip Schilling, Special Collections, Fleet Library
Artists' Books
accordion fold with 2 slipcases, one of which looks like the top of a pack of Marlboro cigarettes. Cover; interior pages, accordions, folded out; detail. Self-guided test to determine personality through color with an underlying suggestion that smoking addiction can be predicted based on psychological testing.
Keeping Things Whole, Anne Chequer, Special Collections, Fleet Library
Keeping Things Whole, Anne Chequer, Special Collections, Fleet Library
Artists' Books
14 pages. Title from cover. Edition of ten numbered copies. "Designed by Anne Chequer, Printed Books, RISD, Fall 1984, Text by Mark Strand."--Colophon. Cover and text pages made with heavy black craft paper. Text printed in black on white strips of paper. Accordion fold. This book was completed for Jan Baker's artists' book class. Library has copy no. 2. Gift of Jan Baker.