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How Books Work, Julie Chen, Clifton Meador, Special Collections, Fleet Library
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.
The Xeroxed Book, Eric Doeringer, Special Collections, Fleet Library
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, M.S. Bastian, Special Collections, Fleet Library
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, Elle Conyers, Special Collections, Fleet Library
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, Catherine Michaelis, Special Collections, Fleet Library
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, Jana Sim, Special Collections, Fleet Library
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, Dolores Connelly, Jessica Spring, Springtide Press, Special Collections, Fleet Library
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, Jill Timm, Mystical Places Press, Special Collections, Fleet Library
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., Edward Ruscha, Special Collections, Fleet Library
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, Karen Hanmer, Special Collections, Fleet Library
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), Chandler O'Leary, Special Collections, Fleet Library
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, Sue Johnson, Special Collections, Fleet Library
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".
Walk On Red:Soundscapes On Broadway, Hoon Kim, Special Collections, Fleet Library
Walk On Red:Soundscapes On Broadway, Hoon Kim, Special Collections, Fleet Library
Artists' Books
sewn signatures with soft cover; cover; interior spreads and pages. Visual and graphic representations of sounds in various areas of Manhattan, using diagrams, satelite maps, and photographs. Incorporates factual information with quotations about cities and spaces. RISD alumnus.
Good Eats: Sit Down, Relax & Enjoy: It's The Cook's Choice: Selections From An Appetizing Array Of Well-Seasoned Moments And Finely Diced Tales, Gretchen Hooker, Special Collections, Fleet Library
Good Eats: Sit Down, Relax & Enjoy: It's The Cook's Choice: Selections From An Appetizing Array Of Well-Seasoned Moments And Finely Diced Tales, Gretchen Hooker, Special Collections, Fleet Library
Artists' Books
portfolio with 4 flaps, enclosing loose plates; box cover; open box with loose prints; loose prints, 4. The portfolio cover looks like a neon diner sign and unfolds to create a placemat. Recipe cards include anecdotes about friends and special foods shared.
Secret Recipes For The Modern Wife: All The Dishes You'll Need To Make From The Day You Say "I Do" Until Death (Or Divorce) Do You Part., Nava Atlas, Special Collections, Fleet Library
Secret Recipes For The Modern Wife: All The Dishes You'll Need To Make From The Day You Say "I Do" Until Death (Or Divorce) Do You Part., Nava Atlas, Special Collections, Fleet Library
Artists' Books
smythe sewn, paperback; cover; page spreads: "What a Turkey Noodle Soup"; pg 46-47 "Whoosh" . signed by the artist
Cry Uncle, Frances Jetter, Special Collections, Fleet Library
Cry Uncle, Frances Jetter, Special Collections, Fleet Library
Artists' Books
[23] pages (accordion fold) : color ill. (lino cuts). Cover title. Edition of 15. Accordion fold book. Linoleum cuts (18 x 24") printed on translucent Japanese paper. Text pages letterpress printed. Large typeface in old wood letters. In paper-covered portfolio with tie. Housed in a zippered canvas bag. Front side of bag has color printed illustrations which resemble a mask. "Largely based on what went on at Guantanomo and Abu Ghraib ..."-- artist in an interview with Zina Saunders. Library has copy no. 6. Signed by the artist.
The Topography Of Home, Macy Chadwick, Special Collections, Fleet Library
The Topography Of Home, Macy Chadwick, Special Collections, Fleet Library
Artists' Books
[20] pages : color ill.. Edition of 50 copies, numbered and signed by the artist. [Letterpress] ... printed by Macy Chadwick ... with pressure prints and polymer plates on Mohawk Superfine and French's Extra Blue Butcher paper ... Window images hand-stenciled on Silk Tissue." -- Colophon. Pages attached to a concertina with most pages having a circular silk tissue window so that the preceding and following pages show through. Gift Fund. Library has copy no. 35.
Flight Textile Book Two, Christine Kermaire, Special Collections, Fleet Library
Flight Textile Book Two, Christine Kermaire, Special Collections, Fleet Library
Artists' Books
1 textile panel, 4 laminated cards : illus. (1 color). Title from 6 x 15 cm. laminated card. Edition of 300 numbered copies. Consists of a textile panel (62 x 88 cm.) with 2 grommets at top for hanging and velcro strips at bottom. Includes three 22 x 29 cm. laminated cards (description of cemetery, layout of cemetery, picture of shadow of monument on grass in cemetery) with velcro tabs at top so that they may be hung from bottom of textile panel. Also includes one 6 x 15 cm. laminated card with legend: Flight textile book two. 3 sheets …
Farewell To Sport, Paul Gallico, Special Collections, Fleet Library
Farewell To Sport, Paul Gallico, Special Collections, Fleet Library
Artists' Books
1 book object. Altered book, all pages after page 15 are glued together into one block, these pages have two rectangular compartments carved-out and contain an empty box of Camel cigarettes and a blue Bic disposable lighter. Inside front cover has a paper label glued in with printed initials: SPC. Below the label written in pencil is 2008. Originally published: New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 1938, this book is the 4th printing October 1941. Book is open to chapter two with chapter title: Who do you think you are --Dempsey? Gift of Jan Baker. Curated title for Fleet Library …
Martha, Shu-Ju Wang, Special Collections, Fleet Library
Martha, Shu-Ju Wang, Special Collections, Fleet Library
Artists' Books
1 volume, 26 pages. Cover title. "Gocco printed from original text and design by Shu-Ju Wang. Individual prints by Martha Pomeranz."--Colophon. "Relay Replay Press is dedicated to working with seniors with dementia to create artist's books that illuminate the creative lives of the elderly."--Artist's statement at Vamp & Tramp Booksellers website. Limited ed. of 20 copies. "Martha designed and Gocco printed the individual prints; I designed and Gocco printed the envelopes and the cover. The cover was also dyed with a very diluted acrylic paint; on Rives Lightweight, Nepal Light, and Nepal Heavyweight. Martha took to the Print Gocco like …
Solid Phases, Sara Langworthy, Special Collections, Fleet Library
Solid Phases, Sara Langworthy, Special Collections, Fleet Library
Artists' Books
1 volume ([50] pages) : illustrations ; 24 x 32 cm. Edition of 33 copies. Most of this book was designed and printed in 2008, during a Visiting Artist Residency at the University of Iowa Center for the Book, made possible by a grant from the Windgate Foundation. The final twelve press runs and binding were completed in the fall of 2012. The text was hand-set from a very worn case of Helvetica, and printed on a Vandercook SP-20. Images printed from a photopolymer plates and linoleum blocks. Papers, in order of appearance and omitting repetition, are: Sakamoto, Shin-Tobi, an …
Where Are You From?, Alex Appella, Special Collections, Fleet Library
Where Are You From?, Alex Appella, Special Collections, Fleet Library
Artists' Books
14 pages : color illustrations. "This on-going, numbered edition was begun in September, 2008, in San Antonio de Arredondo, Provincia de Cordoba, Argentina. This book was printed on Colorspot Nieve paper, 220 gram using an Epson Ink Jet printer"--Colophon. Pages sewn into linen tapes. Flat back binding. Book housed in box made by author. Box has stickers, tags, a ribbon, etc. to look like a traveler's trunk. Library has copy no. 5, made: April 2009.
Bernoulli Equation For Unsteady Potential Flow, Amandine Nabarra-Piomelli, Special Collections, Fleet Library
Bernoulli Equation For Unsteady Potential Flow, Amandine Nabarra-Piomelli, Special Collections, Fleet Library
Artists' Books
1 sewn book in slipcase. Title from colophon. Edition of 40 numbered and signed copies. Bernoulli's equation for unsteady potential flow in Greek symbols above title on colophon and on first leaf. "This book visually and tactilely mimics the action of a body in water. The Bernoulli equation for unsteady potential flow (named for Daniel Bernoulli, 18th-century Dutch-Swiss mathematician is used, among other places, in the theory of ocean surface waves and acoustics."--Artist's website. Artist's book by Amandine Nabarra-Piomelli, comprised of a sequence of strips of photos which represents the nature and meaning of water, traditionally associated with the qualities …
Counting: A Book Of Lists, Janine Wong, Special Collections, Fleet Library
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.
Paper Works: A Play On The Possibilities Of A Piece Of Paper, Jennifer Grimyser, Special Collections, Fleet Library
Paper Works: A Play On The Possibilities Of A Piece Of Paper, Jennifer Grimyser, Special Collections, Fleet Library
Artists' Books
portfolio with loose plates; cover; title page inside portfolio; title page; interior pages. A playful look at things you can do with a piece of paper.
Secret Recipes For The Modern Wife: From Accommodating Breakfasts To Just Desserts, Recipes For Deteriorating Marriages., Nava Atlas, Special Collections, Fleet Library
Secret Recipes For The Modern Wife: From Accommodating Breakfasts To Just Desserts, Recipes For Deteriorating Marriages., Nava Atlas, Special Collections, Fleet Library
Artists' Books
spiral bound; cover; page spreads.
Enclosure Exposure : Data Protection Patterning, Elizabeth Duffy, Dikko Faust, Esther K. Smith, Purgatory Pie Press, Special Collections, Fleet Library
Enclosure Exposure : Data Protection Patterning, Elizabeth Duffy, Dikko Faust, Esther K. Smith, Purgatory Pie Press, Special Collections, Fleet Library
Artists' Books
8 unnumbered pages : illustrations . "Instabook 3" Letterpress, diecut, and printed collagraph, and handset type in blue and black, signed and numbered in an edition of 200 by the artist together with Dikko Faust and Esther K. Smith of Purgatory Pie. "Purgatory Pie Press and the artist Elizabeth Duffy have collaborated on a book that utilizes as source material everyday ephemeral patterns, specifically the interior security patterns of envelopes and the visual language of analog mail. The result is a page-turner of overlapping patterns and forms. Purgatory and Duffy culled patterns from their junk mail to create this paean …
Drawings On A Bus, Ellsworth Kelly, Special Collections, Fleet Library
Drawings On A Bus, Ellsworth Kelly, Special Collections, Fleet Library
Artists' Books
[44] pages : chiefly illus. Facsimile edition of a 1954 sketchbook. Sketchbook 23, 1954 Bauen in Eisenbeton, bauen in Eisen, bauen in Frankreich At head of cover title: Sigfried Giedion : bauen in Eisenbeton, bauen in Eisen, bauen in Frankreich. Title on p. [4] of cover: Giedion : bauen in Eisen und Eisenbeton.
Asian American Project, Irene Chan, Special Collections, Fleet Library
Asian American Project, Irene Chan, Special Collections, Fleet Library
Artists' Books
1 case, 35 cards. An open edition artist book. Contains 35 loose and unnumbered cards, much like business cards. Print media on paper, with press name Ch'An punched out. Housed in a red, white, and blue paper case with slip-in envelope closure.
Barbie Paper Doll: A Transformed Wardrobe With Textile Mill History, Irene Chan, Special Collections, Fleet Library
Barbie Paper Doll: A Transformed Wardrobe With Textile Mill History, Irene Chan, Special Collections, Fleet Library
Artists' Books
1 artist's book : color illustrations. Written, designed, and produced by Irene Chan ... produced in an edition of 10 copies. Place of publication for Elsewhere Artist Collaborative from box. Digital prints of cut paper doll clothes. Found object into sculptural book. Printed and illustrated paper box with paper doll, doll clothes, and printed leaf of references for text and images. "American textile history is printed on sixteen paper doll Barbie's clothes. Original doll from 1980 found at Elsewhere Museum and Residency. History is in the form of text and images from mill worker interviews and portraits, tools, statistics, and …