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Pig 05049 : 1:1, Christien Meindertsma, Special Collections, Fleet Library
Pig 05049 : 1:1, Christien Meindertsma, Special Collections, Fleet Library
Artists' Books
1 volume (various pagings) : chiefly ill. (chiefly color). "Concept, photography, design & illustrations, Christien Meindertsma"--title page verso. The project was exhibited in the Kunsthal in Rotterdam in 2008. 3rd printing, Oct. 2009. Includes index. "Christien Meindertsma has spent three years researching all the products made from a single pig. Amongst some of the more unexpected results were: Ammunition, medicine, photo paper, heart valves, brakes, chewing gum, porcelain, cosmetics, cigarettes, conditioner and even bio diesel. Meindertsma makes the subject more approachable by reducing everything to the scale of one animal. After it's death, Pig number 05049 was shipped in parts …
I Am The Place Where I Am, Jeong-Hoon Kim, Special Collections, Fleet Library
I Am The Place Where I Am, Jeong-Hoon Kim, Special Collections, Fleet Library
Artists' Books
[32] pages : ill. (some color), maps (1 folded) "First edition limited to 150 numbered copies."--Colophon. "This book was designed by Hoon Kim, and all photos were taken from Google Earth."--Colophon. [8] page color booklet (13 x 10 cm.) stapled into the center. Cover is a folded map (28 x 38 cm.) Gift of Hoon Kim.
Abracadabra: An Homage To N.H. Werkman, Werner Pfeiffer, Special Collections, Fleet Library
Abracadabra: An Homage To N.H. Werkman, Werner Pfeiffer, Special Collections, Fleet Library
Artists' Books
2 dimensional flexagons and corresponding loose plates, enclosed in a four sided, cloth covered shaped portfolio; cover; various elements; detail; flat view of flexagon structure; detail. A tribute to the life and work of N.H. Werkman, noted German Graphic Designer. As Werkman playfully used text and letter forms as image, the flexagons revolve to reconfigure each composition.
Connect The Dots, Macy Chadwick, Special Collections, Fleet Library
Connect The Dots, Macy Chadwick, Special Collections, Fleet Library
Artists' Books
long stitch with cloth-covered cover boards, housed in a wrap box with plexi front and magnet closure; closed book inside cloth covered box; cloth covered box open with book inside; interior of cloth covered box; book cover without box; interior page; page spread. number 9 in an edition of 18, signed by the artist
Sehnsüchtig, Amber Gayle, Special Collections, Fleet Library
Sehnsüchtig, Amber Gayle, Special Collections, Fleet Library
Artists' Books
stab bound album, sewn cloth hinges; perfect bound; cover; page spreads; interior pages, back cover. In fhe form of a handmade photo album, this book recalls memories of a lake and longing for love. Written by Amber Gayle, produced by twin sister Stacy Erin Forte (formerly Wakefield), RISD Alumna.
Sylvæ: Fifty Specimens Printed Directly From The Wood With Historical Anecdotes & Observations, Gaylord Schanilec, Ben Verhoeven, Special Collections, Fleet Library
Sylvæ: Fifty Specimens Printed Directly From The Wood With Historical Anecdotes & Observations, Gaylord Schanilec, Ben Verhoeven, Special Collections, Fleet Library
Artists' Books
case bound with fold-out pages, bound in oak cover boards with leather spine and foil stamped spine label; cover; interior pages and spreads. Fifty specimens of timber trees on the farm property of Gaylord Shanilec are printed in full color woodcuts. Anecdotes about the making of the book, the trees, and the neighbors give personality to each tree sample. Ben Verhoeven is RISD alumnus.
The Appeal Of Pornography, Karen Bleitz, Special Collections, Fleet Library
The Appeal Of Pornography, Karen Bleitz, Special Collections, Fleet Library
Artists' Books
drum leaf binding, hard cover, pop-up, movable parts; accordion; cover; page spread, title page; page spreads; colophon. Pop-up book featuring the vast array of pornographic materials available in today's culture and the resulting objectification of women. Designed by Karen Bleitz, hand cut and bound by Amelia Drinkwater. Originally produced in 1996, re-issued in 2007.
The Twin Survey: A Study, Amber Gayle, Special Collections, Fleet Library
The Twin Survey: A Study, Amber Gayle, Special Collections, Fleet Library
Artists' Books
pamphlet stitch; stab bound; cover; page spreads, interior page. A study on the psychology of twins and their relationships to each other and other people.
Pictorial Webster's: G. & C. Merriam Dictionary Engravings Of The Nineteenth Century Printed Alphabetically As A Source For Creativity In The Human Brain, With Additional Dissertation, John Carrera, Special Collections, Fleet Library
Pictorial Webster's: G. & C. Merriam Dictionary Engravings Of The Nineteenth Century Printed Alphabetically As A Source For Creativity In The Human Brain, With Additional Dissertation, John Carrera, Special Collections, Fleet Library
Artists' Books
case-bound in leather, clamshell box; open clamshell box with closed book inside; front cover; page spread 24-25, "letter B"; page spread 270-271, "letter P";. copy 10, signed by the artist
Meaning Maker, Kent Manske, Nanette Wilde, Preneo Press, Special Collections, Fleet Library
Meaning Maker, Kent Manske, Nanette Wilde, Preneo Press, Special Collections, Fleet Library
Artists' Books
volumes. "This is Art." Title from glassine envelope and each brochure. Seven single sheets (11 x 8 ¹/₂ inches), tri-folded, text on both sides, each sheet printed on a different color paper. Each folded sheet has a copyright date. Academic Conference Edition -- American Citizen Edition -- Art Viewing Edition -- Family Gathering Edition -- Higher Education Edition -- Periodic Personal Evaluation Edition -- Relationship to Nature Edition. "'Meaning Maker' is a guided interactive response structure tailored to specific styles of experience."--website. "PreNeo Press is the conceptual and collaborative space of Kent Manske and Nanette Wylde."--Press website. Gift of Laurie …
Thrift Store: The Past & Future Secret Lives Of Things, Emily Larned, Special Collections, Fleet Library
Thrift Store: The Past & Future Secret Lives Of Things, Emily Larned, Special Collections, Fleet Library
Artists' Books
case bound in hard cover; cover; interior spreads. The relative value of things is brought to mind when looking at objects in thrift stores. Discarded or recycled "treasures" reflect the life of their former owners. Interesting juxtapositions create found visual narratives.
Time Square, Buzz Spector, Special Collections, Fleet Library
Time Square, Buzz Spector, Special Collections, Fleet Library
Artists' Books
screw post binding with mylar front cover, and paper wrapper; cover; detail. Results from a Google search of phrases relating to the concept of "time" were quantified and arranged in decreasing order and printed on 60 pages. When bound, the pages were then hand torn in decreasing amounts, revealing an altered version of the original. Curated title for Fleet Library Special Collections exhibition Stacked & Altered, summer 2022.
State Of The Union: Live, Evil, Vile, Scott Mccarney, Special Collections, Fleet Library
State Of The Union: Live, Evil, Vile, Scott Mccarney, Special Collections, Fleet Library
Artists' Books
stab bound with soft cover and duct tape reinforced spine; cover; interior pages and spreads. President George W. Bush's televised 2003 State of the Union speech is captured in full screen head shots. The overlaying text, similar to close captioning, reveals nonsensical phrases made from the letters in the book's subtitle.
A Dictionary Story, Sam Winston, Special Collections, Fleet Library
A Dictionary Story, Sam Winston, Special Collections, Fleet Library
Artists' Books
accordion fold with hard cover, housed in cloth covered slipcase. Slipcase cover; title page; interior pages; colophon. A dictionary longs to be a book of stories, not just a list of words and definitions. She gets into trouble when she lets her words run about, creating meaningless havoc. The alphabet comes to the rescue and restores order.
Full Circle, Julie Chen, Special Collections, Fleet Library
Full Circle, Julie Chen, Special Collections, Fleet Library
Artists' Books
1 volume (unpaged) in case : illustrations. Title from portfolio box. "Written, designed, and produced by Julie Chen ... letter-press printed on various papers using photopolymer plates...produced in an edition of 100 copies."--Colophon, boxtop verso. "Full Circle is a powerful exploration into the cycles of faith and belief from the first moments of obsession through the experience of deepest doubts, and ultimately passing through the place of peace where the mind and heart are (re)united before the endless cycle starts again. A large box-mounted wheel rotates continuously beneath a series of windows to reveal the many stages of the faith …
View, Julie Chen, Special Collections, Fleet Library
View, Julie Chen, Special Collections, Fleet Library
Artists' Books
1 volume (unpaged) in case : illustrations. Title from portfolio box. Written, designed, and produced by Julie Chen ... letter-press printed using a combination of photopolymer plates, wood blocks, and pressure plates...produced in an edition of 100 copies. "Based on a personal experience of loss, View is a bookwork that deals directly with ideas of coming to terms with mortality. The piece includes two books that are housed in a compartmented box. After the books have been read, the box can be tilted forward to reveal a mesmerizing view of a miniature world"--Flying Fish Press website. "Dedicated to JKR, 1960-2006"--Paper …
Bird Watching, Paula Mccartney, Special Collections, Fleet Library
Bird Watching, Paula Mccartney, Special Collections, Fleet Library
Artists' Books
31 unnumbered pages : color illustrations "Additional support was provided by the Minnesota Center for Books Arts, Minneapolis, MN"--Page 31 "Comprised of twelve chromogenic photographs mounted on Rising Stonehenge 100% cotton paper. The printed text is in Souvenir Lt BT and the written text is the artist's handwriting on Zerkall Nideggen sand paper, and the endsheets are printed on Canson Mi-Teintes flannel gray paper. The book is covered in olive and brown Iris bookcloth"--Page 31 Includes "Field notes" (3 postcard sized items in mounted pocket), inside back cover. "Edition ... of 40"--Page 31 Summary: Bird Watching explores the idea of …
Bluestem, Karen Hanmer, Special Collections, Fleet Library
Bluestem, Karen Hanmer, Special Collections, Fleet Library
Artists' Books
Flag book variation with 2 concertina spines attached back to back to 2 end pieces. Sculptural book. Colophon; extended view; view from above, extended; flattened view. . A quote from Willa Cather's book My Àntonia, about the movement of the tall prairie grass, is illustrated through the movement of the book pages.
Cyborgs, Paul Sunday, Special Collections, Fleet Library
Cyborgs, Paul Sunday, Special Collections, Fleet Library
Artists' Books
saddle stitch with soft cover; cover; interior spreads and pages. Black and white photographs of part human, part robot women.
Reunion, Karen Hanmer, Special Collections, Fleet Library
Reunion, Karen Hanmer, Special Collections, Fleet Library
Artists' Books
hand sewn, foldout flaps, leather spine and upholstery fabric cover boards; cover; interior spreads and pages. A tender tribute to the lasting relationship of the artist's parents. Edition of 25 numbered and signed copies. Images of the author's parents, William and Frances Salic Cecil, are printed on rectos with folding overlay showing William Cecil in isolation; text on facing pages. "Vintage photographs [reproduced as pigment inkjet prints] and brief text document a couple's many separations and ultimate reunion. I began Reunion shortly after the death of my father. My mother predeceased him by 34 years. He never remarried. I am …
Superstition Highway, Marshall Weber, Special Collections, Fleet Library
Superstition Highway, Marshall Weber, Special Collections, Fleet Library
Artists' Books
case bound with cloth spine, paper covered boards, hand painted; cover; interior spreads. Reading almost like a drug-induced trip, Marshall Weber writes of a tough patch of road somewhere in the desert West where strange folk appear. Images and text all hand painted by Fred Rinne.
Alluvium, Mare Blocker, Special Collections, Fleet Library
Alluvium, Mare Blocker, Special Collections, Fleet Library
Artists' Books
hand-sewn couplets, linked at spine; letter-fold wrapper, partially open; back cover; front cover; page spreads. copy 2 of 40
Exquisite Pain, Sophia Calle, Special Collections, Fleet Library
Exquisite Pain, Sophia Calle, Special Collections, Fleet Library
Artists' Books
264 pages : ill. (some color) ; 19 cm. "Original French edition c2003 Actes Sud, Alres, France, translated from French by Charles Penwarden"--Colophon. "I left for Japan on October 25, 1984, unsuspecting that this date would mark the beginning of a 92 day countdown to the end of a love affair."--Backcover.
An Icelandic Saga, Part I, Dorothoy Iannone, Special Collections, Fleet Library
An Icelandic Saga, Part I, Dorothoy Iannone, Special Collections, Fleet Library
Artists' Books
[12] pages : illus. Booklet published on the occasion of the exhibition: Dieter Roth & Dorothy Iannone, held May 22-Sept. 11, 2005, Sprengel Museum Hannover. Title from colophon: An Icelandic Saga, 1978, 1983, 1986. Booklet originally issued mounted on the inside backcover of the Roth/Iannone exhibition catalog. Notes for an autobiography, part II, Berlin 1978, continued on the request of D. Schwarz.
Hunkering : The Last Gaebberjabb Number Eight And Ix/Xviths Or Aleatory Annexations Or Odd Bondings Or Fortuitous Encounters With Incompatible Realities Or Love, Anguish, Wonder ... / Largely By Walter Samuel Haatoum Hamady ; Augmented By Henrik Drescher, Patrick Flynn, David Mclimans, Peter Sis, And William Stafford., Walter Samuel Haatoum Hamady, Special Collections, Fleet Library
Hunkering : The Last Gaebberjabb Number Eight And Ix/Xviths Or Aleatory Annexations Or Odd Bondings Or Fortuitous Encounters With Incompatible Realities Or Love, Anguish, Wonder ... / Largely By Walter Samuel Haatoum Hamady ; Augmented By Henrik Drescher, Patrick Flynn, David Mclimans, Peter Sis, And William Stafford., Walter Samuel Haatoum Hamady, Special Collections, Fleet Library
Artists' Books
[160] pages : illustrations (some color), portraits. Hamady, Walter. Interminable gabberjabb ; 8. The eighth book in Hamady's "series" known as Interminable gabberjabbs. Edition of 108 copies. Mounted, signed collage on page [24]. Includes handprinting, marbled endpapers, collage, rubber stamping, maps, envelopes, postage stamps, special papers and mounted elements. "Here is the fade-out volume of an unforseen series begun in 1976. It was printed on our single-owner, all-manual, Vandercook SP-15 in more than 285 press-runs utilizing a numerosity of colors, typefaces and papers--hand, mould and machine made. In addition to the usual lay-ons of languid letterpressing, there is an affluence …
Conversations In The Sky, Andre Bassuet Lee, Special Collections, Fleet Library
Conversations In The Sky, Andre Bassuet Lee, Special Collections, Fleet Library
Artists' Books
1 folded sheet. Numbered and signed edition of 100 copies Photography and design by André Lee. Printed in Osaka, Japan --colophon. "When I look at the modern Japanese landscape, I see continuous lines of communication, telephone wires connecting friends and family. The Japanese sky is unique in it's infinite lines against a mountainous and architectural backdrop. Can you imagine all the conversations going on in the sky through telephone threads?"--colophon. A single thread runs through the entire text and covers. Accordion fold. Text and back cover printed in light blue on white. Cover printed in light blue and green on …
It Wasn't Little Rock, Clarissa Sligh, Special Collections, Fleet Library
It Wasn't Little Rock, Clarissa Sligh, Special Collections, Fleet Library
Artists' Books
1 volume (unpaged) : illustrations (some color) . Commemorates the 50th anniversary of the U.S. Supreme Court's Brown vs. Board of Education (1954) decision. "This softcover edition of 150 books was printed on an Indigo Digital Press"--Colophon. Author describes her family's experience with racism and school integration. As a high school student, the author was named lead plaintiff in Clarissa Thompson et al. v. County School Board of Arlington County (June 1956), a school desegregation class action suit filed in U.S. District Court. Metal spiral binding. Signed by the author on the title-page. Curated title for Fleet Library Special Collections …
Terminal Home, Marcia Ciro, Special Collections, Fleet Library
Terminal Home, Marcia Ciro, Special Collections, Fleet Library
Artists' Books
3 folded sheets : color illustrations. Title from box. In oval shaped cloth wrap box (18 x 13 x 5 cm) with metal clasp. Photographs and text printed with archival ink on Moab paper. Limited edition of 8 copies. Library has copy no. 6. Gift of the artist. RISD Alumna, BFA, GD, 1977. Fleet Library at RISD Alumni Collection.
Aggregate Memory, Macy Chadwick, Lisa Onstad, Special Collections, Fleet Library
Aggregate Memory, Macy Chadwick, Lisa Onstad, Special Collections, Fleet Library
Artists' Books
cloth covered box exterior; accordion, dos a dos, housed in a clamshell box; cloth covered box interior; page spread; "Returning again, past and present converge"; page spread; "Days steeped..."; page spread; inside front cover. number 34 in an edition of 65, a collaborative work signed by both artists
Nightfall Faces, Carolyn Leigh, Special Collections, Fleet Library
Nightfall Faces, Carolyn Leigh, Special Collections, Fleet Library
Artists' Books
drum leaf binding with hidden built up compartment holding BB's. Enclosed in a collaged and painted wrapping envelope, held with woven ribbon. Book closed with wrapper; book closed with wrapper open; interior spreads; back cover; cover. Visions of a primitive ritual dance performed around a fire are evoked through these images of tribal masks. Rhythmic sounds can be made by shaking the book like a maraca.