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Blue Yodo Waltz, Kyoko Matsunaga, Special Collections, Fleet Library Jan 2015

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, Sarah Nicholls, Special Collections, Fleet Library Jan 2015

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.


Meet Me In My Kitchen, Alice Austin, Special Collections, Fleet Library Jan 2014

Meet Me In My Kitchen, Alice Austin, Special Collections, Fleet Library

Artists' Books

1 circular map fold book. Title from paper wrapper. Publication information from Vamp & Tramp Booksellers' website, viewed on August 26, 2015. Limited edition of 20 copies, signed and numbered by the artist. "A love of pie inspired this circular love letter of linoleum prints of pie. A reduction printing process was used to create prints in yellow (lemon), red (cherry), and blue (blueberry) with text--expressing love of another--printed on the yellow pie. The reverse side of each print is relief printed by hand from lace. The three part circular map fold book is joined with a magnet which allows …


Change = Anything Can Happen Next!, Bob Pliny, Special Collections, Fleet Library Jan 2014

Change = Anything Can Happen Next!, Bob Pliny, Special Collections, Fleet Library

Artists' Books

1 volume, 27 pages. Publication information from 23 Sandy Gallery website. "A meditation upon the nature of change. Change is everywhere and always. It is the ceaseless motion of things continually being transforming into other things."--23 Sandy Gallery website. Text and illustrations were handpainted using graphite and colored pencil, acrylics, photo copies and composition gold leaf. Layers of recycled book pages and wallpaper. Altered book, re-used hardcover book binding. Unique artists' book. Accordion fold, attached to back cover. Text extends out to 148.5 inches.


1 In 3: Women Have Been Slapped, Pushed, Or Shoved, Jaime Shafer, Special Collections, Fleet Library Jan 2014

1 In 3: Women Have Been Slapped, Pushed, Or Shoved, Jaime Shafer, Special Collections, Fleet Library

Artists' Books

1 volume unpaged. Cover title. Limited edition of 25 copies, signed and numbered by the artist. "Printed at the Black Rock Press using a Vandercook Universal I and inkjet pigments. Letterpress printed from metal type and polymer plates on Stonehenge paper. Inkjet printed on Hahnemuhle Duo and Epson UltraSmooth Fine Art paper. Found and altered photographs"--Colophon. Hedi Kyle's flag book structure, bound in paper over boards. An outline of a woman's head is printed on the back of the accordion spine. Text letterpress printed in red and grey on flags and cover boards. Flags feature inset altered portraits of female …


Shift, Shift-Lab, Special Collections, Fleet Library Jan 2014

Shift, Shift-Lab, Special Collections, Fleet Library

Artists' Books

1 box, contains 5 books and 3 folded cards. Each artist created a small book of identical dimensions to reflect her interpretation of the word "SHIFT". Edition limited to 20 copies, numbered and signed by artists. Five books issued in drop-lid box, covered in grey fabric with paper title label and magnetic closure. CONTENTS 1825-1862-1918 (Shift) / K. Baldwin -- Shape shifting / Denise Bookwalter -- Shift in position / Sarah Bryant -- A shift in perspective / Macy Chadwick -- Redirecting shift / Tricia Treacy.


Memories Of Science, Dorothy A. Yule, Special Collections, Fleet Library Jan 2014

Memories Of Science, Dorothy A. Yule, Special Collections, Fleet Library

Artists' Books

Limited edition of fifty copies, signed and numbered by the artist. "Typeset in Garamond, Latin Condensed and Copperplate, designed with Adobe CS5 and letterpress printed on Mohawk Superfine. Engravings are from the Dover Pictorial Archives and 'The complete encyclopedia of illustration' by Johann Georg Heck. Star maps.. by Susan Hunt Yule. Music.. by Doug Yule. lyrics.. by Dorothy A. Yule"--Colophon. "Recorded, mixed and mastered at: Avast! Studio, Seattle, Washington. Engineer: Jonny Mendoza; Produced by Doug Yule and Jonny Mendoza. Performed by Big Red Dog. Doug Yule: Guitar, Vox, Shakers. Cary Lung: Mandolins. Tom Collicott: Guitar. Dan Yule: Violin, Bass"--Audio disc. …


American Manifesto, Todd M. Thyberg, Special Collections, Fleet Library Jan 2014

American Manifesto, Todd M. Thyberg, Special Collections, Fleet Library

Artists' Books

12 unnumbered pages : color illustrations, map . "With a tip of the hat to printers and activists of the past, American Manifesto calls the United States citizens to action on a number of national concerns--our country's health, leadership, and environment, to name a few"--Artist's statement at the Vamp & Tramp Booksellers' website, viewed on September 1, 2015. "If America really is the best country on earth... why do so many of our people go hungry? Why do our leaders consistently work for corporate interests rather than individuals' rights? How can our leaders, the media, and we the public still …


The Square, Islam Aly, Special Collections, Fleet Library Jan 2014

The Square, Islam Aly, Special Collections, Fleet Library

Artists' Books

Red oak wooden covers, laser cut, fore-edge laser etching, coptic binding, orange linen thread. "Tahrir Square in Cairo became the focal point and the most effective symbol of the protests in January and February 2011. For 18 days Egyptians repeated the slogan: The People Want to Bring down the Regime (al-sha'b yurid isqat al-nizam) until the regime stepped down on the 11th of February 2011. This book focuses on the revolution slogan. Using Arabic Kufic script the words of the slogan are repeated in an ascending sequence. Section 19 contains the English translation for the slogan The People Want to …


Dai Food, Colette Fu, Special Collections, Fleet Library Jan 2013

Dai Food, Colette Fu, Special Collections, Fleet Library

Artists' Books

1 volume, pop up book. A single opening pop-up book showing a woman surrounded by Dai dishes. Made from Fu's photographs.Title from artist's website. From the We are Tiger Dragon People series. "In Xishuangbanna, the Dai people refer to their land as 'bazi' meaning tranquil and beautiful. Their homes are in a lush subtropical area near river basins with exceptionally fertile soil. One of the least-known but most flavorful culinary treasures in China, their food is similar to Thai food in that it combines sour, spicy, salty and sweet flavors but with its own distinctive style." --www.colettefu.com. Ink: Epson Ultrachrome …


Boundless, David Stairs, Special Collections, Fleet Library Jan 2013

Boundless, David Stairs, Special Collections, Fleet Library

Artists' Books

1 volume. "A humorously titled small book whose 360 degree spiral binding makes its contents impossible to view." --Printed Matter website (viewed Jan. 22, 2020).


Cat's Cradle, Julie Chen, Special Collections, Fleet Library Jan 2013

Cat's Cradle, Julie Chen, Special Collections, Fleet Library

Artists' Books

1 volume, forms a star-shaped structure when opened. Limited edition of 50 copies ; each numbered and signed by Julie Chen. Digitally printed on Mohawk Superfine and includes laser cut elements. Carousel structure: 5 spreads, each with 3 layers of overlapping concertina folds with sections cut out to create a 3-dimensional scene. When opened and covers are placed against each other, it forms a star-shaped structure, 11" in diameter. Tie closures. "Cat's Cradle translates thoughts about the nature of existence from idea to form by employing the book structure itself as a visual/physical model of concepts portrayed in the text. …


A Second History, Zhang Dali, Special Collections, Fleet Library Jan 2012

A Second History, Zhang Dali, Special Collections, Fleet Library

Artists' Books

1 volume, 136 pages. "In his book A Second History, Beijing-based artist, Zhang Dali, examines the widespread use of photographic manipulation carried out by the Chinese government during the regime of Mao Tse-tung (1949-76). Using a compare and contrast format this artist book presents a chronological sequence of original, unmodified images together with their doctored doppelgängers which were manipulated in party-run, photo labs in the 50s, 60s and 70s for the Chinese propaganda market." -- From www.bywaterbros.com.


Lunar Calculations, Katherine Venturelli, Special Collections, Fleet Library Jan 2012

Lunar Calculations, Katherine Venturelli, Special Collections, Fleet Library

Artists' Books

3 folded sheets. Publication information from Vamp & Tramp Booksellers website. Variable edition of 5. "Three Turkish map folds. A three-dimensional celestial map intaglio printed on white Lenox print papers. Bound in black linen book cloth over boards. Embossed circle on boards. Cord loop on each board to facilitate hanging"--Vamp & Tramp Booksellers website (accessed November 8, 2016). "Lunar Calculations is a book which opens up into a three-dimensional celestial map. My etched imagery printed on the interiors and exteriors of the pop out pages are lunar phases and mathematical symbols which are archetypal symbols that I have utilized in …


Specimens, Lauren Faulkenberry, Special Collections, Fleet Library Jan 2012

Specimens, Lauren Faulkenberry, Special Collections, Fleet Library

Artists' Books

1 drop spine box, four interior parts. Numbered edition of 50. Each of the four parts unfold to 15 x 30.5 cm. Each printed on one side with color illustrations and printed text. Housed in a cloth-covered drop-spine box (16.5 x 9 cm.) with two compartments, one section holds the folded texts, the other houses an origami butterfly which is pinned to the box.


It Is Almost That (Box), Siglio Press, Special Collections, Fleet Library Jan 2011

It Is Almost That (Box), Siglio Press, Special Collections, Fleet Library

Graphic Design

8 booklets, 1 leaf , 2 sheets : illustrations (some color) ; 22 cm. A boxed set of nine folded and saddle-stitched booklets with photocopies or silkscreened dust-jackets signed by authors / artists. Found Pages from Antinova's Memoirs / Eleanor Antin -- Nude film / Fiona Banner -- Time / Ann Hamilton -- Inspection / Jane Hammond -- Psychic / Susan Hiller -- Dorchester boxers / Helen Kim -- A house of dust / Alison Knowles -- Notes for the translation / Molly Springfield -- Hexen II; 4 diagrams / Suzanne Treister -- From the journal Notes on living locally …


The Infinite Between Us, Inge Bruggeman, Special Collections, Fleet Library Jan 2011

The Infinite Between Us, Inge Bruggeman, Special Collections, Fleet Library

Artists' Books

1 volume (unpaged) : color ill., folded maps. "This book was conceived as a residency project for the Atelier Vis-à-Vis in Marseille, France. It was printed on Akatosashi paper in an edition of 20 copies and completed during the spring and summer of 2011 by Inge Bruggeman. The imagery was printed on a Ledeuil etching press and a Vandercook SP15 repro proof press... The text was letterpress printed in Inge's studio in Portland, Oregon on a Vandercook 219AB, where the binding work was also completed."--Colophon. The map imagery for this book was inspired by a collection of books given to …


Raising The Supine Dome, Amy Borezo, Special Collections, Fleet Library Jan 2010

Raising The Supine Dome, Amy Borezo, Special Collections, Fleet Library

Artists' Books

Double-sided accordion book. Text and illustrations printed on one side of board; white grid on gray background printed on reverse. Numerous cutouts reveal printed grid. Bound in gray paper-covered boards; in cloth-covered slip case, as issued. "Raising the supine dome, by Amy Borezo. Printed in an edition of 20 on Holyoke Fine Paper from 14 point Caslon hand-set metal type and photopolymer plates at Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH in the fall of 2010. Titles set in Futura. Binding inspired by Deborah Howe's screen book."--colophon. Double-sided accordion book. Text and illustrations printed on one side of board; white grid on gray …


The Model Architect: The Panic Of '09, Karen Hanmer, Special Collections, Fleet Library Jan 2010

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 Jan 2010

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 Jan 2010

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 Jan 2009

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 Jan 2009

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 Jan 2009

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


Martha, Shu-Ju Wang, Special Collections, Fleet Library Jan 2008

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 …


Bernoulli Equation For Unsteady Potential Flow, Amandine Nabarra-Piomelli, Special Collections, Fleet Library Jan 2008

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 Jan 2008

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 Jan 2008

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 Jan 2007

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.


Abracadabra: An Homage To N.H. Werkman, Werner Pfeiffer, Special Collections, Fleet Library Jan 2007

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.