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The Vicious Circle Series, Emily Martin, Special Collections, Fleet Library Jan 1997

The Vicious Circle Series, Emily Martin, Special Collections, Fleet Library

Artists' Books

3 dimensional hexa-flexagon; hexa-flexagons, detail; five hexa-flexagons; two hexa-flexagons (of five). Turning the ring of connected pyramids reveals a text that repeats over and over, just like many life situations.


Freedom: A Fable, Kara Walker, Special Collections, Fleet Library Jan 1997

Freedom: A Fable, Kara Walker, Special Collections, Fleet Library

Artists' Books

1 volume, 19 pages. "A Curious interpretation of the wit of a negree in troubled times, with illustrations.. Presented to you this Christmas '97 by the Peter Norton Family, benefactors." "The Future vision of a soon-to-be emancipated 19th century Negress"--Preliminary leaf. Edition of 4000. Pop-up design by David Eisen, Architects, Inc. Boston, MA ; Laser cutting by Lasercraft, Inc. Santa Rosa, CA ; Text designed by Timothy Silverlake, Valencia, CA ; Printed by Typecraft, Inc. Pasadena, CA. ; Binding by Roswell Book Binders, Phoenix, AZ.


The Book Of Neglects: Highlights Of A Week, Patricia Smith, Special Collections, Fleet Library Jan 1996

The Book Of Neglects: Highlights Of A Week, Patricia Smith, Special Collections, Fleet Library

Artists' Books

dos à dos accordion fold book with pop-up elements; cover; colophon; interior spreads; accordion, folded out. For one week the artist tracks the degree to which she has neglected her job, art, home, friends, husband, and children, using pop-up strips and color coding.


My Evil Twin Sister # 2: Hometown Interstate-5, Amber Gayle, Special Collections, Fleet Library Jan 1996

My Evil Twin Sister # 2: Hometown Interstate-5, Amber Gayle, Special Collections, Fleet Library

Artists' Books

saddle stitch with uncut pages; leperello; cover; interior page, page spreads; back cover. One of a series of Zines produced by twin sisters. Writing by Amber Gayle, illustrations by Stacy Wakefield, RISD Alumna.


Reptiles, Rand Huebsch, Special Collections, Fleet Library Jan 1996

Reptiles, Rand Huebsch, Special Collections, Fleet Library

Artists' Books

accordion fold with hard covers; cover; title page; interior spreads; interior page. Etchings of various reptiles, with Latin names. Cover embossing created using an underlying clay mold.


The House Detective (Abridged), Emily Martin, Special Collections, Fleet Library Jan 1995

The House Detective (Abridged), Emily Martin, Special Collections, Fleet Library

Artists' Books

Japanese folding screen, dos à dos accordion variation, with paper hinges mounted over foam core house-shaped boards; title page; interior foldouts; back cover. Phrases commonly found in detective novels are illustrated in a cartoon-like caper.


Transient Songs, Amber Gayle, Special Collections, Fleet Library Jan 1995

Transient Songs, Amber Gayle, Special Collections, Fleet Library

Artists' Books

case bound in soft cover; saddle stitch; cover; page spreads, interior pages. Poems written about places and people from her travels. Written by Amber Gayle, illustrated and produced by twin sister Stacy Wakefield, RISD Alumna.


Mister Man, Mare Blocker, Special Collections, Fleet Library Jan 1995

Mister Man, Mare Blocker, Special Collections, Fleet Library

Artists' Books

accordion; cover; page spread. unnumbered limited edition


So On And So On, Emily Martin, Special Collections, Fleet Library Jan 1995

So On And So On, Emily Martin, Special Collections, Fleet Library

Artists' Books

dos à dos coptic stitch binding; first cover; interior spreads; next cover; interior spreads; end of second narrative and beginning again of first. The dos à dos structure conveys the cyclical nature of alcoholism. No matter which direction the story is told, the resulting disruption of family life is portrayed.


Unpacking My Library, Buzz Spector, Special Collections, Fleet Library Jan 1995

Unpacking My Library, Buzz Spector, Special Collections, Fleet Library

Artists' Books

accordion fold, dos à dos; cover; interior pages. All the books in the artist's library were arranged in order of size, from the tallest to the shortest, on a single shelf in a gallery room large enough to hold them.


Radio Silence, Julie Chen, Special Collections, Fleet Library Jan 1995

Radio Silence, Julie Chen, Special Collections, Fleet Library

Artists' Books

1 box, 1 accordion book enclosed. "Designed and printed by Julie Chen.. Papers include Wyndstone Mica and Tuxedo bronze, found aeronautical charts and embossed paper designed by Margaret Ahrens Sahlstrand at Icosa Studio. Produced in an edition of 75 copies"--Box lining paper. In fabric covered box (28 x 10 x 6 cm) with hinged glass lid. Letterpress printed from photopolymer plates.


The Body Temple, Laura Davidson, Special Collections, Fleet Library Jan 1994

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.


Index To The Encyclopedia, Scott Mccarney, Special Collections, Fleet Library Jan 1994

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 Jan 1994

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.


Aunt Sallie's Lament, Margaret Kaufman, Claire Van Vliet Jan 1993

Aunt Sallie's Lament, Margaret Kaufman, Claire Van Vliet

Artists' Books

[25] pages : color illus. Originally published in an edition of 150 by Janus Press, Newark, Vt. 1988. Concertina binding. Stanley F. Moss Pop-Up Book Collection, Gift of Eugene B. Navias.


Instructions For Assembly: Three How-To Projects That Will Improve Your Life., Carol Barton, Special Collections, Fleet Library Jan 1993

Instructions For Assembly: Three How-To Projects That Will Improve Your Life., Carol Barton, Special Collections, Fleet Library

Artists' Books

tab binding with pop-up overlays; cover; page spread "The Style";. edition of 600?


Three Cages, Joyce Cutler Shaw, Special Collections, Fleet Library Jan 1993

Three Cages, Joyce Cutler Shaw, Special Collections, Fleet Library

Artists' Books

accordion variation in triangular shape, with folded paper wrapper; book enclosed in wrapper; partially unfolded wrapper with closed book; book closed; page spread; partially unfolded; colophon. number 12 in an edition of 250, signed by the artist, paper engineering by Allwyn Bookbinder


My Mother's Book, Joan Lyons, Special Collections, Fleet Library Jan 1993

My Mother's Book, Joan Lyons, Special Collections, Fleet Library

Artists' Books

saddle stitch with soft cover and two overlapping "French Door" spines; cover; interior spreads and pages. Stories of the artist's mother's family who immigrated in the early 20th century from the Ukraine.


Denial, Wilber Chip Schilling, Special Collections, Fleet Library Jan 1993

Denial, Wilber Chip Schilling, Special Collections, Fleet Library

Artists' Books

pamphlet stitch; cover; interior pages and spreads. Various definitions of "denial" provide a broader understanding of the phenomenon of Elvis sightings.


The Position Of The Author, Buzz Spector, Special Collections, Fleet Library Jan 1993

The Position Of The Author, Buzz Spector, Special Collections, Fleet Library

Artists' Books

saddle stitch with soft cover; cover; title page; interior spreads and pages. Portraits of various authors, as typically found on book dust jackets, convey the personality of the author through body language, pose, and props. Behind these portraits are scenes of various personal library collections, reading spaces and bookshelves.


Complexities, Bea Nettles, Special Collections, Fleet Library Jan 1992

Complexities, Bea Nettles, Special Collections, Fleet Library

Artists' Books

perfect bound with soft cover; cover; interior pages. With each photograph, the artist recounts stories revealing the complexities of her life as a mother, artist, and professor and the balancing act it requires to play all those roles.


Bologna Sample, Angela Lorenz, Special Collections, Fleet Library Jan 1992

Bologna Sample, Angela Lorenz, Special Collections, Fleet Library

Artists' Books

. "The 179 colors were all painted by hand in watercolor and glued individually onto acid-free paper produced by Cartiere Fedrigoni. The text was lithographed at Stamperia Valdonega in Verona, Italy in Univers." Edition of 50 signed by the author, Bologna 1992. The cover is four-fold, the text pages have twelve-folds.


Auto Communication, Miriam Schaer, Special Collections, Fleet Library Jan 1992

Auto Communication, Miriam Schaer, Special Collections, Fleet Library

Artists' Books

concertina fold spine with pamphlet sewn signatures, bound in paper covered boards, housed in a cloth covered clamshell box; book and box decorated with plastic toy trucks; box cover; cover; interior spreads; detail. Assorted bits of paper signs, pamphlets, business cards, flyers and other debris found on the streets of Manhattan are collaged to communicate street life in a busy city.


Emissions Book, Katharine Meynell, Special Collections, Fleet Library Jan 1992

Emissions Book, Katharine Meynell, Special Collections, Fleet Library

Artists' Books

pamphlet stitch variation with parchment reinforced spine, some acetate double layer pages enclose tiny ziploc bags, stitched in place; interior spreads; cover . Disturbing images and unknown substances sealed in ziploc bags suggest that the reader should be careful touching this book. Fear of disease is now associated with the pleasures of physical intimacy.


Domestic Science: Idioms, Nance O'Banion, Special Collections, Fleet Library Jan 1990

Domestic Science: Idioms, Nance O'Banion, Special Collections, Fleet Library

Artists' Books

1 volume, slipcase, 50 pages. Added title-page has subtitle: Pop-up icons. "Edition of 150 copies and a deluxe edition of 15 copies"--Colophon. Printed on both sides of a continuous strip with additional leaves attached, folded accordion style and laid loose in a box. The "idioms" appear on 1 side of the strip, the "pop-up icons" on the other. Julie Chen printed the book and designed the book structure and engineered the pop-ups. Letterpress printed from handset metal type; linoleum block prints.


A Murder Of Crows, Brad Freeman, Special Collections, Fleet Library Jan 1990

A Murder Of Crows, Brad Freeman, Special Collections, Fleet Library

Artists' Books

pamphlet stitch binding with dust jacket; front cover; interior page; page spreads. edition size unknown


The Gynecologist, Joan Lyons, Special Collections, Fleet Library Jan 1989

The Gynecologist, Joan Lyons, Special Collections, Fleet Library

Artists' Books

saddle stitch with soft cover; cover; title page; interior pages and spreads. Conversation between a woman and her male gynecologist. The physician is trying to convince the woman her reproductive organs are "totally unnecessary when child bearing is not a desired end."


Water Safety, Ann Fessler, Special Collections, Fleet Library Jan 1989

Water Safety, Ann Fessler, Special Collections, Fleet Library

Artists' Books

[28] pages : color illus.. True stories series ; bk. 4 True stories ; bk. 4. 2nd copies is a gift of the artist. RISD Faculty.


Loom, Carol Barton, Special Collections, Fleet Library Jan 1989

Loom, Carol Barton, Special Collections, Fleet Library

Artists' Books

book inside clear plastic box; tunnel book variation; accordion side-panel; front, view into tunnel structure;. copy 61 of 600, Anonymous Persian verse


This Book Is Extremely Receptive, Janet Zweig, Special Collections, Fleet Library Jan 1989

This Book Is Extremely Receptive, Janet Zweig, Special Collections, Fleet Library

Artists' Books

[144] pages : illustrations. Title and statement of responsibility span three leaves. "Printed at Pyramid Atlantic, Washington, DC by Brad Freeman. Bound by Mueller Trade Bindery, Middletown, CT"--Colophon. Sewn signatures glued into a reflective silver paper wrapper. A flip book with three lines on each page. Each line presents a narrative throughout the book. "Television text transcribed from The Burns and Allen Show, The Honeymooners, The Love Connection, The New Newlywed Game, The People's Court."--colophon.