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The Veil, Julie Chen, Special Collections, Fleet Library

Artists' Books

1 volume, 5 pages. In box (33 x 22 cm) Title from box. "'The Veil' was written and designed by Julie Chen in the fall of 2002. It was letterpress printed using a combination of photopolymer plates and collagraphic blocks on Wyndstone Marble papers, and cut using a Universal Systems Lasercutter. The binding was done by Julie Chen and Anna Sacramento at the studios of Flying Fish Press.."--Box lining paper. Produced in an edition of 100 copies, signed & numbered by the artist. "This book can be displayed as a standing sculpture by curving the concertina into a circle, with …

Fertile Birch, Judy Hoffman, Special Collections, Fleet Library

Artists' Books

1 object. Title and production information from artist's statement sheet. "This one-of-a-kind artists' book is made of beaten, pigmented abaca fiber twisted and molded into lattice-shaped pages. It is one of a series of "Wild Books" in which the artist explores the idea of manmade objects taking on the aspects of a natural form."--Artist's statement.

Utah State University Department Of Art: Faculty Exhibition 2001, Department Art Faculty

Exhibit Catalogues

This catalogue has been published on the occasion of the Utah State University Faculty Exhibition 2001, which was organized by the Nora Eccles Harrison Museum of Art and the USU Faculty.

Ride The Skies / Lightning Bolt, Brian Chippendale, Special Collections, Fleet Library

Art History

1 audio disc : analog, 33 1/3 rpm, stereo ; 12 in. On container spine: LOAD 031. Rock music; Lightning Bolt: Brian Chippendale, drums, vocal ; Brian Gibson, bass. Recorded at the Parlour in July of 2000. Recorded and mixed by Dave Auchenbach. Credits (1 leaf) inserted. Contents: Forcefield -- Saint Jacques -- 13 monsters -- Ride the sky -- The faire folk -- Into the mist 2 -- Wee ones parade -- Rotation. Paper cover folded twice to enclose record. Cover is a color screenprint by Brian Chippendale. Record pressed on purple vinyl with blue paper label. RISD Alumnus. …

Ode To A Grand Staircase (For Four Hands), Julie Chen, Special Collections, Fleet Library

Artists' Books

1 volume, 29 pages, pages cut in layers to resemble a staircase. "Ode to a Grand Staircase (For Four Hands) is a visual dialog created by Julie Chen and Barbara Tetenbaum, who found their inspiration in the work of composer Erik Satie. The text is derived from the musical directives and silent librettos which accompanied his scores. Thanks to Anna Sacramento for production assistance and to Claudia Wober for the translation. We dedicate this book to the memory of two men, Peter Chen and David Tetenbaum, whose lives inspired the music in our own"--Colophon. "The story in this book comes …

Roadkill, John Risseeuw, John Nolt, Beauvais Lyons, Special Collections, Fleet Library

Artists' Books

[12], [8] pages : color illus. Fictional text on accordion folded pages with factual notes in booklet attached to accordion pages. "Roadkill was created during a collaboration between John Risseeuw, John Nolt, and Beauvais Lyons in the Spring of 2001 in the University of Tennessee School of Art printmaking studios... Lithography, screenprint, and letterpress were printed on Rives heavyweight text paper and Rives BFK cover."--Colophon. Edition of 50. Library has copy number 22. Sally Hume Lincoln Memorial Fund.

Tripwire, Yuka Petz, Fleet Library, Special Collections, Jan Baker

Senses

This book was completed for Jan Baker's artists' book class, Printed Books.

Type Traces: For Letterform Lovers, Kelly Salchow, Fleet Library, Special Collections, Jan Baker

Letters

This book was completed for Jan Baker's artists' book class, Printed Books.

5 Senses, A. Delany, Fleet Library, Special Collections, Jan Baker

Senses

This book was completed for Jan Baker's artists' book class.

Ivy Leaves, 2000-2001, Ivy Leaves Editorial Staff

Ivy Leaves

The 2001 edition of the Anderson College journal of art and literature, Ivy Leaves.

The names of the known editors for this issue of Ivy Leaves were Torrie Clark, Aliya George, Jane Hawley, Latonya Scott, Ryan Wehmeyer, Matt Baston, Adrienne Hamon, Jessica Hathcock, Wayne Cox, and Susan Wooten. Cover art by Alicia Fincher.

This Original Self, Sandra Turley, Women's Studio Workshop, Special Collections, Fleet Library

Artists' Books

[12] pages : illus. "This book was published at the Women's Studio Workshop..using a method of devore printing, a process of burning away the natural fibers."--Colophon. Printing method: Letterpress, devore screen print. Structure: Accordion fold book.

Five Luminous Towers: A Book To Be Read In The Dark, Carol Barton, Special Collections, Fleet Library

Artists' Books

pop-up tower; clamshell box, pop-ups, laser cuts, wire-edge binding; cover; page spread La Torre degli Artisani. edition of 50; "Carol Barton Artist Book Process Archive" for this book available in Special Collections

Tattoo, Martha Hall, Special Collections, Fleet Library

Artists' Books

1 vol. (unpaged) : color ill. . Cover title. Poem. Edition limited to 20 numbered copies, signed and dated by the artist; imprint date from signed statement. Composed of 8 gatherings, bound accordion-fold style, each gathering with its own decorative paper wrapper. Library has copy no. 16.

Bat Box, Fahad Razzouqi, Fleet Library, Special Collections, Jan Baker

Animals

This book was created for Jan Baker's Papermaking class.

Visionaire 35: Man, Stephen Gan, Cecilia Dean, James Kaliardos, Greg Foley, Slim Aarons

Visionaire

1 volume (unpaged) : chiefly color illustrations ; 31 cm, Limited edition of 6000 numbered copies. Having done an issue on woman, we decided the time had come to do one on man. Mario Testino, in his second run as guest editor, conceptualized the ultimate men's magazine complete with past icons and new heroes, advertisements from the 1970s, photographs made by famous women of their men, and man as seen by contemporary artists. Neville Wakefield edited an all-vellum section of video stills, Will McBride contributed a section called Manliness, and Mario Testino did Man at Work. More than one hundred …

Visionaire 37: Vreeland Memos, Stephen Gan, Cecilia Dean, James Kaliardos, Greg Foley, Diana Vreeland

Visionaire

158 unnumbered leaves : facsimiles, portrait ; 28 cm + 1 case (24 x 30 x 5 cm), Title from unnumbered leaf 157. Textblock (lightly bound signatures) tied with red cotton ribbon and laid into envelope-style red editor's case with string-and-button closure. Foreword by Alexander Vreeland; biographical sketch by Harold Koda Consists of personal memos from Vogue Magazine editor Diana Vreeland to her staff. "One day a mysterious package arrived at the Visionaire offices. It was a large box containing more than four hundred original memos from Diana Vreeland to her staff at Vogue. The package had been sent to …

Floh, Tacita Dean, Martyn Ridgewell, Special Collections, Fleet Library

Artists' Books

176 pages : all ill. (some color, folded). Title from cover. Contains photographs found by the artist in flea markets across Europe and North America. Library has copy no 2391 of an edition of 4000, signed by the artist.

Calico Ghosts: A Photographic Portrait Of A Silver Mining Town, Jill Timm, Special Collections, Fleet Library

Artists' Books

perfect bound variation (?) with fold-out pages. Paper-covered boards, foil stamped title; cover; title page; interior pages and spreads; . Color photographs of an abandoned California mining town are populated with black and white photographs of 19th century people, placed as translucent overlays.

Details: Closed To Open, Buzz Spector, Special Collections, Fleet Library

Artists' Books

perfect bound with soft cover; cover; title page; interior pages. Close up photographs individual hands from a mob of people attending a peace rally reveal the attitude of the individual, closed or open…anger or pacifism.

Library In A Book: Seven Books In One, Mark Wagner, Special Collections, Fleet Library

Artists' Books

screw post bound album; pages have a variety of types of pockets with assorted small books in them; cover; first opening; interior pages. Using library ephemera such as catalog cards, date due slips, date stamps and more, assorted small artists' books are bound an album giving the the feel of a traveling library.

Pickings, Werner Pfeiffer, Special Collections, Fleet Library

Artists' Books

scroll, machine stitched French fold pages, cards in envelope, shredded book pages, kaleidoscope structure, 4 sided fold out accordions, all housed in a brown paper bag; exterior (bag); colophon; first opening; contents of bag; . 9 artists' books made by students of Werner Pfeiffer as part of an exhibition celebrating 50 years of book arts at Pratt Institute.

Purgatoys, Esther Smith, Special Collections, Fleet Library

Artists' Books

tri-fold brochure with cut flaps and pull up extension, expandable fan, concertina mobius strip, volvelle, paper mobile; all 5 "books' slotted into folder; cover; interior spread, two 'toys'; details of 'toys'. Five books, letterpress printed, with movable parts that can be manipulated, hung, or constructed like toys.

The Grass Is Greener, Brad Freeman, Special Collections, Fleet Library

Artists' Books

sewn signatures with paper cover; front cover; page spreads. edition size unknown

The Lookout: An Excerpt From Five Luminous Towers, Carol Barton, Special Collections, Fleet Library

Artists' Books

clamshell box cover; pg 1-2; poem "The Lookout"; pg 3-4; pop-up tower; clamshell box with lighted pop-up tower. edition of 400

Tunnel Vision: The Big Dig View From My Studio Window On The Corner Of "A" And Wormwood Streets In Boston, Ma, Laura Davidson, Special Collections, Fleet Library

Artists' Books

tunnel book, concertina fold spines; hand sewn; exterior, front view; japanese folding screen. Tunnel book showing the view of the Boston "Big Dig" construction from the artist's studio.

The Theater Of Nature, Or, Curiosity Filled The Cabinet, Angela Lorenz, Special Collections, Fleet Library

Artists' Books

1 volume (unpaged) : ill.. "Magic Lantern Edition" "'The Theater of nature...' is a variation on the original format, in which the water-colors are replaced by nine transparencies, alluding to the rise of photography and cinematography in 16th century magic lanterns. Most of the images are based on manuscript illustrations commissioned by Ulisse Aldrovandi (1522-1605), the first professor of natural history appointed in Italy and creator of an extensive museum of natural artifacts."--Colophon. Two mounted accordion fold illustrated texts. Each are printed on both sides and include color transparencies. Limited edition of 10 copies, numbered and signed by the artist. …

The Cherries, Kate Decarvalho, Fleet Library, Special Collections, Jan Baker

Stories

This book was completed for Jan Baker's artists' book class.

Volumes (Of Vulnerability), Katharine Meynell, Special Collections, Fleet Library

Artists' Books

pamphlet, saddle stitch, spiral bound, accordion, portfolio, all enclosed in a metal box; front of box; covers of assorted books. Twenty artists create small bookworks focusing on the vulnerability of our current society as the clock ticks toward the year 2000. This box recreates the touring exhibition, curated by Susan Johanknecht and Katherine Meynell.

Ivy Leaves, 1999-2000, Ivy Leaves Editorial Staff

Ivy Leaves

The 2000 edition of the Anderson College journal of art and literature, Ivy Leaves.

The names of the known editors for this issue of Ivy Leaves were Chris Fyock, Aliya George, Kisha Thompson, Jason long, Nichole Chestnut, Matt Clark, Manny Diaz, B.J. Prince, Katie Blake, Heather Burges, Beth Dotson, Demarcus Kilgore, Kim Langston, Heather Vaughn, Susan Wooten, and Wayne Cox. Cover art by Nichole Chestnut.

Visionaire 33: Touch, Stephen Gan, Cecilia Dean, James Kaliardos, Greg Foley

Visionaire

[21] leaves of plates : all color illus. (some mounted). This issue consists of 21 illustrations, all related to the topic "touch"; unbound illustrations wrapped in fur skin with tie; housed in a brushed-gold metal box (45 x 24 x 6 cm.) Some plates have mounted fabrics, papers, fur, etc. Created by Visionaire in collaboration with Fendi. "To celebrate Fendi's 75th anniversary" -- Title sheet. "The Fall/Winter 2000-2001 collections by Berthoud, François" -- Colophon. Library has no. 2608 in a limited edition of 4400 numbered copies. Gift of the publisher. "In 33 TOUCH, artist and longtime Visionaire contributor François Berthoud …