Artists' Books

 

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Creation Date

2007

Description

case bound with fold-out pages, bound in oak cover boards with leather spine and foil stamped spine label; cloth covered slipcase, 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.

Press

[Stockholm, Wis.]:Midnight Paper Sales

Rights

©Gaylord Schanilec; Ben Verhoeven, [Stockholm, Wis.]:Midnight Paper Sales

Techniques

letterpress, woodcut (reductive method)

Materials

paper, thread, wood, leather, board, cloth

Measurements

31 cm

Keywords

Timber trees, Botany, Forests, Farmland, Wisconsin, Printmaking, Neighbors, Anecdotes

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