View

Creator

Julie Chen
Special Collections, Rhode Island School of DesignFollow
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Files

Creation Date

2006

Keywords

artists' books; mortality; Jacob's ladder; dioramas; By Hand: Women & Books Exhibit 2021

Description

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 insert. Library has copy no. 12. Curated title for Fleet Library Special Collections exhibition By Hand: Women & Books Exhibit fall, 2021.

RISD Fleet Library Catalog Record

https://librarycat.risd.edu/record=b1209049~S5

Press

Berkeley, Calif. : Flying Fish Press, 2006.

Rights

©Berkeley, Calif. : Flying Fish Press, 2006.

Materials / Techniques

letterpress printing; woodcuts (prints); photopolymer plates; pressure plates; Jacob's ladder; paper

Measurements

34cm x 17 cm x 13 cm