Life Signs

Creator

Bonnie McLesky
Special Collections, Rhode Island School of DesignFollow
Fleet Library, Rhode Island School of DesignFollow

Files

Creation Date

1999

Keywords

artists' books; movable books; letterpress printing; By Hand: Women & Books Exhibit 2021

Description

[14] pages : color illustrations. "...made by The Blue Press and Bindery of Berkeley, CA. Cutouts, text, binding and letterpress work by Bonnie McLeskey. Printed on Canford Cover in Gill Sans; at Mills College in Oakland, CA. Flag structure by Hedi Kyle. First made 2/98. Reworked 6/99. No. 1 of 6."--Colophon. In binder with author note laid in ([1] page) "Life Signs began as a project for my bookbinding class with Julie Chen at Mills College in February 1998."--Note laid in binder. Accordion fold binding. 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=b1104583~S5

Press

Berkeley, Calif. : B. McLeskey, 1999

Rights

©Berkeley, Calif. : B. McLeskey, 1999

Materials / Techniques

folded books; flag books; letterpress printing; accordion books; paper

Measurements

17 cm