The Running of the Tide

Creator

Jan Baker, Rhode Island School of Design
Special Collections, Rhode Island School of DesignFollow
Fleet Library, Rhode Island School of DesignFollow

Files

Keywords

artists' books; Stacked & Altered exhibition, summer 2022;

Description

Altered book created by Jan Baker (1950-2018). Jan Baker was an accomplished artist and RISD Professor of Graphic Design (1981-2017) guiding students through book arts, letterpress, papermaking, bookbinding, and visual poetry in the Graphic Design department. For 37 years, she infused her classes and the campus community with the magic and meaning that comes from the handmade. Lettering, cutting, folding, binding, inventing, collecting - these were some of Jan's favorite things. Read more">. Curated title for Fleet Library Special Collections exhibition Stacked & Altered, summer 2022.

Rights

©RISD

Materials / Techniques

alterations (object components); books by external form