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  The Twin Plays : Port-au-Prince & Adams County Illinois

  Jackson Mac Low, Special Collections, and Fleet Library

  14 pages. A Great Bear Pamphlet ; no. 10. Cover title. CONTENTS: Port-au-Prince -- Adams County, Illinois. Staple binding. Gift of Estera Milman, RISD Class of 1970. Estera Milman (RISD BFA Painting/Printmaking and Film, 1970) scholar of post-World War II avant-garde art. Founded Alternative Traditions in Contemporary Art (ATCA) at the University of Iowa, 1982, and served as its director until 2000. She is the author of many books, articles, interviews, and exhibition catalogs on Fluxus and No!art. In December 2018 she donated a selection books from her library to the Fleet Library at RISD. Curated title for Fleet Library Special Collections exhibition By Hand: Women & Books Exhibit fall, 2021.

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  24-Hour Armed Security

  Josh Macphee, Special Collections, and Fleet Library

  16 screenprints : color ; 1 pamphlet ([12] pages : color illustrations ; . Pound the pavement ; #21 A set of 16 screenprints housed in a hand cut and assembled enclosure (40 x 32 cm) accompanied by a 12 page stapled booklet. Limited edition of 20, signed by the artist. Library has copy no. 3. Numbered and signed on the verso of the enclosure.

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  Flying Letters

  John Maeda, Special Collections, and Fleet Library

  1 volume (unpaged) : chiefly illus.. Digitalogue reactive book series, no. 2. Accordion fold text. System requirements for accompanying disk: Macintosh/Power Macintosh System 7.1 or above, True type/ATN outline font and floppy disk drive. Text in English and Japanese. Gift of Janice Woo, California College of the Arts.

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  After Reasonable Research

  Miranda Maher, Special Collections, and Fleet Library

  1 folded sheet. Edition of 150."Years with no acts of 'open and declared hostile conflict' are indicated with a perpendicular line. Perhaps they were periods of peace"--cover. Issued in cardboard sleeve with velco fasteners. Accordion folded, printed on cream colored paper with a fleur-des-lis pattern.

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  Shimmer

  Jule Claudia Mahn, Special Collections, and Fleet Library

  1 volume, slipcase, 48 pages . Author, editor, translator and imprint from colophon. Short story by Jule Claudia Mahn accompanied by the author's photographs. "Set in Pollen Regular, Pigment print on Awagami Inbe, Thin white Washi paper ... in an edition of 13 copies in German and XVI copies in English ... 14th book in the series 'Verwandte Objekte,' Leipzig 2018"--Colophon. Exposed thread binding in Hollytex non-woven fabric. Housed in a paper-covered case. Enclosed in same fabric slipcase. All housed in two-piece grey board binder, held closed with two orange rubber bands (31 x 18 cm).

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  Meaning Maker

  Kent Manske, Nanette Wilde, PreNeo Press, Special Collections, and Fleet Library

  volumes. "This is Art." Title from glassine envelope and each brochure. Seven single sheets (11 x 8 ¹/₂ inches), tri-folded, text on both sides, each sheet printed on a different color paper. Each folded sheet has a copyright date. Academic Conference Edition -- American Citizen Edition -- Art Viewing Edition -- Family Gathering Edition -- Higher Education Edition -- Periodic Personal Evaluation Edition -- Relationship to Nature Edition. "'Meaning Maker' is a guided interactive response structure tailored to specific styles of experience."--website. "PreNeo Press is the conceptual and collaborative space of Kent Manske and Nanette Wylde."--Press website. Gift of Laurie Whitehill Chong. 2nd copy gift of Nanette Wylde. 2nd copy includes the seven pamphlets in the previous copy plus three more printed items: 10 things you can do in troubling times like these (folded sheet, [6] pages ; 14 cm) / Tract no. 1 by Nanette Wylde -- 2017 Fact-checker guide to terminology, volume 1 (folded sheet, [4] pages ; 14 cm) / Tract no. 2 by Kent Manske (both PreNeo Press, 2017) -- I left my dog poop bag on the trail because: [check list] (single-sided slip, 14 cm)

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  Tick, Tiger, Trout

  Eva Mantell, Women's Studio Workshop, Special Collections, and Fleet Library

  [20] pages : illus. Cover title. "Being a partial reading of the New York City phone book"--page [1]. "180/250"--page [3] of cover. Printed wrappers. Binding: Saddle stitch signature. Codex structure.

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  Vision, Vol. 4: Word of Mouth, Prepared Talks b y 12 Artists on Ponape, an Island in the Pacific Ocean

  Tom Marioni, Special Collections, and Fleet Library

  Vision, Vol. 4. 3 sound discs : 33 1/3 rpm, mono. Title from booklet ([8] p. : chiefly ill. ; 29 cm.) laid in container. Recorded on Ponape, January 16-24, 1980; released as the no. 4, 1980 issue of Vision. Edition of 1000. VISION was a journal of contemporary art published by Crown Point Press irregularly between 1975 through 1982, and was edited and curated by Tom Marioni. Prepared talks delivered by 12 artists at a conference held in Ponape, South Pacific, January 16-24, 1980. CONTENTS: Record 1. Tom Marioni, Robert Kushner / Marina Abramovic/Ulay, John Cage -- Record 2. Daniel Buren, Joan Jonas / Bryan Hunt, Chris Burden -- Record 3. William T. Wiley, Brice Marden / Pat Steir, Laurie Anderson. Library copy missing poster (61 x 45 cm.)

  Curated title for RISD Archives & Special Collections exhibition Now Hear This, fall 2023.

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  Look Back

  Lynn Marshall-Linnemeier, Special Collections, and Fleet Library

  32 unnumbered pages : illustrations (some color), facsimiles, map, portraits. Cover title. Collaborative response in an artists' book format to the letters of Anna Matilda Page King to her family (written between 1817 - 1859) from "Retreat", her St. Simons Island, Georgia plantation. Includes bibliographical references. Stapled. Gift of Jan Baker.

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  Funny ha ha, Funny Peculiar

  Emily Martin, Special Collections, and Fleet Library

  1 volume in slipcase, 19 pages. "Printed in an edition of 25 with several artist's proofs. Housed in a clamshell box covered in Japanese linen cloth."--colophon. "This book(s) is the result of my extended study of Shakespeare's comedies. I find the comedies individually to be enjoyable but there is a sameness to many of the plots that allows me to mix them up in my head. So much mistaken identity, gender confusion and various other contrivances while romping their way to a fifth act wedding or two. Even more problematic are the decidedly unfunny themes that are common in many of these same comedies such as hypocrisy, sexual harassment, intolerance, sexism, misogyny, and anti-Semitism. I struggled for a long time to integrate all these ideas. I finally realized that what I needed to do was to address each aspect separately, thus a dos a do book. Each side has its own focus and treatment. The characters are the same in both books. They are printed using the P22 Blox which are a set of modular shapes that can be interchanged to change the body's posture and gestures. The P22 Blox allows the presentation of the characters as interchangeable as well. Funny Peculiar is a drum leaf book and presents selected lines from five plays delivered by characters on a stage set. Funny Ha Ha is a slice book allowing the viewer to mix and match the costumes and gender of the characters in a variety of postures. Funny Peculiar is letterpress printed on an SP15 Vandercook proof press using hand set type and P22 Blox combined with rubbings, ink washes, and collagraphs to make the images. Printed on Domestic Etch paper with gray Pescia end sheets. Funny Ha Ha is printed on an SP15 Vandercook proof press using hand set type combined with relief printing using P22 Blox, collagraphs, and polymer plates from Boxcar Press to make the images. Printed on white Pescia paper with gray Pescia end sheets. Bound in a modified dos a do binding to hold the sewn text block slice book on one side and the drum leaf text block on the other side. The hard covers are covered with Arrestox book cloth and three vivid colored cotton papers color matched and custom made by Katie MacGregor."--emilymartin.com.

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  Mutually Exclusive

  Emily Martin, Special Collections, and Fleet Library

  5 magic wallets (Jacob's ladder module), enclosed in an Asian-style cloth covered portfolio with bone clasps; portfolio cover; magic wallets open and closed. Each booklet features conflicting text from media reports following the Sept. 11th terrorist attacks. Opinions and beliefs, formed from the same information, are often opposing.

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  So On And So On

  Emily Martin, Special Collections, and Fleet Library

  dos à dos coptic stitch binding; first cover; interior spreads; next cover; interior spreads; end of second narrative and beginning again of first. The dos à dos structure conveys the cyclical nature of alcoholism. No matter which direction the story is told, the resulting disruption of family life is portrayed.

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  The Anxiety Alphabet

  Emily Martin, Special Collections, and Fleet Library

  coptic stitch binding, paper covered boards with common pins and needles inserted; cover; interior pages; back cover. The subject of anxiety is conveyed with humorous alphabetic verse.

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  The House Detective (abridged)

  Emily Martin, Special Collections, and Fleet Library

  Japanese folding screen, dos à dos accordion variation, with paper hinges mounted over foam core house-shaped boards; title page; interior foldouts; back cover. Phrases commonly found in detective novels are illustrated in a cartoon-like caper.

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  The Vicious Circle Series

  Emily Martin, Special Collections, and Fleet Library

  3 dimensional hexa-flexagon; hexa-flexagons, detail; five hexa-flexagons; two hexa-flexagons (of five). Turning the ring of connected pyramids reveals a text that repeats over and over, just like many life situations.

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  All Sorts

  Emily Martin, Ellen Knudson, Jerry Chicone Jr., University of Florida School of Art and Art History, George A. Smathers Libraries, Library Press@UF, Boxcar Press, Special Collections, and Fleet Library

  6 unnumbered leaves : color illustrations; added title page sheet; 1 pamphlet ([12] pages : color illustrations). Title from first panel. "The design of the artist's book .. began in the Smathers Libraries Special and Area Studies Collections during the summer of 2015. Ms. Martin researched the contents of the Jerry Chicone, Jr. Citrus Crate Label Collection. She learned that the grading system for citrus is displayed through label color: blue: best quality, red: second quality, yellow: third quality. Inspired by the labels' vibrant colors, geometric pattern elements, and the structure of fruit crates themselves, Ms. Martin designed a tunnel book .. the same size as many of the citrus fruit crate labels. The artist became intrigued by the concept of labelling and in response created an alphabetic system of words that are used to 'label' people. These words travel in a spiral of circular forms through the depth of the tunnel book. The viewer recognizes the words as personality descriptors that are positive, negative, and neutral"--Prospectus. "[T]he inaugural artist's book edition from the Marjorie S. Coffey Library Endowment Residency at the George A. Smathers Libraries at the University of Florida and the first publication of the Library Press@UF .. The book was letterpress printed in the UF School of Art + Art History Type Shop .. The book is printed from photopolymer plates by Boxcar Press on Colorplan 100# Cover in Snow White. The structure is a tunnel book housed in a paper clip case made from Colorplan 100# Cover in Azure Blue and Factory Yellow."--Colophon. Limited edition of 35 copies plus an artist's proof, signed and numbered by the artists. Library has copy 17/35 and signed by Emily Martin and Ellen Knudson. Gift of the Marjorie S. Coffey Library Endowment Residency at the George A. Smathers Library at the University of Florida.

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  Blue Yodo Waltz

  Kyoko Matsunaga, Special Collections, and Fleet Library

  1 scroll. "Rivers are the source of all development, and civilizations are made up of individuals. The original of this scroll was a collage on a QRS player piano roll of Blue Danube Waltz (Strauss) which I happened to find at an antique shop. When I lived in Osaka, I took pictures of ordinary local people while walking along the city's iconic Yodo river all the way to the bay as a collection of slice-of-life scenes of people in the limited area and time that I could experience at first hand, and laid them on the stream of the elegant waltz. Even though Japanese society is highly homogeneous and (she) tends to avoid making outstanding individuals, Osakans steadily carry down its unique culture just as modern European culture had been passed down in the people around Danube river"--Artist's statement, 23 Sandy Gallery website. Issued in a box of ajio washi, persimmon dyed Kurotani washi, and Skivertex Nuba over boards. Scroll is wrapped in a silk cloth and laid into an inner drawer, which slides into the outer box

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  Moonset Cordiero

  Kyoko Matsunaga, Special Collections, and Fleet Library

  1 volume (unpaged) : chiefly color illustrations. Title from artist's website; publication information from 23 Sandy Gallery Booksellers' website. Limited edition of 15 copies, signed and numbered by the artist. "'Moonset Cordiero' is an ancient site of typography, mentioned on a television show in the artist's dreams of June 16th, 2012. This book is an assemblage of connections between this imaginary locale and realtime experiences. She traces memories, recalling scenes from her domestic and international travels. Viewers observe the dream's reflection from the mirror, which includes a glimpse of their own eye"--23 Sandy Gallery Booksellers' website, viewed on March 4, 2015. "Inkjet print, laser print on Japanese paper. Bugra paper (Black), bees wax, mirror"--Artist's website, viewed on August 21, 2014. Images are inkjet and laser printed on Kozo, Mitsumata, and Bugra Japanese paper. The book opens into a tunnel book with a small hole in the front and a mirror at the back. When viewers look through the hole, they can see four illustrated panels and a reflection of their own eye. The colophon is collaged to the bookboard backing next to the mirror. Library has copy no. 11. Signed by the artist 2013. Sally Hume Lincoln Memorial Fund.

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  I Have a Dream

  Sarah Matthews, Special Collections, and Fleet Library

  1 sheet (32 unnumbered pages) : color illustrations ; 16 x 12 cm + 1 box (18 x 13 x 4 cm) + 1 card (17 x 11 cm). "'I Have a Dream' is a one page zine created and designed by Sarah Matthews. It was printed on a Heidelberg Offset Press at the Borowsky by Amanda D'Amico & Erica Honson at the Borowsky Center for the Publication Arts at the University of Arts in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on a chilly weekend in March 2022"--Colophon card. "Variable edition" of nine. Signed and numbered in pencil by the artist. Zine featuring quotations from Martin Luther King, Jr.'s "I have a dream" speech. Offset printed on a single sheet of cardstock, cut and folded to create 32 joined pages. Housed in a black paper box with printed label and colophon card. Maze book. Library has copy no. 8.

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  Curio

  Melanie Mauro, Special Collections, and Fleet Library

  1 volume. "Curio was designed and printed by Melanie Mauro at The University of the Arts and Heirloom Press. The text is adapted from the 1868 collection of articles, Modern Women and What Is, and Kate Chopin's novel, The Awakening". This book is printed using letterpress, screenprint and lithography on paper handmade by the artist" --Colophon. Includes inkblot imagery; some screen printed using black thermo-chromic ink that turns white when heated. Edition of 5, signed and numbered by the artist. Sewn on seven raised cords and bound in full white (alum-tawed) leather. Curio is a collection of "quotidian objects" that speaks to the idea of woman as domestic curator and as weaker vessel. The bisected halves of vases, a candlestick, a chandelier, a soup tureen, and fancy glassware are rendered in mismatched pairings interspersed with inkblots that evoke, in the manner of a Rorschach Test, the trappings of middle-class existence. "My prints and artist books explore the feminine sphere. Drawing from historical texts about and by women, my works are investigations of the female body and mind, and of women's traditional domestic and societal roles. As I seek to understand the legacy of suppression, surrender, and expectation, I overlap, juxtapose and intersect images and symbols. Quotidian objects struggle against the boundaries of symmetry in an examination of the enduring concerns of women.I use handmade materials and labor-intensive processes, such as handmade paper, alternative process photography, letterpress and lithography. These materials and processes imbue my images of bone, inkblot, vessels and text with the weight of the past, illuminating the parallel between historical and contemporary womanhood"--Artist's Statement, 2018 Thesis Exhibition, University of the Arts.

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  Abecadarian

  Ashley May, Special Collections, and Fleet Library

  volumes : color illustrations . Vol. 1. A-M. Using high quality scans of vintage postcards, artist Ashley May creates kaleidoscopic digital collages. She re-purposes the traditional use of post-cards into a 21st century communiqué: the GIF animation. In collaboration with Endless Editions, Ashley May designed an artist book inspired by her GIF animations. This 14-page, accordion-bound book spirals outwards into a 28 x 28 inch circle, mimicking an animation in physical space. -- Limited Editions website. Accordion variation, fan binding. Book can be folded into a carousel variation structure.

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  Alphabook 3

  Scott McCarney, Special Collections, and Fleet Library

  2 accordion fold books with pop-up elements, enclosed in vellum wrapper; cover; interior views, pop-up. Cut outs unfold to reveal in one accordion book the letters A-M and in the other N-Z.

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  Far Horizons

  Scott McCarney, Special Collections, and Fleet Library

  maze book, folded and enclosed in a printed wrapper; cover; interior; interior, folded out. An accordion variation made by folding a piece of paper printed on one side into 12ths and cutting it so that the resulting accordion flow turns in multiple directions. Once unfolded, the resulting poster resembles a tradional quilt pattern called "Far Horizons".

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  In Case of Emergency

  Scott McCarney, Special Collections, and Fleet Library

  pamphlet stitch variation with shaped pages and fold outs, enclosed in a triangular wrapper; cover; first opening; flat view; folded out; detail . When folded, the book wrapper represents a nuclear hazard warning. Inside the pages unfold in a dizzying confusion as images of planes and bombs are revealed.

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  Index to the Encyclopedia

  Scott McCarney, Special Collections, and Fleet Library

  perfect bound with soft cover, cover image foil stamped; cover; interior page and spreads. This book, though an artist book in itself, functions as an Index to "The Encyclopedia" a separate but related sculptural bookwork.

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  Memory Loss

  Scott McCarney, Special Collections, and Fleet Library

  1 sheet folded. Folded accordion style; binding consists of end boards and cord tie.

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  State of the Union: live, evil, vile

  Scott McCarney, Special Collections, and Fleet Library

  stab bound with soft cover and duct tape reinforced spine; cover; interior pages and spreads. President George W. Bush's televised 2003 State of the Union speech is captured in full screen head shots. The overlaying text, similar to close captioning, reveals nonsensical phrases made from the letters in the book's subtitle.

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  The Field

  Mary McCarthy, Special Collections, and Fleet Library

  case bound in suede covered boards, enclosed in a suede covered box; box exterior; first opening; cover; interior spreads and pages. The day unfolds as the mist rises in a country field, little by little revealing the teeming wildlife found there.

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  Tribal Alphabet

  Mary McCarthy, Special Collections, and Fleet Library

  case bound with cloth covered boards, endbands; cover; title page; interior pages; colophon. Twenty-six African tribes are represented with their masks, in alphabetical order. This book is the facsimile version of the original collage copy.

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  Bird Watching

  Paula McCartney, Special Collections, and Fleet Library

  31 unnumbered pages : color illustrations "Additional support was provided by the Minnesota Center for Books Arts, Minneapolis, MN"--Page 31 "Comprised of twelve chromogenic photographs mounted on Rising Stonehenge 100% cotton paper. The printed text is in Souvenir Lt BT and the written text is the artist's handwriting on Zerkall Nideggen sand paper, and the endsheets are printed on Canson Mi-Teintes flannel gray paper. The book is covered in olive and brown Iris bookcloth"--Page 31 Includes "Field notes" (3 postcard sized items in mounted pocket), inside back cover. "Edition ... of 40"--Page 31 Summary: Bird Watching explores the idea of constructed landscape and is inspired by natural history illustrations and botany journals. The book documents how nature and fabricated elements can combine to create a scene that questions what is natural. The hard bound book is composed of twelve color photographs of fake birds placed in various landscapes, specimen labels, field notes, and diagrams. "This artist book combines photographic recordings of my bird sightings with specimen labels, field notes and diagrams to mirror a personal bird watcher’s journal. Both the photographs and text are a mix of truth and fiction. The images combine varied natural settings with carefully placed craft store songbirds to create an enhanced landscape, allowing the viewer to consider the landscape and the ways it can be elaborated upon."--artist's webpage. Perfect bound codex. Library has copy no. 32, signed by the artist. Library has a related book by the artist published by Princeton Architectual Press, 2010: TR729.B5 M425 2010

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  On Thin Ice In a Blizzard

  Paula McCartney, Special Collections, and Fleet Library

  36 unnumbered pages : all black and white illustrations Edition of 500. "Snow begins to fall, grows denser, and obliterates my view while exposing the cosmos. Ice shifts, opening a beautiful black void. A wondrous view as I begin my descent. On Thin Ice, In a Blizzard is a subseries of my project, A Field Guide to Snow and Ice. While all of the images in the field guide are excerpts of natural landscapes--just not all snow and ice--the images in this book were constructed in the darkroom. A winter of my imagination."--Paulamccartney.com. Stapled. Black paper cover cut-out in a shape, white paper inside with title displayed. Offset printed.

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  What Doesn't Kill You Will Likely Try Again

  Paula McCartney, Special Collections, and Fleet Library

  4 volumes : all illustrations A set of four spiral bound square volumes. Book One published in 2017. Book Two, Book Three and Book Four published in 2018. Digitally press printed books. "Edition of 50"--The artist's website "'What doesn't kill you will likely try again' is a four-part book that continues my exploration into the repetition of form across disparate elements. Tracking and recording the light throughout the year in my home and studio encouraged me to slow down and be present in my surroundings. Patience was rewarded with moments of connection and balance, uncommon within the daily routine of life. The individual books act as thoughts and the set as a conversation and record the illuminated moments that align with existing or constructed architecture."--Melani McWhorter's webpage Risograph printed covers, grey lines on black paper. Library has copy no. 36, signed by the artist.

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  Book of Trees : Both Native and Introduced

  Paula McCartney, Andy Sturdevant, Special Collections, and Fleet Library

  36 unnumbered pages : color illustrations, portraits "Digital press printed by Conveyor Arts, with letterpress printed cover and rounded corners"--Paulamccartney.com. Cover title. Limited edition of 250. Endpaper sheet in wood-grain pattern. Stapled.

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  In a cafe

  Frances McConihe, Richard Brautigan, Special Collections, and Fleet Library

  1 volume, 12 pages. The book is an accordion fold (15 x 116 cm) mounted onto a cloth covered binding. Intaglio and photocopy printing. This book was completed for the "Private Press" course spring semester, 1997, RISD. The instructors were Russell Jones and Duane Slick.

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  Pot calling the kettle black

  Kevin McCoy, Special Collections, and Fleet Library

  1 volume, 28 unnumbered pages. Black people in America have been taxonomized as "savages" or "lazy" and dehumanized by mainstream media which are derivatives of early scientific racism. Back in the 19th century, blackface was used primarily by white performers to demean Black people and as a source of entertainment. The titling of this publication, Pot Calling the Kettle Black, is an idiom used in the Black household to underscore blatant hypocrisy. This publication offers critical observation of the use of blackface and its variations found deeply embedded in cartoons, pop culture, the fashion industry, and beyond.-- Work / Play.

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  Channel & Flow

  Sarah McDermott, Special Collections, and Fleet Library

  36 unnumbered pages (some folded) : color illustrations. Issued in an edition of 50 numbered and signed copies. Bound in a modified long-stitch format. Letterpress printed and screenprinted with hand-made paper covers. Binding structure: Codex. "Channel and Flow was published by the Women's Studio Workshop in Rosendale, NY.. The Kidney Press is Sarah McDermott. She made this book in the spring of 2014. The images are letterpress printed and screenprinted on Shikoku paper. The typeface is Avenir, letterpress printed from polymer plates. The cover is handmade paper from milkweed collected and retted at Ruocco Family Farm in Sandgate, VT, mixed with cotton and abaca."--Colophon. SUMMARY: "Channel and Flow documents an attempt to follow a stream on its path through a dense suburban neighborhood. It uses the structure of the book's page turns and foldouts to represent how the stream has been contained and fragmented by the built environment."--Women's Studio Workshop website, viewed on July 3, 2014. Library has copy no. 34.

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  Octopus

  Elizabeth McDevitt, Julie Chen, Special Collections, and Fleet Library

  1 volume. Title from case. Accordion style binding to produce a three-dimensional effect. In case. Letterpress printed from photopolymer plates; collographic prints. Edition of 100 copies.

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  Campsite

  Andi McGarry, Special Collections, and Fleet Library

  [12] pages : color ill. . Title from cover. Gift of Laurie Whitehill Chong.

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  Life Signs

  Bonnie McLesky, Special Collections, and Fleet Library

  [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.

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  Wild Waves

  Barton McNeil, Special Collections, and Fleet Library

  [11] leaves : illustration. "Conceived and printed letterpress in an edition of 200 by Barton McNeil, 1979"--colophon. Unbound, [11] folded leaves, in paper cover. Most leaves printed with the single word, "splash." Printed in various fonts, and sizes. Address of the Press printed on page [4] of cover. Gift of Jan Baker.

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  Long slow March

  Clifton Meador, Special Collections, and Fleet Library

  1 volume (unpaged) : illustrations (some color) ; 21 cm. Contents: Introduction -- Distant rancorous voices 1 -- Every mile between Selma and Montgomery -- Persistence of evil -- Conflagration. "The textual pieces are drawn from a variety of primary sources, from mid-nineteenth-century slave narratives, to slavery apologists, to mid-twentieth-century segregationist crazy people. Some have been slightly fictionalized."--Colophon. "This book was produced and printed at the Center for Editions, Purchase College, Purchase, New York. Summer 1994 to fall 1996"--colophon. Maps on lining pages, Selma to Montgomery, Alabama. Text includes photographs from the same route and images from the marches and demonstrations. Offset printing. Case binding with illustrated dust jacket. RISD Alumnus, BFA, Photography, 1980. Fleet Library at RISD Alumni Collection.

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  Palpung Parkhang

  Clifton Meador, Special Collections, and Fleet Library

  [22], 7 pages : chiefly illustrations (some color), map. Printed and produced at the Center for Book and Paper, Columbia College, Chicago. 1 hand sewn binding (two signatures) and 1 stapled fold (notes section); paper cover. "This collection of black and white and color photographs were taken in the Palpung Monastery in Palpung Parkhang, Tibet. Each spread consists of one numbered photograph. Each number matches a note in the back of the book which details the artist's experience while walking through the monastery: what he sees, what enlivens his senses, and more concrete facts about the people and what they are doing in the photographs. The footnotes create a dual narrative of the artist's experience and the converse experience of the monastery's inhabitants. The book lies flat so that the photograph's composition is unhindered by a gutter." --Printed Matter website. RISD Alumnus, BFA, Photography, 1980. Fleet Library at RISD Alumni Collection.

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  Pig 05049 : 1:1

  Christien Meindertsma, Special Collections, and Fleet Library

  1 volume (various pagings) : chiefly ill. (chiefly color). "Concept, photography, design & illustrations, Christien Meindertsma"--title page verso. The project was exhibited in the Kunsthal in Rotterdam in 2008. 3rd printing, Oct. 2009. Includes index. "Christien Meindertsma has spent three years researching all the products made from a single pig. Amongst some of the more unexpected results were: Ammunition, medicine, photo paper, heart valves, brakes, chewing gum, porcelain, cosmetics, cigarettes, conditioner and even bio diesel. Meindertsma makes the subject more approachable by reducing everything to the scale of one animal. After it's death, Pig number 05049 was shipped in parts throughout the world. Some products remain close to their original form and function while others diverge dramatically. In an almost surgical way a pig is dissected in the pages of the book - resulting in a startling photo book where all the products are shown at their true scale (1:1)."--artists' website (2.4.2014) A yellow plastic tag with the title is attached to the spine of the paper book jacket. Texts in English and Dutch.

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  I Sit and Sew

  Lise Melhorn-Boe, Special Collections, and Fleet Library

  1 volume (unpaged) : illustrations . Limited edition of 12 copies signed and numbered by the artist. Pages sewn in fold cloth wrapper. Set in Goudy Old Style. Screen printed. "Alice Moore Dunbar-Nelson's poem was published in Caroling Dusk: An Anthology of Verse by Negro Poets (1927)".--Cf. Colophon. "Alice Moore Dunbar-Nelson's poem is in the voice of a woman, during WW1, who wishes she were doing something more active to help the soldiers, rather than sitting and sewing. The book's format is modelled on a WW1 'housewife,' a soldier's sewing kit. As it unfolds, the viewer will find sewing tools and eventually the text."--Cf. Vamp & Tramp website. Tri-fold cloth wrapper, with buttons, straight pins, safety pins, sewing needles, thread card, mounted scissors either sewn or pinned to the wrapper. Includes embroidery, mounted lace and linens. Library has copy no. 5.

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  Voyagers

  Catanese, Melissa; Special Collections; and Fleet Library

  1 volume. 'Voyagers' consists almost entirely of anonymous black-and-white snapshots of people in various postures of reading in living rooms, on beds, at the beach, eating breakfast. We can't see what these readers are thinking, but Catanese occasionally breaks the hypnotic typological rhythm to reveal a new photographic element - a pyramid, a starry night, sunlight blindingly glowing through a window - giving us brief glimpses of the readers' potential narrative journeys. A wordless book with the size and feel of a vintage paperback found at a flea market, 'Voyagers' reminds us of the power and intimacy of our relationship to reading devices, and evokes an exotic nostalgia for our recent predigital culture. As with Catanese's prior books (Dive Dark Dream Slow [2012], Hells Hollow, Fallen Monarch [2016]), the images were judiciously selected from the collection of Peter J. Cohen, a celebrated trove of more than 20,000 vernacular photographs from the early to mid-20th century. Gathered from flea markets, dealers, and eBay, these images have been acquired, exhibited, and included in a range of major museum publications.

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  On display in a gallery that no longer exists

  Walker Mettling, Special Collections, and Fleet Library

  1 volume, 36 pages. Color illustrated title page. Includes ten color risograph prints. Silkscreen cover with stitch binding. This book is a visual document of the RISD Museum 2017 Artist Fellow, Walker Mettling. It includes his drawings and observations from his time in RISD Museum (particularly storage). "I drew all the artifacts in the book with my left hand, using a superstition against handling sacred objects with your right hand (to ward off curses) as a way of trying to respect these objects." - walkermettling.tumblr.com/page/2 "Writen and drawn in January/February 2018.. Book binding by Julia Gualtieri. Screen printed at AS220 Industries in Providence RI."- colophon.

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  Emissions Book

  Katharine Meynell, Special Collections, and Fleet Library

  pamphlet stitch variation with parchment reinforced spine, some acetate double layer pages enclose tiny ziploc bags, stitched in place; interior spreads; cover . Disturbing images and unknown substances sealed in ziploc bags suggest that the reader should be careful touching this book. Fear of disease is now associated with the pleasures of physical intimacy.

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  Seas of the Moon

  Katharine Meynell, Special Collections, and Fleet Library

  hand sewn signatures with metallic paper hand stitched to the cover pages, book enclosed in a denim cloth slipcase; cover; title page; interior spreads. Images of the poetically named "seas" of the moon's surface are conveyed with images of parts of baby clothes, implying the relationship between the full moon and childbirth.

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  Volumes (of Vulnerability)

  Katharine Meynell, Special Collections, and Fleet Library

  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.

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  Erotica Botanica

  Catherine Michaelis, Special Collections, and Fleet Library

  16 unnumbered pages : illustrations. Artist's book written, designed and created by Catherine Michaelis. Limited edition of 40 copies, signed "Catherine Alice" by the artist. "Enter the sensual Erotica Botanica through an unfolding caress of its leaf shaped pages. Delicate flowers with enticing organs float up from the folds above a bed of leaves and seed pods. Erotic verse, written by flowers and pollinators, inspires the viewer to contemplate the sexual desire of plants."--May Day Press blog, viewed 12/6/10. The deluxe edition ... has a ... wrapper with supporting top and bottom flaps and five pop-ups, (one delicately concealed in the top flap) ... There are two blue flaps inside that hold the book in at the top and bottom ... All the imagery for the book was printed from stencils I designed and cut. Except [one] flower which Billy [Michaelis's husband] made. I think this is the only stencil that was cut once. All the other stencils for the book were cut at least twice, and some (including the leaf pages) three times! There are four different flowers and they pop-up from the folds."--Vamp & Tramp website. "Hand-set type, letterpress printed over relief-printed stencils on Domestic Etching. Folded accordion style and pamphlet stitched. Enclosed in a wrapper."--Vamp & Tramp Booksellers website. Hand-cut leaves and flowers letterpress printed. The pages are 17 x 66 cm, folded to 17 x 11 cm and placed in a 4-flap paper wrapper. Four different flower pop-ups emerge from the folds of the pages, and a butterfly pop-up from the wrapper. Images are pressure prints. Library has copy no. 21.

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  Duane Michals : Photographs, Sequences, Texts, 1958-1984

  Duane Michals, Special Collections, and Fleet Library

  104 pages : illus. (some color), ports. Catalog of an exhibition held at the Museum of Modern Art, Oxford, December 9, 1984-February 3, 1985 and other museums. Text: Marco Livingstone ; also includes an interview with the artist. Bibliography: p. [98-100]

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  Ruderal Plants in Manhattan

  Susan Mills, Women's Studio Workshop, Special Collections, and Fleet Library

  [30] leaves : color illus. Handmade book with wooden covers, and endpapers made of abaca, ruderal burdock and ruderal dandelion. Ten single fold signatures sewn together into wooden covers. Front cover has a two color print. Printing method: Silkscreen. Coptic binding Library has copy no. 51 of 100.

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  Endless Bridge

  Mikhail Mishin, Special Collections, and Fleet Library

  1 volume, 80 pages. "A visual retelling of creation, Mikhail Mishin's Endless Bridge utilizes juxtapositions and stark comparisons in a narrative that spans from birth to death and back again. iPhone photos, newspaper clippings and other found materials are the vocabulary used in this book in which light is separated from dark, and order emerges from chaos, only to revert back into nothingness. Images in this book have the quality of archaeological artifacts, where the transient qualities of an inflated tarp, a light reflection on the pavement or footprint in the concrete are highlighted. We know what comes after, we see what came before. Yet these fleeting moments hold great weight in the larger context of this cycle."--Publisher's website, viewed April 25, 2019. Limited edition of 100 copies. Black on black illustration on paper cover. Perfect binding.

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  Unfolding Practice : Reflections on Learning and Teaching

  Arzu Mistry, Todd Elkin, Women's Studio Workshop, Special Collections, and Fleet Library

  56 unnumbered pages : color illustrations. Issued in an edition of 50 copies. "Unfolding Practice: Reflections on Learning and Teaching is a conversation between two artist-educators. Flowing across five chapters, the double sided accordion book has been curated from ten years of recorded conversations, field notes, planning, sketches, reflection, and teaching. The front of the book weaves text, illustration, cutouts, and screen prints, journeying through artistic process and educational practice. The back of the book is a guide, expanding on the practice of using accordion books as a tool for capturing, visualizing, and building upon reflective thinking. The brown paper alludes to the craft paper that is ubiquitous in schools and captures process more than the preciousness of a final product. Throw out accordion in hard covers."--Publisher's website, http://www.wsworkshop.org/artists-books/new-artists-books-from-wsw/, visited on July 29, 2016. "The book was hand and laser cut, and silkscreen and digitally printed on Construction Cement Green and Brown Kraft French paper. The type is Helvetica Neue 9 point."--colophon. RISD Libraries' copy is no. 31, signed by both artists.

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  Ni Queue Ni Tête

  Vera Molnar, Jean-Yves Bosseur, Special Collections, and Fleet Library

  1 folded sheet (46 unnumbered pages) : illustrations Issued in a clamshell box with paper cover label and compact disc mounted inside front cover. Includes a pamphlet with text by Jean-Yves Bosseur. Edition of 100 copies. Inkjet print on paper. Accordion book. In French. Library has copy no. 46. Purchased for Fleet Library at RISD through the Anne (MFA 92), Michael, and Amelia Spalter Fund. SEI

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  Blink

  Nearing Mongirdaite, Special Collections, and Fleet Library

  144 unnumbered pages . Cover title. The winner from the Napa Flipbook Competition 2017 by Lithuanian artist Neringa Mongirdaite. Edition of 500 copies. Edition number from Printed Matter website. Offset printing. Perfect binding.

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  Don't Cut Your Hair It's Beautiful

  Kellee Morgado, Special Collections, and Fleet Library

  3 volumes : color illustrations Edition of 50. Each volume has 24 unnumbered pages, bound so that the reader can lift the center illustration to reveal a larger illustration within. The gatherings are unopened throughout, obscuring text and illustrations. In a cloth-covered portfolio, held closed with a printed paper band. "The work questions personal rituals surrounding hair, constructs associated with hair in Western culture, and the shift in value when hair is unattached to bodies. In this ongoing inquiry I explore my own experience with femininity, womanhood, my relationship with my own hair, and how it conforms to or disrupts constructed norms"--Paper band. "The third artist book of the biennial Parley Project"--Portfolio. "Offset printing on Ultra Green Film (text pages), Bugra Antique Rose (paste downs), hand set lead type (News Gothic Bold & Century Bold Italic), Hollanders starched linen book cloth (Natural/Kennett), photopolymer plates, Rising Museum board, monofilament, Arches Cream (belly band)."--Artist's website. "Don't Cut Your Hair It's Beautiful began as an exhibition in which I explored hair as both a material and a concept through experimental printing processes. The work questions personal rituals surrounding hair, constructs associated with hair in Western culture, and the shift in value when hair is unattached to bodies. In this ongoing inquiry I explore my own experience with femininity, womanhood, my relationship with my own hair and how it conforms to or disrupts constructed norms.... This work is continued by Don't Cut Your Hair It's Beautiful in an effort to disrupt and explore the relationship between hair that is considered valuable and hair that must be hidden, removed, and made invisible. The book includes contributions from twelve creatives in particular, but not limited to, those working with hair as a subject or material. These individuals were invited to respond to one of several prompts or to generate their own response about hair on the body. They could also choose to include an image, either found or made. These twelve writings provide thoughts and experiences surrounding hair, multiple points of access, and themes connected to hair on the body including: shame, resistance, and identity...."--inside belly band. Three pamphlet stitch booklets in portfolio with paper belly band. Library has copy no. 22. Jan Baker Fund.

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  A Visit From St. Alphabet

  Dave Morice, Special Collections, and Fleet Library

  16 unnumbered pages : color illustrations. "Composition & rubyliths by A.B. Presswork by A.K. Poliphilus, type on Ragston. 2,000 copies in this second printing."--Title page verso St. Alphabet slides down the bookcase, fills the pages, and rides off on his "A." Title page printed in green, black, and red. Pamphlet stitch, red paper wrapper with illustration. Inscribed in pencil to Jan, from Lorraine, dated 12.1985. Gift of Jan Baker.

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  A recuerdo for Ste. Ostrich

  Lois Morrison, Julie Chen, Elizabeth Collins, Special Collections, and Fleet Library

  1 object with removable objects. Title from cover. Edition of 50 numbered copies. Date of publication from Vamp & Tramp Booksellers website. House-shaped, shrine-shaped structure with front cover as doors that open to a three-dimensional scene with a movable part using pull tab and a pullout drawer containing miniature artifacts to the satirical story, a shovel and bucket of sand. Pullout drawer with artifacts and colophon. Printed letterpress on a variety of papers including paper made at Papeterie Saint-Armand.Book and artifacts made and assembled at Flying Fish Press. "A recuerdo for Ste. Ostrich was written and illustrated by Lois Morrison, with book design and paper engineering by Julie Chen. The ex-voto painting was created by Elizabeth Collins. The edition of 50 copies was letterpress printed on a variety of papers including paper made at Papeterie Saint-Armand."--Colophon. Text in English and Spanish. Book artists Lois Morrison and Julie Chen have been friends for 40 years and have worked together on three artists' book collaborations including Ste. Ostrich in Manhattan: The Visitations of a Martyr (1990) and this most recent work: A Recuredo for Ste. Ostrich. A recuerdo is a memento, here a votive offering to a saint or divinity given in gratitude or devotion. In Mexico there is a long tradition of these offerings, giving thanks for a miracle or favor. This house-shaped votive recounts several stories about Ste. Ostrich. The outside tells and shows the intercession of the Sainte when a breakdown strands a mother and daughter in the desert. Inside are a series of connected stories recounting the ostrich's saga - her unappreciated gift of sand, unappreciated first at the birth of the baby Jesus, then by the sisters in a convent, then by the people of the Mexico. All this leads to her martyrdom and subsequent beatification. As in all of Morrison's religious work, this one has an element of quirkiness and dark humor. Though this seems to be looking through the glass darkly - only gift the ostrich has is rejected by all, the ostrich breaks her neck trying to bury her head at the bottom of a swimming pool -- ultimately the positive wins out. Even the seemingly most unworthy, even the lowly ostrich who "God hath deprived.. of wisdom..[and] understanding" (Job 39: 13-17) is valuable and able to perform miracles. -- Vamp & Tramp Booksellers WWW site, viewed June 9, 2017.

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  Ste. Ostrich in Manhattan: the visitations of a martyr

  Lois Morrison, Special Collections, and Fleet Library

  1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations. "Ste. Ostrich ... was written and illustrated by Lois Morrison. It was designed and printed by Julie Chen with the assistance of Elizabeth McDevitt ... In an edition of 125 copies this is number: 70." Gift of Freshman Foundation. Curated title for Fleet Library Special Collections exhibition By Hand: Women & Books Exhibit fall, 2021.

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  The Mexican Dog-Tosser

  Lois Morrison, Special Collections, and Fleet Library

  1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations . Title from cover. "Gone back into with water-color and ink. Lettering is hand printed. The cover is chisel cut banana; the case, Mexican bandana ... edition of 25, This is no. 13."--Colophon. Accordion fold format with jointed figure in pocket. In cloth envelope, fastened with button.

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  Reconfigured Families

  Alexander Mouton, Special Collections, and Fleet Library

  110 unnumbered pages : all color illustrations Title page and size of book designed in the format of a Southwest Airlines boarding pass. Edition of 25. Reconfigured Families follows the experience of one 21st century family, sometimes referred to as the "postmodern family" or even the "brave new family," through photographs that document the long-distance relationship I share with my two children who have been living in Bloomington, Indiana during the school year while I reside in Seattle, Washington. This sequence of images was made during our monthly travels to be together over the six-year period 2009--2015. During this time, I also learned of other parents who traverse geographies to juggle career and family, moving between Seattle and Hong Kong, Berlin and Bonn, Columbus, OH and Melbourne, Australia, Los Angeles and London, and Boston and Berkeley, CA, to name just a few configurations. In the image sequence that makes up the book, images of the kids are paired with a composition I photographed over and over again from a particular seat on the airplane looking out the window in various seasons, cities, times of day, and weather conditions. The juxtaposition of these images with images of the kids as they grow up brings to the fore the repetitive nature of the travel involved in our relationship. The experiences of this one reconfigured family shed light on the broader social, economic, and environmental reverberations felt throughout our ever-widening globalized culture. They also reveal the beauty and richness of urban culture and the surrounding natural environs and the tenderness of the siblings' evolving relationship. Illustrated cloth binding. Author, title, press name and date of 2020 on spine. Library has copy 10. Jan Baker Artists' Books Fund.

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  50 Years: Roe v. Wade...

  Greer Muldowney, Special Collections, and Fleet Library

  16 unnumbered pages : color illustrations Title from cover. "Roe v. Wade, 410 U.S. 113, was a landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court, decided on January 22nd, 1973. The Court ruled that the constitution protected the right to have an abortion, securing choice and bodily autonomy for American women. Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health, No. 19-1392, 597 U.S. nullified the precedent of Roe v. Wade on June 24th, 2022. This decision has left reproductive rights to be decided on a state by state basis, compromising the health and access on healthcare for half of the country after 49.5 years of the constitutional right to do so. The following is a musing on the shifting political and cultural icons that have had a longer liftspan than Roe v. Wade. We may want to ask ourselves why certain things have endured, and why they may not in the future."--page [2], signed by the artist. Pagination includes cover.

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  Saluti E Baci

  Bruno Munari, Special Collections, and Fleet Library

  93 pages illustrations (some color). Block notes. A collection of photographic postcard images which have been altered by interpolating and transposing geometric figures or parts of the same or other photographs. Text in Italian and English. Translated by Isobel Butters. Cover has a cut-out window with a piece of string "coming" out of the window of the postcard reproduced on the title page. Library has 3rd reprint, 2005. Signatures glued into paper cover. Gift of Jan Baker.

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  If Walls Could Speak = Si Las Paredes Hablaran

  Celia Alvarez Muñoz, Special Collections, and Fleet Library

  iv, 32 pages : illustrations. Includes bibliographical references (page 26). Gift of the Power of Place.

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  Dear Laurie, Dear Gülşah

  Gülşah Mursaloğlu, Laurie A. Palmer, E.S. Kibele Yarman, Umur Publishing, Special Collections, and Fleet Library

  108 unnumbered pages : color illustrations + 1 poster. Cover title. Edition of 500: 300 in English, 200 in Turkish Coptic bound with wrap-around cover that unfolds to become a poster. "'Dear Laurie, Dear Gülşah' is a publication that brings together the correspondence between A. Laurie Palmer and Gülşah Mursaloğlu across disparate geographies, from April to September 2020. Within this transformative year that bore witness to a global pandemic, anti-racist protests, downfalls of power figures and monuments and fires around both continents, the letters both reflect on the present moment and offer insight into the artists' practices and long-term projects."--Letter from A. Laurie Palmer CUZ "Texts: Gülşah Mursaloğlu, A. Laurie Palmer ; Book Design: E.S. Kibele Yarman ; Photos: Sarah Bird, Gülşah Mursaloğlu, A. Laurie Palmer, Jared Powell .."--Colophon Gift of Laurie Palmer.

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  Bernoulli Equation for unsteady potential flow

  Amandine Nabarra-Piomelli, Special Collections, and Fleet Library

  1 sewn book in slipcase. Title from colophon. Edition of 40 numbered and signed copies. Bernoulli's equation for unsteady potential flow in Greek symbols above title on colophon and on first leaf. "This book visually and tactilely mimics the action of a body in water. The Bernoulli equation for unsteady potential flow (named for Daniel Bernoulli, 18th-century Dutch-Swiss mathematician is used, among other places, in the theory of ocean surface waves and acoustics."--Artist's website. Artist's book by Amandine Nabarra-Piomelli, comprised of a sequence of strips of photos which represents the nature and meaning of water, traditionally associated with the qualities of emotion and intuition. Book is constructed in a palm leaf structure, sewn with thread through the body of the book, intended to be manipulated to allow pages to fall. The wavy patterns of each strip, as well as the book as a whole when extended, suggest the flow of waves on the surface of the ocean, described in mathematical theory by Bernoulli's equation for unsteady potential flow. "Digital pigment prints on Epson Premium Luster Paper, 2008"--Colophon. "A nine photo series of bodies in water that when held in a hand can flow in the other or can behave like waves"--Artist's statement from Vamp & Tramp, Booksellers, website. In box (29 x 18 x 4.5 cm), green paper throughout, magnetized closing-clasp. Box has equation printed on cover.

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  Tempus Fugit

  Amandine Nabarra-Piomelli, Special Collections, and Fleet Library

  1 circular flexagon : color illustrations ; 20 cm in diameter. "While watching clouds that were passing over the port of Genoa (Italy) I was inspired to create this artist's book. In the midst of thoughts about nature's forces and movements, tragic events in my life let me take stock of my existence. The movement of clouds creates an unpredictable and mysterious energy that colors our thoughts. In this atmospheric energy I found the strength to contemplate my past and imagine my future. I even glanced at my horoscope to counter nostalgia, sadness and anxiety about my destiny. These coded messages, sometimes prophetic, often funny, became my travel companions. As clouds and astrological predictions came and went, I found a new equilibrium that enabled me to envision my new life"--Colophon. "An artist's book creates a space to tell a story. To the question 'how to represent clouds?' I constructed a three dimensional structure that turns and eddies on itself while embodying a visual tale. Like a book, the structure opens to allow a linear reading of the photographs and texts.. Vellum, bristol, Mohab Entrada, brass"--Colophon. A vellum flexagon structure with color printed Mohab Entrada paper and brass, board, ribbon and magnet closure. When closed, the flexagon forms a circle. Twelve circular cards are attached to the inside of the structure, one for each month of the year. The cards are printed with reproductions of photographs of clouds on one side and horoscope texts on the other. A paper and board title label is attached to the outside of the flexagon. Issued in a clamshell box of glossy-white-paper-covered boards with magnetic closure. Paper title label attached to box lid. The box is lined with blue paper, with a signed and numbered colophon sheet attached. The flexagon rests inside the box underneath the colophon sheet.

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  Living With the Tides: The Sundarbans

  Laila Nahar, Special Collections, and Fleet Library

  1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations. Edition of 15 handbound copies. Title from cover. Publication date and edition statement from artist's website. Photographs, editing, sequencing: Laila Nahar ; Book concept and design: Laila Nahar ; Texts: Laila Nahar. Hardcover with a tipped in photograph and cloth spine. Eight Leoporello panels with individual hardcover and tipped in photographs. Translucent vellum as endsheet, Canon Mi-Teintes paper as accordions. Archival pigment printing. "Living With The Tides' is a project with the photographs from the Sundarbans. I had always been viscerally influenced by the Sundarbans, its mysteries and splendors. It is the world's largest contiguous mangrove ecosystem shared by Bangladesh and India in the Ganges Delta. There is something inexplicably awe-inspiring about this deep mangrove swamps like they exist in a time before the advent of mankind. The physical experience of going by the maze of rivers and creeks of this forest puts one in a different world - the mangroves's secretive splendor unfolds serene wilderness. The eerie and captivating sensation that time has slowed down and that the forest and everything within it exists in a different state. The tides rise and fall periodically inundating all of the land. The life of the inhabitants in this unique ecosystem is tuned to accept a slowing of time and a shift in perception." --artist's website. Purchased at Codex 2024. SEI

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  The Killing Machine, Kosovo 1999

  Louise Odes Neaderland, Special Collections, and Fleet Library

  4 pages : all ill. Title from cover. Photocopies mounted on a leaf of folded red paper.

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  The Nuclear Fan

  Louise Odes Neaderland, Special Collections, and Fleet Library

  10 leaves : chiefly color ill.. Paper fan in paper sleeve. Sleeve has a red tassle looped and tied from the base. Title from sleeve.

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  Trump Circus

  Louise Odes Neaderland, Special Collections, and Fleet Library

  2 unnumbered pages : color illustrations, portraits. Paper cover sleeve with cut-out windows. Two sheets of illustrations designed to slide in and out of the sleeve. Edition of 24 numbered and signed by the artist. "Artist ... Neaderland responds to the Trump presidency: a cage-like sleeve provides frames for images of Trump, clowns, and wild animals as two interchangable viewing cards slip through the structure."--Vampandtramp.com (distributor's website).

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  Complexities

  Bea Nettles, Special Collections, and Fleet Library

  perfect bound with soft cover; cover; interior pages. With each photograph, the artist recounts stories revealing the complexities of her life as a mother, artist, and professor and the balancing act it requires to play all those roles.

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  Flamingo in the Dark

  Bea Nettles, Special Collections, and Fleet Library

  case bound in hard cover, foil stamped cover text; cover; interior pages. A series of complex layered photo montages in color.

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  Mountain Dream Tarot: 78 photographic cards

  Bea Nettles, Special Collections, and Fleet Library

  printed cards in cardboard box with printed instruction accordion fold booklet; cover; cards. A set of 78 photographic Tarot cards.

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  Seasonal Turns: four accordion books

  Bea Nettles, Special Collections, and Fleet Library

  4 accordion fold books, enclosed in a plastic box; cover; four small books; three accordion books; two interior spreads . The four seasons are depicted through images of nature and human interactions with it.

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  A Hypothetical Analysis of the Twinkle in Stars: (as told by a child to a teacher)

  Katherine Ng, Special Collections, and Fleet Library

  1 art work : color illustration. Consists of a single sheet of paper (5 x 64 cm.) folded into a pentagonal shape (9 cm.) that stores five folded paper colored stars (1-2 cm.) permanently constructed in the same manner. "Book structure based on the wishing stars (lucky stars) from Hong Kong. Handset in Centaur, letterpress printed on Mohawk"--Colophon. Library has copy 92 of 100. Initialed by the author. Curated title for Fleet Library Special Collections exhibition By Hand: Women & Books Exhibit fall, 2021.

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  Silty Loam

  Sara Nicholls, Special Collections, and Fleet Library

  1 volume (unnumbered) : illustrations "Brain Washing from Phone Towers" informational pamphlets series. Cover title. Edition of 250. Limited edition statement from artist's website, viewed May 9, 2023. Letterpress and relief printing on paper. Pamphlet stitch binding; accordion fold out; printed paper covers. "Silty Loam looks at all the different ways food can be grown in an urban environment, and why one might want to. Today, agriculture largely is practiced in isolation from the places where the majority of the population lives and works, and there is very little direct engagement of people with the land that provides the means for their survival. Rural and urban are perceived as polar opposites, in similar kinds of ways that nature and manmade are held as separate concepts. Silty Loam looks at all the different ways city residents have pushed back against this, including community gardens, community land trusts, and rooftop gardens. "-- https://www.sarahnicholls.com/portfolio/silty-loam/ "Brain Washing From Phone Towers is a series of informative and entertaining Informational Pamphlets produced by hand on a seasonal basis. These small-scale publications combine text (handset in metal type) and image (carved in wood or linoleum) produced via obsolete technology in editioned works which are distributed at will to a chosen audience. The content of the series aims for historical interest, commemorative intent and a healthy dose of humor, and the distribution methods are based on the values of the gift economy."--Provided by artist Brown paper cover with printer's ornaments printed in patterns in blue and gold.

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  Feral

  Sarah Nicholls

  2 unnumbered pages (1 folded) : color illustrations. "Brain washing from phone towers informational pamphlets" Series "June 2023" Letterpress and relief printed pages (one fold-out) bound with pamphlet stitch in printed paper covers. "Brain Washing From Phone Towers is a series of informative and entertaining Informational Pamphlets produced by hand on a seasonal basis. These small-scale publications combine text (handset in metal type) and image (carved in wood or linoleum) produced via obsolete technology in editioned works which are distributed at will to a chosen audience. The content of the series aims for historical interest, commemorative intent and a healthy dose of humor, and the distribution methods are based on the values of the gift economy."--Provided by artist. Feral is the Summer 2023 informational pamphlet. It is a brief introduction to foraging in the urban context, for food, color, and fiber. What role does foraging play for city residents? What questions should you ask yourself if you are interested in foraging? Where can you forage in NYC? What can you use foraged plants for? What is the difference between a park and a commons? Edition of 250, printed letterpress from metal type and linocut relief blocks.--Artist's website.

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  Flyway

  Sarah Nicholls, Special Collections, and Fleet Library

  1 volume 8 pages. "Second in a series of three about Jamaica Bay. Edition of 200. Printed letterpress from metal type and lino blocks in July & August 2017"--Colophon. Four folded sheets (24 x 30 cm) lift-up from the printed text pages to reveal large, color illustrations. "Brain Washing from Phone Towers, Informational pamphlets, Summer 2017, New York City, Sarah Nicholls, pamphleteer"--Page [4] of cover. Accordion fold binding.

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  Fresh Creek

  Sarah Nicholls, Special Collections, and Fleet Library

  1 folded leaf, 20 pages . "The last pamphlet of 2019 is about: transportation networks, bicycling in the city, the Jamaica Bay Greenway, landfills, Robert Moses, how to get where you need to go, Starrett City and their seaside view, and finally, the Shirley Chisholm State Park out in East New York. It follows a bike ride that I took last fall that I particularly enjoyed."-- artists' website.

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  Glasshouse

  Sarah Nicholls, Special Collections, and Fleet Library

  1 volume, 40 pages. ".. printed in an edition of 35 in the fall of 2016 from wood, metal, and plastic on a Vandercook Universal III housed at the Center for Book Arts, New York. Papers used are Sakamoto Heavy, Thai Kozo, and Zerkyll Ingres. Studio support for the development of the edition was also provided by Guttenberg Arts in NJ. Polymer plates were made by Boxcar Press in Syracuse, NY." -- Colophon. Limited edition of 35 copies; numbered and signed by Sarah Nicholls. Pamphlet stich binding; in two gatherings, attached to the heavy purple paper cover. Issued in a blue cloth covered clamshell case, print with title mounted to case cover. "'Glasshouse' is a limited edition artist book that looks at the history of greenhouses, a technology made to cultivate foreign plants in a controlled environment, originally in service to empire."--artist's website.

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  Homesteading for the Urban Coyote

  Sarah Nicholls, Special Collections, and Fleet Library

  1 sheet folded to 5 pages. Edition of 250. "Fall 2018 NYC"--page [4] of cover. Letterpress and linoleum (linocut) block prints on paper folded accordion style and sewn into printed cardstock cover with pamphlet stitch.

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  Intertidal

  Sarah Nicholls, Special Collections, and Fleet Library

  20 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; Brain washing from phone towers informational pamphlets. Title from cover. "Printed in an edition of 200 from linoleum blocks and handset metal type during the fall of 2017. Third in a series of three on the history, ecology, and communities around Jamaica Bay."--page [2] of cover. Continuous illustrations on each side of the folded sheet. Accordion fold binding, text hand sewn into cover. "Brain Washing from Phone Towers, Informational pamphlets, Fall 2017, New York City, Sarah Nicholls, pamphleteer"--Page 4 of cover. Library has copy no. 72, initialed by the artist.

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  Make the earth say beans

  Sarah Nicholls, Special Collections, and Fleet Library

  1 volume. Cover title [Edition of 250] Linoleum cut and letterpress prints on paper. Do-si-do binding, instant book format, that unfolds to reveal additional text and illustrations. Enclosed in printed, paper cover. "Brain Washing From Phone Towers is a series of informative and entertaining Informational Pamphlets produced by hand on a seasonal basis."--Provided by artist. "Summer 2019 NYC"--back cover.

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  Plant out of Place

  Sarah Nicholls, Special Collections, and Fleet Library

  1 folded leaf . Cover title. "A special publication from Brain Washing from Phone Towers Information Pamphlets"--page [4] of cover. "Spring 2019 NYC" Pamphlet stitch, interior is printed on single folded sheet. Metal type and linocut printing.

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  Solastalgia

  Sarah Nicholls, Special Collections, and Fleet Library

  1 volume, 170 pages. "Solastalgia" is a term coined over a decade ago by Australian professor of sustainability Glenn Albrecht, which he defined as "the pain experienced when there is recognition that the place where one resides and that one loves is under immediƯate assault.. a form of homesickness one gets when one is still at home." He originally described this emotion as being familiar to people who lived in sacrifice zones-- lands decimated by open-pit mining, or clear-cut logging. But it is quickly becoming, in an era defined by climate change, a universal human experience.--artists' website. Printed on a risograph and a Vandercook Universal I, using metal type, pressure prints, woodcut, linocut, and polymer plates on a variety of French Paper Company papers and some glassine. Sewn boards structure, case binding. In cloth-covered slipcase.

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  Still Life with Bottles, Oysters and Hooves

  Sarah Nicholls, Special Collections, and Fleet Library

  1 folded sheet : color illustrations Brain washing from phone towers informational pamphlets. Title from folder. "First in a series of three about Jamaica Bay. Edition of 200. Printed letterpress from metal type and linoleum blocks in April 2017."-colophon. Folded sheet (27 x 44 cm), printed on each side, folded twice and placed in paper folder (28 x 12 cm). "Brain Washing from Phone Towers, Informational pamphlets, Spring 2017, New York City, Sarah Nicholls, pamphleteer"--page [4] of folder.

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  The Acclimatization Society

  Sarah Nicholls, Special Collections, and Fleet Library

  1 volume. "The Acclimatization Society is a new limited edition pamphlet about birds that are local to New York City, their adaptations, and survival tactics. Focused on select native and invasive species in their urban habitats: the rock pigeon, red-tailed hawk, sparrows, and European starlings, the text also explores speciation--the process by which species adapt to circumstances, develop genetic mutations, and in time, evolve into new species. The title of the pamphlet references the voluntary associations in the 19th and 20th centuries that encouraged the introduction of non-native species into locations worldwide." Title from cover. "In conjunction with Avifuana: Birds & Habitat on view at Wave Hill, April 7-June 24, 2018"--Colophon. Letterpress and linoleum (linocut) block prints on paper (24 x 55 cm) folded accordion style and sewn into printed cardstock cover with pamphlet stitch. "Brain Washing From Phone Towers is a series of informative and entertaining Informational Pamphlets produced by hand on a seasonal basis. These small-scale publications combine text (handset in metal type) and image (carved in wood or linoleum) produced via obsolete technology in editioned works which are distributed at will to a chosen audience. The content of the series aims for historical interest, commemorative intent and a healthy dose of humor, and the distribution methods are based on the values of the gift economy."--Provided by artist.

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  The liquid fault line

  Sarah Nicholls, Special Collections, and Fleet Library

  1 volume. "The Liquid Fault Line is the Summer 2018 Informational Pamphlet. It addresses strategic retreat from the shoreline in an age of rising sea levels. What are the costs? What if you don't want to leave your home and community? What are the various adaptation strategies and who benefits? What will happen if we don't plan ahead?" Title from cover. "Edition of 200"--From artist's website. Letterpress and linoleum (linocuts) block prints on French Paper Co. paper, folded accordion style and sewn into printed cardstock cover with pamphlet stitch. "Brain Washing From Phone Towers is a series of informative and entertaining Informational Pamphlets produced by hand on a seasonal basis. These small-scale publications combine text (handset in metal type) and image (carved in wood or linoleum) produced via obsolete technology in editioned works which are distributed at will to a chosen audience. The content of the series aims for historical interest, commemorative intent and a healthy dose of humor, and the distribution methods are based on the values of the gift economy."--Provided by artist.

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  The Morse Dry Dock Dial

  Sarah Nicholls, Special Collections, and Fleet Library

  1 volume (unpaged) : illustrations ; 31 x 46 cm folded to 17 x 13 cm. Cover title. Edition of 250. "The Morse Dry Dock Dial is the Spring 2020 Informational Pamphlet, taking its name from the magazine published by the Morse Dry Dock Company, my great-grandfather's employer in the early years of the twentieth century. The original publication reported on the lives and activities of their community of workers, many of which lived in the neighborhood, what was then called Bay Ridge and is now named Sunset Park, Brooklyn. This pamphlet talks about my family's history in the neighborhood, the changes in the neighborhood since then, the industrial past, the post-industrial present, how nature has adapted the waterfront left behind by industry, how nature will change the waterfront in the coming decades, and what we might do in response, among many other things. Edition of 250, letterpress and linocut on paper. There is also a virtual walking tour of the neighborhood to accompany the publication."--artist's webpage. Letter press and linoleum cut prints on paper. Single sheet folded to create 8 pages which can be unfolded to reveal more content. Bound in printed red cardstock covers with linen thread using pamphlet stitch method. "Brain Washing From Phone Towers is a series of informative and entertaining Informational Pamphlets produced by hand on a seasonal basis. These small-scale publications combine text (handset in metal type) and image (carved in wood or linoleum) produced via obsolete technology in editioned works which are distributed at will to a chosen audience. The content of the series aims for historical interest, commemorative intent and a healthy dose of humor, and the distribution methods are based on the values of the gift economy."--Provided by artist "Funds raised from the sale of individual copies of this pamphlet will go to UPROSE. UPROSE promotes sustainability and resiliency in Brooklyn's Sunset Park neighborhood through community organizing, education, indigenous and youth leadership development, and cultural/artistic expression. The 2020 Brain Washing from Phone Towers Informational Pamphlet Series is sponsored, in part, by the Greater New York Arts Development Fund of the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, administered by the Brooklyn Arts Council."--Artist's website, viewed February 23, 2021.

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  The World Turned Upside Down

  Sarah Nicholls, Special Collections, and Fleet Library

  1 volume. "The World Turned Upside Down is the third Informational Pamphlet for 2016. The third pamphlet of 2016 addressed truth, fiction, the sound of type in your head, and the history of pamphleteering itself. Is the end nigh? How can one identify a witch? What is globalism? These questions are posed, but probably not answered." Woodblock and letterpress prints on French paper. Handbound in pamphlet stitch method with accordion foldout. "Brain Washing From Phone Towers is a series of informative and entertaining Informational Pamphlets produced by hand on a seasonal basis. These small-scale publications combine text (handset in metal type) and image (carved in wood or linoleum) produced via obsolete technology in editioned works which are distributed at will to a chosen audience. The content of the series aims for historical interest, commemorative intent and a healthy dose of humor, and the distribution methods are based on the values of the gift economy."--Provided by artist. Edition of 200.

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  Wipe the slate

  Sarah Nicholls, Special Collections, and Fleet Library

  1 folded sheet. Edition of 200. "December 2015 New York City" Folded pamphlet, with text and background illustrations, printed from wood and metal type and hand carved lino blocks. Can be viewed unfolded flat or folded into accordion-style book. Sheet folds out to 32 x 47 cm, one side illustrated with woodcuts, the other with linocuts. Title printed in red letterpress, text printed in blue letterpress.

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  The End: A Summing Up

  Peter Norton, Special Collections, and Fleet Library

  72 pages : color illustrations ; 31 cm + supplemental video book with video file (approx. 5 minutes) + earbuds + scorpion sculpture in case.. "The format of this project -- the book, the excised sculpture, and the scorpion theme -- were inspired by an original art work, shown below, by Robert The." (page 70 of printed book) This set was produced in an unnumbered edition of 2000. Includes scorpion sculpture that had been excised from the printed book. It is inspired by an original artwork by Robert The. Includes video book that plays when opened. Includes earbuds and volume control on inside panel. Video file demonstrates all objects from 1988-2017 in chronological order. Video player has external speaker and headphone jack (includes earbuds). Device can be charged with a mini B USB cable (not included). Includes illustrated sheet explaining contents of project. This 3-part project catalogs the complete collection of art edition gifts comissioned by the Norton family from 1988 to 2017. The limited edition artist series were meant to "celebrate the artists, many young, early in their careers and underexposed. To evangelize contemporary art. To have play value. And, perhaps, be kept in work spaces or living rooms, where visitors might encounter them and discover some contemporary art."--from introduction (page 5 of printed book)

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  Domestic Science: Idioms

  Nance O'Banion, Special Collections, and Fleet Library

  1 volume, slipcase, 50 pages. Added title-page has subtitle: Pop-up icons. "Edition of 150 copies and a deluxe edition of 15 copies"--Colophon. Printed on both sides of a continuous strip with additional leaves attached, folded accordion style and laid loose in a box. The "idioms" appear on 1 side of the strip, the "pop-up icons" on the other. Julie Chen printed the book and designed the book structure and engineered the pop-ups. Letterpress printed from handset metal type; linoleum block prints.

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  Gone Fishin'

  Asuka Ohsawa, Special Collections, and Fleet Library

  1 volume : chiefly color illustrations "Written, illustrated, screen-printed, and hand-bound by Asuka Ohsawa in New York, NY, in 2019"--Colophon. "The end sheets were printed by Sun Night Editions in Oakland, CA"--Colophon. "Gone Fishin' began as ... [an] experiment to incorporate the panoramic landscape format of Japanese emaki (narrative hand scroll paintings from the 12th century) into a codex form. During the five month process of drawing and printing, however, the book morphed into a hybrid form that is part emaki, part comics, and part typographic adventure."--colophon. "Screenprinted on Rives Heavyweight paper ... Drum-leaf bound with a drop-spine cover. Edition of 20"--Artist's website. "This book project was inspired by one of my favorite works of art of all time entitled 'Kidai Shoran', an early 19th-century Japanese emaki (scroll painting) by an unknown artist. The scroll depicts a panoramic view of the busy Nihonbashi main street lined with shops and a crowd of consumers and city dwellers. My original idea was to simply incorporate the panoramic landscape format of Japanese emaki into a codex form."--Artist's website. Color illustrated endpapers and title page, in black and light blue. Cloth binding, dark blue spine, light blue on cover boards, illustration in gold on front cover. Library has copy no. 10, signed in pencil by the artist.

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  Local Conditions: One Hundred Views of Mount Rainier (at least)

  Chandler O'leary, Special Collections, and Fleet Library

  1 container box, 120 card-sized prints, 1 guide (50 pages). Consists of 120 card-sized prints in a container box (20 x 26 x 19.5 cm) and a viewing box with slats for inserting the cards to create different views of Mount Rainier. The container box has three drawers, two of which contain the cards and the last containing the viewing box and a guide to the cards called "Locator key." The top of the container box is a viewing platform to hold the viewing box. The container box is inserted in a five-paneled wrapper printed on the interior with an explanation and instructions for use. Wrapper has two Japanese-style bone clasp closures. Four pictorial labels depicting Mount Rainier from the compass points are affixed to the wrapper and sides of the container box. Container box, drawers, viewing box, and wrapper are cloth-covered boards. Guide is bound Japanese-style in indigo cloth. "Text and images were letterpress printed at Springtide Press. Images and topographic map patterns are hand-drawn and watercolored"--Interior of wrapper. Title from label mounted to portfolio wrapper. "Artist book consisting of viewing box and 120 image flats, illustrated and compiled from data collected in person, on location, over the course of two years. Housed in a set of drawers with nested stab-bound book and Japanese-style outer wrapper"--Description from artist's Web site.

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  Lunar Volvelle

  Monica Ong, Special Collections, and Fleet Library

  1 volvelle : color illustrations ; 19 x 19 cm + 1 card (2 unnumbered pages Edition limited to 50 numbered copies, signed. Artists' book in the form of a volvelle, a chart made of concentric paper wheels. "To see the current lunar phase, begin by rotating the sun disc until the pointer rests on the desired date. Count the number of days since the last new moon or use an almanac to determine the day of the lunar cycle and move the moon disc to that number. As the moon reveals its ever-changing shape, so too does the poem that radiates from the volvelle's heart. Fear not. During the full moon, my father's mother will watch over you"--Added explanatory card. "Poetry, typesetting, and design by Monica Ong. Printing, gold foil stamping, die cutting, and assembly by Boxcar Press in Syracuse, NY. Months set in Adorn Engraved, headings and dates set in Adorn Serif © Laura Worthington."--Colophon. Issued in a silver paper envelope. Interactive book. Library has copy no. 15. Jan Baker Artists' Books Fund. RISD Alumna, MFA D+M, 2006. Fleet Library at RISD Alumni Collection.

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  Grapefruit : A Book of Instructions

  Yoko Ono, John Lennon, Special Collections, and Fleet Library

  1 volume (unpaged) : illustrations. "First printing" Originally published in a limited edition of 500 copies by the Wunternaum Press in Tokyo in 1964. This new edition contains material from the original, and pieces and drawings done in subsequent years by Yoko Ono. Gift of Glenn Gissler.

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  From Your Body to the Cosmos

  Sheryl Oppenheim, Special Collections, and Fleet Library

  36 unnumbered pages : illustrations, 1 sample. Edition of 300 3-hole pamphlet sewn binding, 14-color risograph printed with foil stamped cover, tipped in swatch of hand marbled paper. "From Your Body to the Cosmos is made from risograph-printed reproductions of shell pattern marbled papers, produced by adding oil to paint to form halos Each paper was made from a single pigment.. At the end of the book is a swatch from a sheet of shell-marbled paper. The pigment is indicated on the back. Thank you to Small Editions and lucky risograph for producing this book! The title is taken from Laura U. Marks' forthcoming book. Used with permission and gratitude. Printed in Brooklyn in an edition of 300." -- Colophon Tipped in mounted sample inside page before back cover. Purchased at Multiple Formats, Boston 2024.