In Vestri Tengum

Authors

Valerie Desautel, Rhode Island School of DesignFollow
Fleet Library, Rhode Island School of DesignFollow
Special Collections, Rhode Island School of DesignFollow

Files

Publication Date

1-1-2015

Keywords

artists' books, Student Artists Book Contest, second

Disciplines

Book and Paper

Student Status

Undergraduate student

Year of Graduation

2017

Major

Printmaking

Faculty / Course

Jim DiMarcantonio, Bookbinding

Materials + Techniques

Synthetic tatooed skin, red suede, decorative corner pieces

Student Narrative

I used the synthetic skin used in creating tattoo apprenticeships to showcase my personal style of tattooing. The first book is bound with body jewelry and the second is accordion bound with images tattooed as pages. I built it in the box to showcase these books and installed a tattooed fake hand into the spine to add to the effect of opening the box.

Recommended Citation

Desautel, Valerie; Library, Fleet; and Collections, Special, "In Vestri Tengum" (2015). 2nd Student Artists' Book Contest 2016. 11.
https://digitalcommons.risd.edu/specialcollections_bookcontest2nd2016/11