A Boy

Authors

Cassandra Sheedy, 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

2019

Major

Experimental and Foundation Studies

Faculty / Course

Judy Maloney, Design I

Materials + Techniques

paper & chipboard

Student Narrative

Presented in the form of a child's toy, my book presents the event of young Howard Dully's lobotomy at age 12. The youthful and playful format references how young Howard was, while the content shows how dark his childhood truly was. The format also allowed me to convey both Howard's and the doctor's p.o.v.

Recommended Citation

Sheedy, Cassandra; Library, Fleet; and Collections, Special, "A Boy" (2015). 2nd Student Artists' Book Contest 2016. 51.
https://digitalcommons.risd.edu/specialcollections_bookcontest2nd2016/51