Hole in My Pocket

Authors

Kelly Taylor Mitchell, Rhode Island School of DesignFollow
Fleet Library, Rhode Island School of DesignFollow
Special Collections, Rhode Island School of DesignFollow

Files

Publication Date

Winter 1-1-2017

Description

Grand Prize Winner

Keywords

artists' books, slavery, student artists' book contest, fourth

Disciplines

Book and Paper

Student Status

Graduate student

Year of Graduation

2018

Major

Printmaking

Faculty / Course

Jim DiMarcantonio, Bookbinding

Materials + Techniques

Letterpress, beeswax, Crisco, tar, earth, rope

Student Narrative

This unique book was written in response to the installation "Hole in My Pocket". A reflection on plantation architecture, the master's house as home, and the power of touch and smell to remind us of oral histories left untold.

Photo Credit

Mariah Bennett, MDes Interior Architecture, 2018

Recommended Citation

Mitchell, Kelly Taylor; Library, Fleet; and Collections, Special, "Hole in My Pocket" (2017). 4th Student Artists' Book Contest 2018. 21.
https://digitalcommons.risd.edu/specialcollections_bookcontest4th2018/21