Strike Anywhere

Authors

Cynthia Qiao, Rhode Island School of DesignFollow
Special Collections, Rhode Island School of DesignFollow
Fleet Library, Rhode Island School of DesignFollow

Files

Publication Date

12-1-2018

Keywords

artists' books, Baker & Whitehill Annual Student Artists' Book Contest, fifth

Disciplines

Book and Paper

Student Status

Undergraduate student

Year of Graduation

2022

Major

EFS

Faculty / Course

Martie Holmer

Materials + Techniques

Mixed media (matches, watercolor, etc)

Student Narrative

Strike Anywhere is a series of five accordion books about endangered species due to habitat destruction and other forces by human population. The different species are created using painted transparent paper creating a visual fragility that represents the actual fragility of their existence. The two match boxes portray the "today" and "tomorrow" of endangered species which eventually become extinct. The ashes that fill the second box are also created using the same painted transparent paper as the species in the books.

Recommended Citation

Qiao, Cynthia; Collections, Special; and Library, Fleet, "Strike Anywhere" (2018). 5th Baker & Whitehill Student Artists' Book Contest 2019. 39.
https://digitalcommons.risd.edu/specialcollections_bookcontest5th2019/39