Woof

Title: Woof
LC Subject: Cut-out craft
Repository: University of Oregon. Design Library
Creator: Eastus, Madalyn
Description: Cut and folded paper make up the pages of this book; Parts of the pages before and after can be seen through the page being viewed; Each pattern is modeled after a traditional pattern from various cultures
Work Type: codices
Issued: 1993/2003
Identifier: East_Woof_02
Item Locator: N7433.4.E37 W66 1998
Rights: In Copyright
Language: English
Type: Image
Format: image/tiff
Measurements: 18 cm
Set: Artistsʼ Books at the University of Oregon Libraries
Primary Set: Artistsʼ Books at the University of Oregon Libraries
Institution: University of Oregon
Place Of Production: New York >> New York >> United States
Description Of Manifestation: When I was very young, I fell in love with the concept of a book as a work of art. My sixth grade class went on a trip to the museum, where I was fascinated by a Chinese hand scroll. Inside a plexiglas box, the scrollwas unrolled to reveal part of a landscape covered with red signature seals. A grown-up told us these scrolls were not meant to be displayed, but only brought out on special occasions when a portion of the painting would be viewed. This seemed so different from art that hangs on walls and different from books which we experience privately. I liked the idea of a book that should be shared and art that would be touched and unfolded over time. The design of this books began with traditional knitting and quilting patterns. Since the pages rely on those before and after, every decision affected the whole. Patterns began to emerge that suggested other sources; they resembled motifs from many cultures and various media. The patterns that the pages create seem unique to human invention rather than abstracted from nature. They are icons of order, derived from the very structure of textiles - from the grid that is the warp and the woof.