A single page pop-up book tells the story of Mr. and Mrs. Sugar-Pants and the problems that result from too much sugar. The book sleave is printed with a city scape, and is meant to be used as a base support for the opend book. The two scenes displayed-- a roof top garden, and an interior hallway are collaged monoprints, photographed and digirally printed. The story is told in text panels at the bottom of the page.
Printed on both sides of a single accordion folded piece of paper; Housed in a brown paper slip case; Slip case sealed with parental advisory label; Text printed accross center of images; Black and white images of figures on the Sistine Chapel ceiling
Printed on a continuous strip of white paper; Printed on both sides of the accorion folded base-paper; Base paper is red with gold flecks; Attached at its ends to separate boards
Colophon printed on separate sheet of vellum inserted within book; Printed in blue and white with text and images combined, Colophon signed by the artist
Ode to a Grand Staircase (for four hands) is based on composer Erik Satie's The March of the Grand Staircase (1914) and it's silent libretto-- musical notes that Satie forbade to be read aloud. The book is housed in a red, cloth covered box with a magnetic closure. The inside back of the case lists facts about Satie. The french-door structure of the book has a central cutouts, so that each page reveals something of the pages to come. Each of the two spines is made up of a shallow accordion fold, with pages glued to the folds in the manner of a flag book. When the covers are pulle out the pages stand out immitating the form of a staircase. When fully extended and viewed from above, the staircase/ piano key motif is further apparent., Signed by the artists
Folded hard cover opens to reveal accordion fold pages of poems; If pages are turned to the left the poems can be read, but if the pages are opened to the right they are blacked out; Each poem is dated and numbered; Case contains CD of poems being read by the author, Signed by the artists Lazar and Bruggman
Four triangular pages bound with yellow string to form one large fold-out triangle; Black and white photographs with paint and glitter, Signed by the artist/name handwritten on back cover; Submitted to fulfill requirement of University of Oregon, Fine and Applied Arts Dept., Artists' Books course 1989
Housed within a manilla envelope; Front of envelope has image of rabbit being held/squeezed by a hand; Black and white hand drawn images and text; Dec 6 2002 and image of the artist are stamped onto the cover in red, Signed Peter Adidas on cover