Printed in Jaipur, India, this hardbound, hand stitched book has both a dust cover and an aluminum slipcase with the title in English and Hindi screen printed on the front. Blamey has spent considerable time in India throughout his career, and he calls it the most real place on earth. This book is his effort to demystify India, by juxtaposing pages from his own sketchbook featuring his drawings of simplified ordinary objects with short phrases in both English and Hindi., Signed by the artist
This unbound book has a small plastic container with some seedpods and a rock bound to the final page. All preceding pages are cut to fit around the container, stacked and wrapped and tied with a ribon. Pages have windows cut in strategic locations so that as each page is lifte off the stack the view exposes deeper layers., Signed by the artist; Submitted to fulfill requirement of University of Oregon, Fine and Applied Arts Dept., Artists' Books course, 1989
Issued in purple box (32 cm); Within box are a paperback book (catalogue), some fabric, illustrated plates, copper, tin, and plastic objects; At bottom of box is a chessboard
