Includes bibliographical references; Each page of a Victorian novel has been altered by the artist, some pages have been added to the text, Library has two copies of this book, but in different editions
Book consists of photographs of objects, clippings, comics, etc. overlaid on a reproduction of the first 47 pages of The Measurement of Emotional Reactions: researches on the psycho-galvanic reflex by David Wechsler, New York, 1925
Oak-Mot is a facsimile of an altered text book based on Oak-Mot by William M. Baker. Philadelphia : Presbyterian Board of Publication, c1868; Pages are collaged, painted and drawn on, allowing some text to show through. Book is printed in black and white with the exception of one page, which also has red. Blank pages and page edges are black., Signed by the artist
Handprinted block prints on library checkout cards, gouache, mulberry paper, brads, type. Bound in found vintage cover. Each book in the edition varies with the discarded library cards used. Slipcased in a manila folder. Orange overdue book card in pocket, numbered and initialed by the artist. Jacket is from a copy of: The world of the viruses / Stewart M. Brooks. Arist Statement: Drawings of people reading made during my daily commute are translated into block prints and hand-printed onto discarded and collected checkout cards. The commuters engaged in their own private world intersect with book titles and signatures of past readers. The office materials used to construct each book imply tasks workers are bound for. The nostalgia of the old cards suggest a history of the changing methods of reading.
Gouache on found library checkout cards, linen thread, linen tape, found book covers. For years I have been collecting objects and images for The Female Icon Collection; popular figurines, book illustrations, product characters, archetypes of Woman, and real women in history ... The Shower Party Book ... [is] illustrated from this collection. It's about a journey that is a search for identity, trying on different female roles from media icons to protagonists identified with. We are constantly reinventing ourselves to find our place in the world"--Artist's statement.
