Monday 18 February 2008

BOOK ART




Earthbound: Dreams of Flight

Medium: Accordion fold book (opened) on flattened box container with box top. Fourteen original collaged and painted linoleum cut prints depicting dream inspired images using Arches watercolor paper as the substrate. Prints are adhered to a black Arches cover paper using archival adhesive. Pages one and two contain a self authored narrative about the relationship between the creative process of dreaming and the creative process of making art. This narrative is printed using an Epson 2200 printer and archival inks. Box 6 7/8" x 6" x 7 ¼," Book 6 1/8" x 6 1/8" x ½” unfolds to 106.” One of a kind book. Created April, 2005. Added 04/21/06.





The Fifth Amendment

BRANCHES

by Mitch Cullin
illustrated by Ryuzo Kikushima

Written in the first person as the story of a Sheriff in Texas who is judge, jury and executioner

Each copy of the book has 9mm bullet holes shot through the cover, a Sheriff badge, and the title is affixed as a name badge. This edition of Branches includes color prints of the 16 illustrations, tipped in over the black and white reproductions in the book. You can also see more details of the binding and illustrations.

The Fifth Amendment version of this edition is available only to the subscribers of The Bill of Rights series, and includes a box made of the same uniform fabric as the book, with a black leather holster bearing the foil stamped text of The Fifth Amendment sewn to the cover.