Object Details
- author
- Chen, Julie
- papermaker
- Cohen, Bonnie
- binder
- Jaquier, Diane
- McLeskey, Bonnie
- Author
- Turner, David 1948-
- Flying Fish Press
- Smithsonian Libraries Artists' Books DSI
- "Special thanks to the following people: to David Turner for fabricating all the wooden elements for this piece; to Bonnie Cohen for fabricating the handmade paper covers; to Diane Jaquier and Bonnie McLeskey for their invaluable assistance in the bindery"--Colophon
- "This book was designed, printed & bound by Julie Chen .... It was letterpress printed on a variety of papers, including an assortment of found maps, resulting in each copy being slightly different from every other."--Colophon
- Limited ed. of 25 copies, signed and numbered by the artist
- The book and stand are housed in a tray built into a clamshell box (39 x 31 x 5 cm.). The box is covered with rust- and sage-colored diamond-figured cloth and lined with quilted, aqua-colored satin
- Title from cover
- Triangular book fans open, circling back on itself, and fastens front to back to form a diamond-shaped globe. The book-globe is suspended by a metal rod on a crescent-shaped, wooden stand. The text pops forward on printed strips, five to each two-page spread, to form uniform peaks against a backdrop of maps, each overprinted with textual waves. Covers are of handmade paper with twig inclusions. An accordion-folded booklet, attached to the inner box top, shows, through 5 color photographs, the step-by-step assembly
- CHMRB copy 39088015314677 is no. 15 of the limited ed
- CHMRB copy has the triangular book, metal rod, wooden stand (including the diamond-shaped base with separate crescent-shaped holder), and the booklet of photographs; all housed together in the original green and brown patterned-cloth-covered clamshell box with blue cloth lining, and printed paper labels on the spine and front cover
- CHMRB preservation buckram enclosures supported by the Collections Care and Preservation Fund (CCPF) in 2014
- 1999
- Type
- Specimens
- Flag books (Toy and movable books)
- Artists' books (books).)
- Artists' books
- Physical description
- [16] pages color illustrations 26 cm., in box 39 cm
- Place
- California
- Berkeley
- Smithsonian Libraries
- Topic
- Flag books (Toy and movable books)
- Found objects (Art)
- Geography in art
- Maps in art
- Artists' books
- Record ID
- siris_sil_936439
