Detail View: Artists' Book Collection: A Brief History of the Ukulele

Title: 
A Brief History of the Ukulele
Creator: 
Thomas, Donna (Donna Sue)
Creator: 
Thomas, Peter (Peter R.)
Description: 
There are four metal brackets on the side of the ukulele carrying case. Housed in a black leather case with white stiches. Inner case lined with green velvet fabric. Colophon: "Ukulele Series Book #23. Peter and Donna Thomas, Santa Cruz 2003." Artists' website: "This book was made by sawing a ukulele in half, affixing inner boards inside each chamber, then re-connecting the two halves with hinges and a lock. The chambers hold the accordion folded book, affixed on each end to the inner boards The text is our miniature Brief History of the Ukulele, enlarged and reprinted from the digital files. A new title page and colophon, printed on Peter's handmade paper, is sewn to the text. After completing this first one, and experimenting with a variant structure for a second, we decided to make an edition using the idea. Edition of fifteen copies."
Subject: 
Artistic collaboration
Subject: 
History in art
Subject: 
Illustration of books
Subject: 
Music
Subject: 
Musical instruments
Subject: 
Ukulele
Publisher: 
Peter & Donna Thomas (Firm)
Date: 
2003
Language: 
English
Type: 
Still Image
Extent: 
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 51 x 6.5 x 6.2 cm
Format/Medium: 
Artists' books
Format/Medium: 
Found objects
Format/Medium: 
Hand composition
Format/Medium: 
Tapa (bark cloth)
Format/Medium: 
Toy and movable books
Format/Medium: 
Ukuleles
Source: 
A Brief History of the Ukulele, in Jen Library Archives and Special Collections, Savannah College of Art and Design.
Relation: 
Catalog record: https://library.scad.edu/record=b1799456
Rights: 
Copyright is retained by the authors or artists of items in this collection, or their descendants, as stipulated by United States copyright law.
Identifier: 
b17994561
Identifier: 
i13722487
SCAD Location: 
Jen Library (Savannah)