COLLECTION NAME:
Artists' Book Collection
Record
Title:
Istoriato
Creator:
Blocker, Mare
Description:
Presented in a drop-spine box covered with blue book cloth; circular design printed on the top of the box. Box contains book and ceramic plate separated by a blue book cloth covered board. Book is letterpress printed multi-color images from linoleum blocks with some hand coloring on Magnani Pescia paper; most pages are round with some shaped as urn, pitcher, or book, and attached to a concertina; covers are round and covered in blue book cloth with maiolica design on front. Plate is hand-painted in maiolica style; each design is unique. Blue gros-grain ribbon secures plate, board and book in box. Mare Blocker was the Sally R. Bishop Artist-in-Residence at the Center for Book Arts in 2001 and included a portrait of Sally R. Bishop on one of the pages. Limited edition of 50 copies. Colophon: "The invention of the printing press changed the design of maiolica pottery. Istoriato, story painting, began when potters started to copy prints of masterworks. I have always been interested in the influence of scientific innovation over art, and how a seemingly unrelated advance in one craft can change everything in another. This project was produced at the Center for Book Arts in New York City, with help from their interns."
Subject:
Art and mythology
Subject:
History in art
Subject:
Illustration of books
Subject:
Myth
Subject:
Pottery
Subject:
Repetitive patterns (Decorative arts) in art
Subject:
Snakes
Subject:
Women artists
Publisher:
M. Kimberly Press
Date:
2001
Language:
English
Type:
Still Image
Extent:
10 unnumbered leaves : color illustrations ; 24 cm + 1 ceramic plate (26 cm)
Format/Medium:
Artists' books
Format/Medium:
Accordion fold books
Format/Medium:
Case binding (bookbinding process)
Format/Medium:
Clamshell boxes
Format/Medium:
Linocuts
Format/Medium:
Plates (general, dishes)
Format/Medium:
Shaped books
Source:
Istoriato, in Jen Library Archives and Special Collections, Savannah College of Art and Design.
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:
b12831025
Identifier:
i12120820
SCAD Location:
Jen Library (Savannah)
