COLLECTION NAME:
Artists' Book Collection
Record
Title:
Zones of Time, Sand and Rain: An Artists' Book
Creator:
Nix, Nelleke
Creator:
Uitti-Maslin, Phyllis
Description:
Handmade book with plywood covers sewn Coptic-style. A variety of printing techniques was used for texts and images including letterpress and laser printing. Some text handwritten by the artist and printed from relief blocks. Includes some shaped pages. Non-adhesive binding. A metal-framed rainforest image on the center of front cover. Includes 3-D lenses in pocket for viewing two images in the book. Contains several stories and anecdotes about conservation efforts and a digital print of a Leatherback turtle laying her eggs, with the tale of a team of ecologists helping the injured turtle dig her nest. Limited edition of 125 copies, signed and numbered. Page opposite title page: "Printing--text and photographs at Nelleke Nix Studio Press, Seattle, WA; title page, blockprints and linocuts at Sidereal Press, Seattle WA"
Subject:
Animals
Subject:
Artistic collaboration
Subject:
Birds
Subject:
Butterflies
Subject:
Calligraphy
Subject:
Illustration of books
Subject:
Nature in art
Subject:
Photography
Subject:
Time
Subject:
Trees
Subject:
Women artists
Publisher:
National Museum of Women in the Arts (U.S.)
Publisher:
Nelleke Nix Studio Press
Date:
2000
Coverage:
Costa Rica
Language:
English
Type:
Still Image
Extent:
1 volume (various pagings) : illustrations ; 29 cm
Format/Medium:
Artists' books
Format/Medium:
Coptic bindings
Format/Medium:
Digital prints
Format/Medium:
Linocuts
Format/Medium:
Metal
Format/Medium:
Pamphlets
Format/Medium:
Relief prints
Format/Medium:
Thread
Format/Medium:
Wood
Source:
Zones of Time, Sand and Rain: An Artists' Book, 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:
b12306782
Identifier:
i12141914
SCAD Location:
Jen Library (Savannah)
SCAD Location:
SCAD Library (Atlanta)
