COLLECTION NAME:
Artists' Book Collection
Record
Title:
Spirit Land
Creator:
Nabhan, Gary Paul
Creator:
Stafford, Kim Robert
Creator:
Prentice, Margaret
Creator:
Risseeuw, John
Description:
Item consists of two sections. One section titled Spirit land : Arizona has the poem "Sonoran desert unfolding" by Gary Paul Nabhan with a partial list of endangered, threatened, and protected plants in Arizona. The other section titled: Spirit land : Oregon has the poem "Oregon reunion of the rare" by Kim Stafford with a list of endangered, threatened, and protected plants in Oregon. Made of four folded handmade sheets sewn together. Two sheets made by Margaret Prentice create the Oregon section. That paper contains fibers from various plants grown in Oregon. The other two sheets of paper made by John Risseeuw create the Arizona section. That paper contains fibers from various plants grown in Arizona. John Risseeuw made the portfolio-style paper wrapper from a mixture of Arizona and Oregon fibers plus soil and crushed shells. All text was handset and letterpress printed by John at his Cabbagehead Press in Tempe, Arizona. Multiple-block reduction woodcuts were cut and printed on an etching press by Margaret in her studio in Eugene, Oregon. Title and statement of responsibility from portfolio-style paper wrapper. Limited edition of 50 signed and numbered copies.
Subject:
Artistic collaboration
Subject:
Endangered species
Subject:
Poetry
Publisher:
Cabbagehead Press
Date:
1996
Language:
English
Type:
Still Image
Extent:
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 40 x 16 cm
Format/Medium:
Artists' books
Format/Medium:
Hand composition
Format/Medium:
Handmade paper
Format/Medium:
Letterpress printing
Format/Medium:
Shell (animal material)
Format/Medium:
Soil
Format/Medium:
Woodcuts
Source:
Spirit Land, in Artists' Books Collection at SCAD Library, Atlanta, 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:
b12582256
Identifier:
i11752907
SCAD Location:
SCAD Library (Atlanta)
