Detail View: Artists' Book Collection: Book of Penumbra
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Title:
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Book of Penumbra
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Creator:
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Cooksey, Gabrielle
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Description:
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A book of small stories of death gods from around the world. Artist's statement: "Death has always fascinated me because it happens to all of us yet no one talks about it. I wanted to see what other cultures personified death as through myths and legends. The gods in this book are very hushed and for some, even if you speak the name, you'll be cursed. I wanted this book to be shadows, to be played in the light. I chose a delicate paper so one could see through to the page behind it. The text is in all sorts of shapes because I wanted each story to represent the god being told about. For instance, Sedna is in the shape of drowning, Anubis is his eye, Mac is a pit with someone at the bottom. The borders are all plants, roots, and things found on the earth. Some represent death like the poppy, and the yew tree." Colophon: "These stories are told using pen and ink, then tidied up in Illustrator. Photopolymer plates were combined with handset Packard, then letterpress printed and hand colored on Tengu-jo unbleached Japanese kozo tissue and Thai Mulberry black."
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Subject:
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Art and mythology
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Subject:
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Death
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Subject:
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Flowers
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Subject:
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Gods
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Subject:
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Illustration of books
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Subject:
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Myth
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Subject:
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Narrative art
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Subject:
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Nature in art
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Subject:
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Portraits
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Subject:
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Religion in art
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Subject:
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Women artists
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Publisher:
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Springtide Press
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Date:
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2014
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Language:
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English
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Type:
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Still Image
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Extent:
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19 unnumbered pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
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Format/Medium:
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Artists' books
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Format/Medium:
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Accordion fold books
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Format/Medium:
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Boxes (containers)
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Format/Medium:
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Case binding (bookbinding process)
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Format/Medium:
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Gilt edges
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Format/Medium:
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Gold leaf
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Format/Medium:
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Hand coloring
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Format/Medium:
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Hand composition
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Format/Medium:
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Hinges (hardware)
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Format/Medium:
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Japanese paper (handmade paper)
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Format/Medium:
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Letterpress printing
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Format/Medium:
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Metal
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Format/Medium:
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Photopolymer plates (printing plates)
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Format/Medium:
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Wood
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Source:
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Book of Penumbra, in Jen Library Archives and Special Collections, Savannah College of Art and Design.
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Relation:
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Catalog record: https://library.scad.edu/record=b1565491
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Rights:
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Copyright is retained by the authors or artists of items in this collection, or their descendants, as stipulated by United States copyright law.
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Identifier:
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b15654916
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Identifier:
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i13500843
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SCAD Location:
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Jen Library (Savannah)
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