COLLECTION NAME:
Artists' Book Collection
Record
Title:
E.R.: No Form of Love is to be Despised
Creator:
Thomas, Peter (Peter R.)
Creator:
Thomas, Donna (Donna Sue)
Description:
The text was letterpress printed on Peter's handmade paper, using old wood and various metal typefaces, with a rainbow roll of ink that goes from red to purple. No two copies are exactly the same. The back of the scroll was printed with hearts that were carved in a linoleum block ... The scroll is wrapped around a capped brass shaft. This scroll unit is slipped inside a hole that was drilled into a small paduk wood block. This block was in turn glued as a textblock into the covers of the book. The outside cover is made from Peter's handmade paper. It has a label glued on the front cover. This label which depicts violets and the script initials 'E.R.', as E.R. signed her letters, was printed from a linoleum block carved by Donna. "The book was made as an expression of love: love of material possessions, book structures, words of wisdom, complex ideas and freedom of choice. The text was taken from one of Eleanor Roosevelt's personal notebooks. It was written as a comment on a book she was reading at the time, as a statement that one should be free to choose whom one loves"--Publisher's website.
Subject:
Artistic collaboration
Subject:
Birthdays
Subject:
Love in art
Subject:
Quotations in art
Publisher:
Peter & Donna Thomas (Firm)
Contributor:
Roosevelt, Eleanor, 1884-1962
Date:
2004
Language:
English
Type:
Still Image
Extent:
1 scroll : illustrations ; 5 x 53 cm in wooden box 6 x 5 x 3 cm
Format/Medium:
Artists' books
Format/Medium:
Brass (alloy)
Format/Medium:
Cotton rag paper
Format/Medium:
Hardcover books
Format/Medium:
Letterpress printing
Format/Medium:
Linocuts
Format/Medium:
Miniature books
Format/Medium:
Scrolls (information artifacts)
Format/Medium:
Wood
Source:
E.R.: No Form of Love is to be Despised, 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:
b12808647
Identifier:
i12091777
SCAD Location:
Jen Library (Savannah)
