COLLECTION NAME:
Artists' Book Collection
Record
Title:
Shadow Play: An Artists' Book
Creator:
Kresge, Ann M.
Creator:
Kennedy, Melinda
Description:
Consists of six illustrated cut-out shadow puppets, all with movable parts, fastened to sticks backed with velcro, and mounted on inner lids of portfolio. Center of portfolio opens to reveal a specially cut support with lids. Within support rests a volume constructed to resemble a puppet stage, with eight opaque leaves of graduated widths, mounted on pleated folds. Words printed on each leaf. Puppets can be set in motion in front of or behind the volume/stage, by shining a light behind the puppets to project their shadows through the volume. They also can be moved in front and through the leaves. Accompanied by two sheets, printed on both sides, and joined together accordion-style to form a booklet of unnumbered pages (26 x 106 cm. folded to 26 x 14 cm.). Booklet describes the puppet characters and suggests story types, as poems. Colophon: "Limited edition of 125 handmade books ... produced by the artist in her studio, Mossybrook Press in High Falls, N.Y. and at WSW in Rosendale, N.Y. The type, New York (Macintosh) and Avant Garde, was letterpress printed by the artist on a Vandercook Press. Various archival, acid free, and Asian papers were used including Abaca (banana leaf) paper which was handmade by the artist. Printmaking processes combine etching, relief, and chine colleÌ. Production assistance was provided by Val Wells, Amy Ciullo, and Suzanne Taetzsch."
Subject:
Poetry
Subject:
Shadow puppets
Subject:
Shadow shows
Publisher:
Women's Studio Workshop
Publisher:
Mossybrook Press
Date:
1998
Language:
English
Type:
Still Image
Extent:
1 kit ; in portfolio 37 x 45 cm
Format/Medium:
Artists' books
Format/Medium:
Abaca fiber papers
Format/Medium:
Accordion fold books
Format/Medium:
Boxes (containers)
Format/Medium:
Chine collé (process)
Format/Medium:
Cutouts
Format/Medium:
Etching (printing process)
Format/Medium:
Handmade paper
Format/Medium:
Letterpress printing
Format/Medium:
Relief prints
Format/Medium:
Tunnel books
Format/Medium:
Velcro (TM)
Source:
Shadow Play: 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:
b1258082x
Identifier:
i11751083
SCAD Location:
Jen Library (Savannah)
SCAD Location:
SCAD Library (Atlanta)
