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[In A Day, In My Room, With My Cat]

Description: Photographs of the 2019-2020 artist's book competition honorable mention "In A Day, In My Room, With My Cat" created by Nhi B. Nguyen. Media: watercolor, gouache, ink, acrylic. In A Day, In My Room, With My Cat takes on a person's day spent in their room. The artist inspects certain parts of a day where a woman interacts with her cat, in the form of a pop-up book that can be displayed in the round. Image 2 the book is opened up on all sides, showing popups of a young girl and her cat. Image 2, … more
Date: 2019/2020
Creator: Nguyen, Nhi B.
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[A Matter of Time]

Description: Photographs of the 2017-2018 artist's book competition winner "A Matter of Time" created by Samuel C. Cowan. Media: Leather, etched copper, screen print and watercolor on paper. A Matter of Time is the study of the effects of light and time on space. It is a celebration of repetition through subtle, predictable change. The first image is a triangular book, the middle of it a light brown triangle with subtle lines that make it resemble an eye. Image 2, the triangular book is opened up to show se… more
Date: 2017/2018
Creator: Cowan, Samuel C.
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Microscopic Book]

Description: Photographs of the 2019-2020 artist's book competition honorable mention "Microscopic Book" created by Todd Rychener. Media: alcohol ink, acetate, fabric, paper. Designed to not have an obvious front or back, Microscopic Book can be read left to right starting at either cover. The intention is to bring to mind: biology class microscope slides, 35mm film slides, kaleidoscopes, fossilized amber, gemstones, or underwater sunlight. The first image is of the grey book seen from the top, the cover of… more
Date: 2019/2020
Creator: Rychener, Todd
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[My Tooth Fairy Pillow]

Description: Photographs of the 2019-2020 artist's book competition winner "My Tooth Fairy Pillow" created by Howard Spillman. Media: gouache, paper, terry cloth, thread. My Tooth Fairy Book is presented as a continuation of the artist's exploration of childhood, and the intimacy found when reflecting on the shared experiences of those raised in similar contexts. The first image shows a small plush square book, a fairy and the title stitched on it in pastel colors. Image 2, a book opened up to several panel… more
Date: 2019/2020
Creator: Spillman, Howard
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Response to Stress]

Description: Photographs of the 2011-2012 artist's book competition winner "Response to Stress" created by Catherine Snapp Lavoie. The books contains no text. It is an accordion-fold book with five panels of double card stock joined together with one piece of cloth running in between the two layers of the panels. The verso and recto of each panel features collages in pastel earth tone colors. Pieces of crochet thread are applied to both recto and verso of the three panels. One panel has thread on the verso,… more
Date: 2011/2012
Creator: Lavoie, Catherine Snapp
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Not Your Kids/Not Your Parents]

Description: Photographs of the 2017-2018 artist's book competition winner "Not Your Kids/Not Your Parents" created by Grethe Wirth. Media: leather, Ink and watercolor on paper. Not Your Kids is based on vintage wallets that a parent would have containing photos of their children. The photos contain only children, with empty spaces where the parents should be. Not Your Parents is based on a vintage photo album, and contains the same photos as Not Your Kids, but with only the parents visible, and the childre… more
Date: 2017/2018
Creator: Wirth, Grethe
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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