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[Grilled Cheese]

Description: Photographs of the 2009-2010 artist's book competition honorable mention "Grilled Cheese" created by Carlynn Field. The book is a sculptural representation of a grilled cheese sandwich made of yellow fabric, printed fabric, hand-dyed silk, and batting. When opened, the "cheese" is revealed to be a long accordion-folded strip of cloth, each panel with an embroidered representation of the steps to make a grilled cheese sandwich. The volume is presented on a blue heavy plastic circular plate. The … more
Date: 2009/2010
Creator: Field, Carlynn
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Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[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.
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[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.
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Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[A Space Between Us]

Description: Photographs of the 2003-2004 artist's book competition winner "A Space Between Us" created by Lisa Tristan Mellot (aka Elizabeth Mellott-Carreon). Each of the twelve volumes of A Space Between Us consists of fired clay covers that enclose handmade paper pages. The pages open as a triptych to reveal contrasting statements about how the artist related with her mother at various ages and how her mother related with the artist's grandmother at the same ages. Beneath the pages are recessed compartme… more
Date: 2003/2004
Creator: Mellott-Carreon, Lisa Tristan
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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
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Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[The Better to See You With]

Description: Photographs of the 2001-2002 artist's book competition winner "The Better to See You With" created by Herman Iselin. Wolf fur binding and embroidered red velvet end papers enclose pages with the story of Little Red Riding Hood embossed in Braille. The book was designed as a concept piece, which would allow a blind child to experience the story of Little Red Riding Hood. The cover of the book is a square shaped blob of grey fur. Image 2, top of closed book. The grey fur of the cover can be seen,… more
Date: 2001/2002
Creator: Iselin, Herman
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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
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Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[20 Soldiers a Day]

Description: Photographs of the 2009-2010 artist's book competition winner "20 Soldiers a Day" created by Jung Eun Lee (or Jungeun Lee). The artist's book is a Japanese-sewn volume consisting of double-leaves sewn together. The recto of each leaf has a changing pattern of stains and marks, and the verso of each leaf has text from the inner surface becoming more and more visible as the reader moves through the volume. The next-to-last leaf has complete text, the testimony of a young Korean girl who was force… more
Date: 2009/2010
Creator: Lee, Jung Eun
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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
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Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[The Thin Etched Line]

Description: Photographs of the 1999-2000 artist's book competition honorable mention "The Thin Etched Line" created by Teel Savage. The volume is composed of fragments of intaglio prints of various styles and subjects, on which a single red line was added across every image. It is bound in white paper-covered boards with a red line, sewn Coptic style. The first image shows the bound book opened up. The page on the left contains a drawing of a young woman seen at a top angle. Image 2, the bound book is open… more
Date: 1999/2000
Creator: Savage, Teel
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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
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Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Book in a Steel Box]

Description: Photographs of the 2005-2006 artist's book competition winner "Book in a Steel Box" created by Eric Blake. A small cloth-bound volume with graphite lines throughout is welded into a steel box. The book is visible along the spine and fore-edge through steel bars. The box does not open, and the book cannot be removed, making it an "inaccessible text." The first image is of a steel box, with a book inside of it, two bars covering the opening. Image 2, front view of the book inside a steel box. Ima… more
Date: 2005/2006
Creator: Blake, Eric
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Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Generations]

Description: Photographs of the 1999-2000 artist's book competition winner "Generations," created by Teel Savage. The book is made from onion skin, flowers, and printed text that is adhered to handmade paper with wax coating. The “leaves” of book are circular in shape and bound with a single piece of twine that runs through the center of each leaf, creating a chain-like effect. It is housed in a circular hat box, decorated with handmade paper, flowers, and title, all adhered with wax coating. In the first … more
Date: 1999/2000
Creator: Savage, Teel
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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