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03794aam a2200445Ii 4500 001 10626122177D11EC850ADFAD22ECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20210917010313 008 180228s2016 maua 000 0 eng d 035 $a (OCoLC)1026399331 040 $a COC $b eng $e rda $c COC $d OCLCF $d OCLCQ $d VTU $d NUI $d SILO 043 $a e-it--- $a e-it--- 050 4 $a N7433.4.M685 $b W39 2016 100 1 $a Mowinski, Melanie, $e book artist. 245 10 $a Wayfinding Star / $c Melanie Mowinski. 264 1 $a [Cheshire, Mass.] : $b [29 Press], $c 2016. 300 $a 1 artist's book (8 double-page openings) : $b color illustrations (watercolor, ink, graphite, acrylic paint) ; $c 15 x 15 cm (in slipcase: 16 x 15 cm) 500 $a Special Collections has copy number 6/10, signed by the artist on rear cover and slipcase. $5 IaU 520 $a "Wayfinding Star documents departure from latitude 42.562/longitude 73.1629 (Cheshire, MA where I live) to latitude 45.4343 / longitude 12.3388 (Venice, Italy where I spent winter 2016). Each line in the middle layer represents latitude and longitude lines, demonstrating the closeness in latitude but distance in longitude. The text on the front layer recounts experiences navigating in Venice as I lost and found my way, always listening for the toll of church bells, the back layer of the book. The eight-point star references the compass rose and the many geometrical patterns centered on the number eight encountered throughout Venice."--Artist's description as provided by bookseller website, http://www.vampandtramp.com/finepress/1-50/29-Press.html. 500 $a Publication information from slipcase. 500 $a Edition of 10, signed and numbered by the artist. 500 $a 8 double-page openings in star carousel structure, with magnet closure for opening carousel. 500 $a Letterpress printed in Bembo, a typeface based on a 15th-century design cut by Francesco Griffo for Aldus Manutius. Materials: natural pigment watercolors, gesso, graphite, ink, acrylic paint, and paper. The middle layer is hand-painted with natural pigment watercolors and gesso; with graphite, ink and acrylic marks. The back layer is letterpress printed hand-cut Flexi-Cut. Bound in paper over boards.--From bookseller website, http://www.vampandtramp.com/finepress/1-50/29-Press.html. 500 $a Part of larger body of work called Wayfinding. 500 $a "Guide to Viewing: Dots represent thoughts, tasks, the barrage of media and other repetitive parts of life. Dotted Lines are pathways. Most of them are actual runs or walks that the artist made in the various places she visited in the past six months (roughly the first half of 2018) as tracked on her Nike Running App. Circles represent places. Size can be the actual size or how long she spent there. Penciled lines are latitude or longitude lines. Birds are the artist and you and everyone known by her and you." --From bookseller website, http://www.vampandtramp.com/finepress/1-50/29-Press.html. 650 0 $a Artists' books $z United States $y 21st century $v Specimens. 650 0 $a Letterpress printing $z United States $y 21st century $v Specimens. 650 7 $a Artists' books. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00817660 650 7 $a Travel. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01155558 651 0 $a Venice (Italy) $x Description and travel. 651 7 $a United States. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01204155 651 7 $a Italy $z Venice. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01204473 655 7 $a Artists' books. $2 lcgft 655 7 $a Typefaces (Type evidence) $x Bembo. $2 rbtyp 655 7 $a Carousel books. $2 local 655 7 $a Artists' books. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01750153 710 2 $a 29 Press (Firm), $e publisher. 941 $a 1 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20220317025044.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=10626122177D11EC850ADFAD22ECA4DBInitiate Another SILO Locator Search