Edition of 25, signed and numbered by the artist. Issued in a black cloth-covered drop-spine box. "In current times, our world seems to be very much off its axis. We are in a time of plague, not just medical but political, ecological, and more. The wholesale denial of science and rational thought coupled with the embrace of superstition and misinformation are signaling a need for a return to fact-based actions and ideas, a renewed age of enlightenment. In an attempt to not be completely bleak, I offer this set of wry visual aids for those who will not, cannot see what is really happening"--From artist's website. "The book has 24 pages and five paper tools, all volvelle variations of my devising. The images are from my trace monoprint drawings. The fonts used are Baskerville, Gill Sans and Trattatello. The book was printed letterpress on my Vandercook SP15 printing press using polymer plates from Boxcar Press. The text is printed on Rives BFK, the tools on Chancery paper. The tools are backed with Text Wove paper, hand cut and assembled. The binding is a combination slotted tape/long stitch using flax and abaca cover paper made by Mary Hark. The edition size is 25 standard copies, two deluxe copies, and a couple of artist's proofs"--From artist's website. Special Collections has copy number 17/25, signed by the book artist. IaU
Contents:
Volvelle titles: Respect rewind clock -- Authoritarian decoder -- Dial a disaster -- Insignificance indicator -- Realigning moral compass.
OCLC:
(OCoLC)1427243497
Locations:
OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)
This resource is supported by the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act as administered by State Library of Iowa.