" ... designed, printed, and bound by Sarah Hulsey ... The book represents the phoneme systems of the ten most widely spoken languages in the world, in descending order of population of first-language speakers. ... The title and the concept for the woodcut imagery are based on the notion of an asterism as a shape that can be identified among the stars, as opposed to the modern definition of a constellation as a demarcated region of the sky. Here, while the symbols for the phonemes are based on modern, scientific star charts, the asterism shapes are inspired by older more primal ways of tracing patterns in the sky."--Colophon. Unbound pages (some folding) in a folded paper portfolio. A pocket in the portfolio contains three printed sheets: The international phonetic alphabet (vowels and consonants) and Key to the star symbols. Issued in an edition of 30 signed and numbered copies. Library copy is number 9 and signed by the artist. IaU
Summary:
"Represents the phoneme systems of the ten most widely spoken languages in the world, in descending order of population of first-language speakers."--Colophon.
OCLC:
(OCoLC)987856571
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.