3 bibliographic volumes (unpaged) in 1 portfolio. Title and imprint from portfolio jacket [page 2]. Special Collections has copy number 11/50, signed by the artist. IaU Edition limited to 50 numbered copies signed by the artist. Each volume has 24 unnumbered pages, bound so that the reader can lift the center illustration to reveal a larger illustration within. The gatherings are unopened throughout, obscuring text and illustrations. In a cloth-covered portfolio, held closed with a printed paper belly band. "... a set of interactive books that asks the reader to fold and unfold pages to construct or reveal images and text. Through the use of fragmented images, readers are encouraged to explore multiple possibilities of sequencing and arrangement where covers pair with center spreads to construct complete images."--Belly band. "Don't Cut Your Hair It's Beautiful is a collaborative artist book by Black Rock Press Redfield Fellow Kellee Morgado (2018-2020). It is the third artist book of the biennial Parley Project. This Parley Project publication was designed by Morgado and offset printed by Panda Printing in Reno, Nevada on Ultra Green Film. The book was letterpress printed at Black Rock Press at the University of Nevada, Reno on a Vandercook Universal I using photopolymer plates and handset metal type. The typefaces are New Gothic and Century Bold Italic by Morris Fuller Benton. This project was completed in fall of 2020 with support from Black Rock Press faculty, staff, volunteers, and student employees including: AB Gorham, Inge Bruggeman, and Judith Rodby. Special thanks to Frances Melhop for her collaboration and photography."--Portfolio jacket. "Offset printing on Ultra Green Film (text pages), Bugra Antique Rose (paste downs), hand set lead type (News Gothic Bold & Century Bold Italic), Hollanders starched linen book cloth (Natural/Kennett), photopolymer plates, Rising Museum board, monofilament, Arches Cream (belly band)."--Artist's website. "The Parley Project is a binennial interdisciplinary book art project that fosters research and coversation across the University of Nevada, Reno campus and involves Black Rock Press Students, staff, and faculty in it's production. Working in collaboration with another person or entity on the campus, the fellow designs a project based on this outreach." --Belly band.
Summary:
"Don't Cut Your Hair It's Beautiful began as an exhibition in which I explored hair as both a material and a concept through experimental printing processes. The work questions personal rituals surrounding hair, constructs associated with hair in Western culture, and the shift in value when hair is unattached to bodies. In this ongoing inquiry I explore my own experience with femininity, womanhood, my relationship with my own hair and how it conforms to or disrupts constructed norms. In lieu of this personal exploration, I became interested in starting a conversation about body hair to broaden the scope of this project and explore the intersectionality that is inherent in hair on the body. This work is continued by Don't Cut Your Hair It's Beautiful in an effort to disrupt and explore the relationship between hair that is considered valuable and hair that must be hidden, removed, and made invisible. The book includes contributions from twelve creatives in particular, but not limited to, those working with hair as a subject or material. These individuals were invited to respond to one of several prompts or to generate their own response about hair on the body. They could also choose to include an image, either found or made. These twelve writings provide thoughts and experiences surrounding hair, multiple points of access, and themes connected to hair on the body including: shame, resistance, and identity...."--Belly band.
OCLC:
(OCoLC)1246672549
LCCN:
2021657321
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.