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Author:

Bailey, Alicia, book artist.

Title:

Extinct extant / Alicia Bailey.

Publisher:

Ravenpress,

Copyright Date:

2013

Description:

1 artist's book (accordion-fold structure with 8 envelope leaves) : color illustrations, color photographs ; 14 cm (in box 16 x 14 x 4 cm)

Subject:

Artists' books--Aurora--Aurora--21st century--Specimens.
Birds in art.
Extinct birds--Pictorial works.
Extinct animals in art.
Dead animals in art.
Nature in art.
Birds in art.
Dead animals in art.
Extinct animals in art.
Extinct birds.
Nature in art.
Artists' books.
Accordion fold format (Binding)
Clamshell boxes (Binding)
Artists' books.
Artists' books, American.
Artists' books--Aurora--Aurora--2013.
Artists' books.
Pictorial works.

Other Authors:

Ravenpress, publisher.
Denver Museum of Nature and Science, associated name.
Kyle, Hedi, book designer.
Includes reproductions of illustrations from (work) : Audubon, John James, 1785-1851. Birds of America.
Includes reproductions of illustrations from (work) : Catesby, Mark, 1683-1749. Natural History of Carolina, Florida, and the Bahama Islands.

Notes:

Special Collections has copy number 12. IaU Limited edition of 18 copies plus two artist's proofs, signed and numbered by the artist. "Photographs of birds digitally printed; envelopes are hand printed, labels and spine text laser etched. Book based on an enhanced accordion binding structure designed by Hedi Kyle"--23 Sandy Gallery Booksellers' website, viewed on March 11, 2015.

Summary:

"In 2011 I made photographs of extinct bird skins held in the Denver Museum of Nature and Science. I photographed seven bird species (Bachman's Warbler, Carolina Parakeet, Dusky Seaside Sparrow, Eskimo Curlew, Heath Hen, Ivory Billed Woodpecker and the Passenger Pigeon) for this project. I have found great pleasure in reading different accounts, ranging from essays to encyclopedic style entries, about species of extinct birds. The continued existence of these birds in the form of skins, specimens and eggs at museums worldwide, is evidence of our impulse to preserve. I have learned that advances in the science of cloning, have some pondering the startling possibility that extinct creatures might be reborn. Preservation, and the work of writers such as Christopher Cokinos (Hope is the Thing With Feathers) and Errol Fuller (Extinct Birds) give many extinct bird species a chance at another form of life. A life lived through story"--Artist's statement at the 23 Sandy Gallery Booksellers' website, viewed on March 11, 2015.

OCLC:

(OCoLC)869567141

Locations:

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)