Thursday, March 8, 2012

sophie rocks!

the amazing sophie munns
whose commitment to seeds is astonishing
has posted a piece 
about artists' books, 
and has kindly included
my rock books.
you may remember them:
and of course 
there's one in my header
five in total,
and a few more small ones to come
but look LOOK at her 
concertinas, and how
she has used that structure 
to show the exuberance of her painting
to great advantage.
i lifted this from sophie's blog or whatever that 
collection of images is called
of course i forgot to attribute it
but i will later when i find it.
  

11 comments:

  1. there isn't enough time in the day - 10 minutes and a cup of tea?? and all those books. Love the woven binding in the first pic.

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  2. it's why i love libraries and i love getting to know the special collections...that's where interesting stuff lives. of course there's my own tiny "special collection"

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  3. Velma, this is the link to the special collection at the library where I worked, at the
    School of the Art Institute in Chicago. If you get a chance to check it out:
    http://digital-libraries.saic.edu/cdm4/index_jfabc.php?CISOROOT=/jfabc

    The collection is the Joan Flasch Artists Book Collection.

    Love this post...libraries/books rock in many ways. Cheers - Henrietta

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  4. Yes... I agree that libraries/books rock!
    They are rock-like solid foundations for culture and life.
    Thanks for the mention and good to see you have a presense on Pinterest even if you didnt know it! Quite a lot of your images have ended up there! All collected at a linking page did you know Velma?

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  5. Hi Velma, just stopping by to say how delightful your blog is. Thanks so much for sharing. I have recently found your blog and am now following you, and will visit often. Please stop by my blog and perhaps you would like to follow me also. Have a wonderful day. Hugs, Chris
    http://chelencarter-retiredandlovingit.blogspot.com/

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  6. booklovers rock!! and so do bookmakers.
    (have to go to the library and renew the book i'm reading.)

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  7. henrietta, maybe i'll get to see that collection sometime! what a treat that you got to work there!
    sophie, i have such trouble navigating new net stuff, but will continue to try to explore pinterest. thanks for including my work.
    chris, thank you! and i will go over to your place to visit.
    neki, you remind me of the short stack i currently have from st lawrence univ. library--get this, i have 2 local libraries and 4 univ libraries within 16 miles of my home!

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  8. Wow, I missed the rock books - positively precambrian! ;-) I really like things w/o corners!

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  9. kit, no corners, but pretty rough and craggy! except for the two big ones, that is, they're globular.

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  10. Books...I love them, I love their weight, the smell of the paper, the rustle of the pages...artists' books are a new concept for me, thanks a lot for this new window.

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  11. blandina, lucky you to be discovering artists' books for the first time. enjoy!

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