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Title
Free little bird
Work Type
Image
Artists' books
Date
2019
Image: 2020
Measurements
1 folded sheet (12 pages), illustrations, 18 cm
Description
"The text is an Appalachian folk song and an excerpt from Maya Angelou's "I know why the caged bird sings."--Colophon. Nested accordion binding: repurposed mahogany wood covers, front cover engraved with image of bird. Clamshell box: Blue paper with blue cloth spine, woodcut label on front cover. Paper: background accordion blue and tan duplex, nested accordion ochre handmade by Peter Thomas. Pages laser cut paper doll style with bird images. Printing: Letterpress: printed from linoleum blocks. Typography: Handset Canterbury, linocut text. Illustration: 9 linocut blocks with text and images of birds, etc. cut by Donna Thomas. Note: Excerpt from an Appalachian folk song we learned from Jan Davidson has been juxtaposed with an quote from Maya Angelou's book which is hidden in the folds.--Peter and Donna Thomas website, http://www.baymoon.com/~peteranddonna/ Limited edition of 39 copies. Without music.
Repository
University of Puget Sound Collins Library, Archives & Special Collections
Accession Number
Call Number: N7433.4.T54 W74 2019
File Format
jpeg
Binding
Folded Books; Boxes (containers)
Printing/Production Method
Letterpress printing; Relief printing; Die cutting
Visual Analysis
Colors; Illustrations; Text (layout feature); Visual
Language
English
Photographer
Kendyl Chasco, Collins Memorial Library
Rights
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File Properties
File Name
AB-Freelittle-1.1.JPG
SSID
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