Of the Material Being Plenty : too numerous in fact to track
Gorham, A.B.
http://abgorham.com/
Poems and text with accompanying illustrations on cream-colored paper with deckled side edges. WIth two pages made from paper towel, and with interspersed portions of a black handmade paper. Endpapers are handmade and contain pink fibers. Book is ound to brown fabric-covered boards with abstract illustrations screen-printed on both sides and with dots of applied bleach in some places, changing the fabric color to a yellow. Book lacks a colophon and any identifying information, save for a title.
"Letterpress printed using metal type and polymer plates on Somerset. Bound by the artist. Flatback binding with handmade paper endsheets and insert"--Vamp and Tramp, Booksellers, LLC website, viewed September 4, 2014.
Artists' statement: "Of the material being plenty investigates the intersection of detritus, disarray, and beauty. Pages have been run over, stained with turmeric, tea, coffee, pecan ink, bleached, pierced, and worn down"--Vamp and Tramp, Booksellers, LLC website, viewed September 4, 2014.
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Poems and text with accompanying illustrations on cream-colored paper with deckled side edges. WIth two pages made from paper towel, and with interspersed portions of a black handmade paper. Endpapers are handmade and contain pink fibers. Book is ound to brown fabric-covered boards with abstract illustrations screen-printed on both sides and with dots of applied bleach in some places, changing the fabric color to a yellow. Book lacks a colophon and any identifying information, save for a title.
"Letterpress printed using metal type and polymer plates on Somerset. Bound by the artist. Flatback binding with handmade paper endsheets and insert"--Vamp and Tramp, Booksellers, LLC website, viewed September 4, 2014.
Artists' statement: "Of the material being plenty investigates the intersection of detritus, disarray, and beauty. Pages have been run over, stained with turmeric, tea, coffee, pecan ink, bleached, pierced, and worn down"--Vamp and Tramp, Booksellers, LLC website, viewed September 4, 2014.
