The Mammoth Legacy of Stephen Bishop
Curious Pursuits Press
http://www.sharphandmadebooks.com/
An artist's book about Stephen Bishop, a 19th century African-American freed slave who gained renown as a guide/explorer at Mammoth Cave National Park. Included are: a pamphlet-stitched opening section, a stitched-in pocket holding a folded map portion in the middle section, and a fold-down poem in the last section. Archival (pigment-type) inkjet printing of text, map portion, and images of 19th-century Mammoth Cave engravings and lithographs atop scans of original suminagashi. Bound double-sided accordion style in black cloth covered boards with thread and bead closures on each side that can be wound and unwound from two black buttons to open or close the book. Title on an inset panel on front cover.
Artist's statement: ""South-central Kentucky's Mammoth Cave - the world's longest known cave system - has become a powerful source of inspiration because of my 2009 opportunity to serve as Mammoth Cave National Park's Artist-in-Residence. One of the most remarkable people in the cave's history was Stephen Bishop, an enslaved 19th-century African-American guide and explorer who gained international renown for his knowledge, courage, and wit. Using rudimentary tools and often exploring alone, Bishop discovered many major cave areas, as well as eyeless fish and other unusual creatures. One of Bishop's most striking accomplishments was the completion of a detailed map - drawn from memory - of the cave passages he had explored by the light of a small lard-oil lantern. That map, completed for his owner, eventually became a central part of the legacy now celebrated at Mammoth Cave National Park, where he is buried ... The front side of The Mammoth Legacy of Stephen Bishop contains a pamphlet-stitched booklet about Bishop and his work at the cave, a stitched-in pocket holding a portion of Bishop's famous cave map, a fold-out with an original poem (in a traditional Welsh form, cywydddeuairfyrion), an original drawing of a lard-oil lamp, and six archival inkjet prints of 19th-century Mammoth Cave etchings and engravings printed over scanned images of original suminagashi (ink marbling). The cave-interior place-names from Bishop's entire map appear on the accordion sections' back, and the glass beads on the front cover's closures suggest the guide's lantern light"--Vamp & Tramp bookseller's website, viewed January 6, 2014.
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An artist's book about Stephen Bishop, a 19th century African-American freed slave who gained renown as a guide/explorer at Mammoth Cave National Park. Included are: a pamphlet-stitched opening section, a stitched-in pocket holding a folded map portion in the middle section, and a fold-down poem in the last section. Archival (pigment-type) inkjet printing of text, map portion, and images of 19th-century Mammoth Cave engravings and lithographs atop scans of original suminagashi. Bound double-sided accordion style in black cloth covered boards with thread and bead closures on each side that can be wound and unwound from two black buttons to open or close the book. Title on an inset panel on front cover.
Artist's statement: ""South-central Kentucky's Mammoth Cave - the world's longest known cave system - has become a powerful source of inspiration because of my 2009 opportunity to serve as Mammoth Cave National Park's Artist-in-Residence. One of the most remarkable people in the cave's history was Stephen Bishop, an enslaved 19th-century African-American guide and explorer who gained international renown for his knowledge, courage, and wit. Using rudimentary tools and often exploring alone, Bishop discovered many major cave areas, as well as eyeless fish and other unusual creatures. One of Bishop's most striking accomplishments was the completion of a detailed map - drawn from memory - of the cave passages he had explored by the light of a small lard-oil lantern. That map, completed for his owner, eventually became a central part of the legacy now celebrated at Mammoth Cave National Park, where he is buried ... The front side of The Mammoth Legacy of Stephen Bishop contains a pamphlet-stitched booklet about Bishop and his work at the cave, a stitched-in pocket holding a portion of Bishop's famous cave map, a fold-out with an original poem (in a traditional Welsh form, cywydddeuairfyrion), an original drawing of a lard-oil lamp, and six archival inkjet prints of 19th-century Mammoth Cave etchings and engravings printed over scanned images of original suminagashi (ink marbling). The cave-interior place-names from Bishop's entire map appear on the accordion sections' back, and the glass beads on the front cover's closures suggest the guide's lantern light"--Vamp & Tramp bookseller's website, viewed January 6, 2014.
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