Bound. by [Artboard Ink, Ltd / Rarehare Creations] Pamela S. Wood - 2002.

Tempe, Arizona:: Artboard Ink, Ltd / Rarehare Creations,, 2002.. Edition of 2. 3.5 x 3.5 x .25"; opens to 16.8"; 5 concertina pages. Handmade paper: abaca with silk inclusions. Sewn letters and sewn handmade envelopes. White embroidery floss closure. Pamela Wood: "This book was a response to my surgery in May of 2002. Major surgery is scary, but the removal of a part of one's anatomy that makes one feminine was troubling to me. Would I still be a woman? The envelope is only for me to know, are my private supplications at the time. The white was being tight, like "white knuckle" scared." Edward H. Hutchins' review, "Finding Release in a Bound Book": Bound ... is experienced by unwinding turn after turn of white embroidery floss that secures the flaps of a portfolio made of creamy white, handmade abaca paper with kimono silk inclusions. Inside, five concertina pages unfold and on each is a card with a stenciled letter from the title, as well as a miniature envelope, glued and sewn tightly to the page. The envelopes are bound so that their contents cannot be revealed without destroying the book." (Last Copy)