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Washington DC:: Ch'An Press,, 2011.. Edition of 10. 2.5" x 8.5" long (open); 4" diameter x 2" high (closed) or 6.4 x 21.6 cm long (open), 10.2 cm diameter x 5.1 cm high (closed). Materials: Paper, acrylic fiber, plastic. Hand-knitted with laser-printed laminated text. Artist's prints, drawings and found imagery. Sculptural knitted artist book to be worn on an arm as a bracelet. Book art as performance. Book art as interactive. Irene Chan: "Tells the story of someone seeing a bright yellow bracelet as the exact same color as my skin. This is one of six artist books that I show in a storytelling performance 'An ABC ReDiscovers Appearance' where I talk about yellowface in American films.

Evanston, Illinois:: Mardy Sears,, 2003.. One-of-a-Kind. 9.75” X 6.75”. Wooden covers with cut out and veneer, mermaid purse. Wood block print and letterpress on handmade abaca and tan laid paper. Mardy Sears: "Names for the vagina: cute, insulting, derogatory, empowering?

Tempe, Arizona:: Cabbagehead Press,, 2019.. Edition of 10. 36 pages; 6.25 x 8.25". Three codex sections with two accordion sections in between. 6 copies with shaped deckles on the accordion sections and 4 copies on a different handmade paper. Printed letterpress in metal and polymer and an unknown wood type. Handmade papers leftover from artist's previous projects. Includes two-page footnote section. Bound in dark brown leather with paper title on front board. Blue belly band closure with "Federal Reserve" printed on it. Signed and numbered by the artist. Colophon: "'You Can Help Yourself' was created in 2019 after a group study of Privilege brought long-considered concerns to a place of necessary witness. Billie Holiday's song has played in the background of my days for years, and its plaintive verse provided the starting point, finally, for a way into a print project on the subject of wealth inequality with substance appropriate to these days of chaos and idiocy.… Read More

New Paltz, New York:: Papyrus Productions ,, 2010.. Edition of 10. 10.75 x 8.125"; 34 pages. Photography. Japanese stab binding. Francois Deschamps: "This book is an elegiac mediation on a trip to Bolivia with my son in 2008."  Francois Deschamps, You and Me: "In July you and I rambled from town to town in the Bolivian Altiplano, I would take your picture and we would trade places. Then you, looking at the small digital screen, would match that picture with one of me." The photographs, one by father taken of the son and then one with the roles reversed, are paired on opposing pages of a spread, with the figures of father and son whited out. The ghostly holes emphasize the connections as well as the differences in the two; there is resonance between but not duplication in the father and the son.

Tacoma, Washington:: Springtide Press,, 2012.. Open Edition. 9 x 9.5" broadside. Letterpress printed on Fabriano Murillo paper. Jessica Spring: Wood type arranged and printed as a rainbow roll is overprinted with handset type in circles, all singing the praises of heirloom tomatoes. Bold green type contrasts the oranges, reds and yellows reading 'You Say Tomato! I Say Tomato!'

[Simi Valley, California]:: Pie in the Sky Press,, 2012.. Edition of 33. 6.75 x 8.5"; 37 pages. Letterpress printed with hand set Centaur and Arrighi, Massey Initials and ornaments on handmade Khadi paper. Map background is a suicide linoleum block. Map details and photographs are printed from polymer plates. Bound into a bison leather cover with a wrap band, ties, tackets, and deer horn buttons. Map slipped into front flap. Rebecca Chamlee, Colophon: "This book marks the 40th anniversary of the death of my father, William Zane Chamlee, the author of this story. At the same time, I hope to honor the memory of Floyd Chamlee, my father's first cousin, who died in July 2008. An excerpt of a letter written by Floyd is quoted in the foreword."  Folded and tucked into the leather binding is a letterpress printed map showing the journey west that young Dave Chamlee followed. The trail begins in Sweetwater, Tennessee, then continues through Arkansas, Missouri, Texas, and New Mexico.… Read More