Marginalia Press


Marginalia Press ~ Washington DC (Lynn Sures and Kerry McAleer-Keeler, faculty advisors)

Verdant By Vanessa Bados, Tia Blassingame, Patti Harden, Natalie Jackson, Tatiana Shukhin Washington DC: Marginalia Press, 2011. Edition of 40. 20 x 2.75 x 2.75"; 2 scrolls, which unrolled are 8 x 44" and 10 x 44". Consisting of abaca and the authors' clothing, the paper was made at Pyramid Atlantic Art Center and Corcoran College of Art and Design. Printed in Adobe Caslon, Pro and Humanistic typeface using polymer letterpress, linoleum block prints, and sandragraphs on handmade paper. Housed in a 4-sided cloth-over-boards wrapper with 2-fitted end caps, one fixed (to the plastic rod on which the scrolls are rolled) and one removable. Colophon and title printed on wrapper. Marginalia Press: "Recycling does not limit itself to reusing products. It also acknowledges an item's history, its usefulness in the moment, and the path to its future purpose. "In Verdant, the authors posit the questions: If we have recollections of a place's transformation over time, does that place have its own memories? Conversely what memory does our trash hold and ache to express? How these voices and memories are revealed is dependent upon how you approach and navigate Verdant." Corcoran College of Art + Design Press Release February 3, 2012: "Verdant [is] the second annual collaborative artists’ book created by graduate students in the College’s Art and the Book Program, published by Marginalia Press. Verdant, a scroll book, provides a unique reading and viewing experience for the present-day bibliophile and book connoisseur. The work explores recycling abstractly in reference to the passage of time and recollection of memories of the environment. The scroll was crafted with handmade paper composed of recycled materials and abaca, a plant harvested for its special fiber qualities, and each artist supplied his or her own original writing and imagery, adding multiple perspectives to the final product. "'Books are largely collaborative projects and Verdant is unmistakably the result of five book artists working and creating together,' said Kerry McAleer-Keeler, director of the Art and the Book Graduate Program at the Corcoran. "Lynn Sures, Corcoran professor of the Studio II course for the project, stated, 'Using recycled fabrics to create the scroll paper, and new plastic for its core, the work's content reinforces concept in this investigation of place, memory, and time. The grads have taken a bold step; the artist's book becomes a physical metaphor for cultural solutions.'" $ 275	Click image for more


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+/- One Percent By Elizabeth Curren, Alessandra Echeverri, Stephanie A. Hess, Amy Gonzales, Kristin Gudbrandsdottir, Camden M. Richards, Elizabeth Schendel, Lynette Spencer Washington, DC: Marginalia Press, 2011. Edition of 40. 5.75 x 13.5 x 1.5" nested book structure with three books in three different formats: Epigenesis (spiral), A's and T's C's and G's (accordion), and Genetics: A Record of Heredity & Variation (codex). Print methods: digital and letterpress. Codex structure bound in illustrated book cloth. Housed in paper envelope with Velcro closure. Marginalia Press: "The collaborative work explores the duplicative and yet wildly variant nature of heredity and the human genetic code. The book, created by eight graduate students under the direction of Professor Lynn Sures, is a work comprised of three innovative books in a multi-layered, nested structure with traditional letterpress, as well as contemporary digital and collagraph printed imagery and text. The book is comprised of structures which follow an arc from traditional to modern to experimental: ancient Coptic, multi-faceted accordion/flag, and sculptural spiral, using mill- and hand-made papers and cloth. Each structure in its own distinctive way works together with the others to explore the complex ties between human DNA, family relationships, individualism, and identity." Colophon: "The exterior book/container structure was designed and printed by Alessandra Echeverri, Stephanie A. Hess, and Lynette Spencer. The pages feature letterpressed text and imagery from an early 20th century text book, a tribute to the founding ideas of genetics. Layered on top are screenprinted and etched cell and genetic imagery, as well as letterpressed wood block type. This layering symbolizes the complex nature of genetics and seeks to examine and artistically visualize the connections made as the human genome works to build life. Die cutting was provided by CC Printing from Carrollton, GA and additional technical assistance was provided by Professor William Suworoff. Colophons for the interior nested books are included within." (SOLD)	Click image for more

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