 An Alphabet Derived from Abnormal Fetal Positions By Emily Martin Iowa City, Iowa: Naughty Dog Press, 2015. Edition of 25. 4 x 4"; 28 pages. Accordion structure. Laser printed on Sakamoto Heavy paper with inclusions printed on Arches Text Wove paper and adhered with Goudy archival adhesive. Enclosed in a slipcase made of Sakamoto Heavy paper and UICB flax case paper. Signed and numbered by the artist. Emily Martin: "The letterforms were made with collage and manipulation of fetal forms from an illustration in the book Somatomia Andropologica, 1680 by Sebastian Christian von Zeidler for the Micrographia Exhibit, during the Scientific Books and Their Makers: A Symposium at the University of Iowa Center for the Book, Iowa City, IA. The text was written by the artist to accompany the fetal alphabet forms."
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