ARTIST'S BOOKS

An artist looks at a book and sees possibilities: rearranging text and images, altering the physical structure to reflect content (or not), introducing innovative materials into the construction.

Experimentation makes us think afresh about the role books play. Will they continue to serve as a key vehicle for stories and ideas? Will they be superseded by digital technology and turn into artisanry?

In the beginning

Mary started simply by coming to understand the physical nature of the book: paper, folding, sewing, thread. Taking her inspiration from Hedi Kyle and Claire Van Vliet, she reconsidered the

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A book of etchings of cells and everyday life. Bound with woven strips of paper.
ASYMPTOTE
 
A book of prints in Mary Katherine Brennan\'s <em>Meiosis</em> series. Cover shown.
ULTRA TOME
 
Interior of book of prints in Mary Katherine Brennan\'s <em>Meiosis</em> series.
ULTRA TOME (interior)
 
Handsewn blank book featuring caterpillar stitch in a leaf motif.
LEAF MOTIF




Folded book and cover of watercolor monoprints with text by George Eliot
UNHISTORIC ACTS
 
Four handmade books featuring buttonhole stitch binding with unique paper-wrapped covers.
BUTTONHOLE STITCH
 
Pop-up pages from an original children's Halloween story.
CLICK!: MONSTERS
 
Flags-as-people page from original children's Halloween story.
CLICK!: SURPRISE




Cover of handsewn book using caterpillar stitch. Momigami paper over binders board.
AWAKEN THE HEART
 
"Text" of paste papers, prints, photos, and sumi-e practice.
AWAKEN (interior)
 
Bucephalon book features original story of a lost dog in San Francisco.
FRISCO BAYS
 
Two volumes of watercolor abstract sketches bound with a lashed binding and covered with rigid transparent polyester "boards."
ONE and TWO

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