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Item date(s): 2009

Elizabeth Vels
Cheryl Penn  - (featured artist)


Medium: Hand made paper
Pages: unpaged
Size: Bag: 350 x 400mm
Binding: Cloth bag
Language: English
Inscription: Signed by the artist
Edition: Unique


Place publication: Durban, RSA
Publisher: The artists

Additional notes:
This set of books is the counterpoint to GB/31052 by Cheryl Penn; both were part of a mail art project and were sent by mail between the two artists.

Consisting of:

1. Main book. 220mm.

2. "Seeded". 70mm. long oblong. 15pp.

3. "Epistle-Word-Image". 162mm. 12pp. Leporello.

4. "Script-Codex-Reveal". 130mm. 6pp. Leporello.

5. "Title Page". 305mm. Thick, single page, square panel using watercolour and collage with hand-made paper.

6. "Manu-Script". 700mm. Single folded page, typed. Letter from Liz Vels to Cheryl Penn with a short reply from Cheryl Penn. " It is going to sit at the head of the table so it can be as different as it (they) please. Turn this over and use the back - it's much more exciting."

Quote: I need to learn the book as I make it. Sometimes I need to make 5 before I 'get' the right feel. To make a book about someone is one thing; to make a book with someone (almost a stranger) is not easy. The integration / dialogue feels too syncopated. I am not a jazz lover; I need soaring diving Baroque music.



Ref: GB/31066







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