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Portland, ME: Wolfe Editions, 2005. Limited Edition. Fine. Limited Edition. Handset type (Bembo 18). Vintage clock faces (pasted down at head) printed by Raphael Tuck & Sons (circa 1900). A beautiful presentation of five "timely" quotations including Warren Zevon's, "We love to buy books because we think we are also buying the time to read them." and May Sarton's, "Time Wasted is poison." A pristine copy. Bright and unmarred. 6x11 inch broadside. Handset letterpress printed.
Family Portrait by Cawley, Crystal - 2002
by Cawley, Crystal
Family Portrait
by Cawley, Crystal
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- Hardcover
Portland, ME, 2002. Unique Work. Materials: Victorian photo album with drawer and stand, old photographs, various papers, mica, embroidery, photocopy transfer, graphite, collected objects. Mounted oblong 4to with drawer in base.
In the artist's words: "This wonderful object was discovered in a musty antiques barn by my partner. I put it out in the sun and air for almost a whole summer, to get the fusty smell out of it. The front doors were off so I made the leather hinges, and I also did the embroidery on the outside. The photos and objects inside are of my own family, and anonymous people found in antique stores. Please read the poem on the first few pages, which ends, 'I only perceive the strange idea of family traveling through the flesh.'" In a period where a fair bit of "book art" is glib, Cawley's work is subtle and engaging. Where much is to be seen once, enjoyed and forgotten, Cawley's begs "rereading", as with each rereading one is able to trick out another nuance...another wee tale. Cawley is emerging as a fresh and sophisticated voice in American book arts.
In the artist's words: "This wonderful object was discovered in a musty antiques barn by my partner. I put it out in the sun and air for almost a whole summer, to get the fusty smell out of it. The front doors were off so I made the leather hinges, and I also did the embroidery on the outside. The photos and objects inside are of my own family, and anonymous people found in antique stores. Please read the poem on the first few pages, which ends, 'I only perceive the strange idea of family traveling through the flesh.'" In a period where a fair bit of "book art" is glib, Cawley's work is subtle and engaging. Where much is to be seen once, enjoyed and forgotten, Cawley's begs "rereading", as with each rereading one is able to trick out another nuance...another wee tale. Cawley is emerging as a fresh and sophisticated voice in American book arts.
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- Binding Hardcover
- Place of Publication Portland, ME
- Date Published 2002
Time Sampler:. (a broadside)
by Cawley, Crystal
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- Fine
- Condition
- Used - Fine
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- Limited Edition
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Portland, Maine, United States
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£16.28
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The Creeping Baby
by Cawley, Crystal
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- Paperback
- first
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- Used - Fine in Wraps.
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- First Edition/Limited Edition
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- Paperback
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Portland, Maine, United States
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£77.32
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Portland, ME: Artist Book, 2003. First Edition/Limited Edition. Original Wraps. Fine in Wraps.. First Edition/Limited Edition. Original Wraps. In the artist's words, "The text and image for this book came verbatim from an out-of-print nineteenth-century catalogue of dolls one could purchase for one's children. Dolls are kind of creepy anyhow, but this one especially so, partly because it looks more like an adult than a baby. When I found this image, I was starting production of an artist's book edition of Charlotte Perkins Gilman's The Yellow Wall-paper, and this creeping baby reminded me of the creeping women behind the wallpaper in Gilman's story." In a period where a fair bit of "book art" is glib, Cawley's work is subtle and engaging. Where much is to be seen once, enjoyed and forgotten, Cawley's begs "rereading", as with each rereading one is able to trick out another nuance...another wee tale. Cawley is emerging as a fresh and sophisticated voice in American book arts. Materials: photocopy…
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Housebound
by Cawley, Crystal
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- Fine
- Hardcover
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- Used - Fine
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- Unique Edition
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- Hardcover
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Portland, Maine, United States
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£305.21
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Portland, ME: Artist Book, 1999. Unique Edition. Hardcover. Fine. Unique Edition. Hardcover. In the artist's words, "I'd been making things using house shapes for several years, was kind of tired of them, and thought this would be the last one. No, it wasn't." In a period where a fair bit of "book art" is glib, Cawley's work is subtle and engaging. Where much is to be seen once, enjoyed and forgotten, Cawley's begs "rereading", as with each rereading one is able to trick out another nuance...another wee tale. Cawley is emerging as a fresh and sophisticated voice in American book arts. Tight, bright and unmarred (tighter than one might expect). Hand painted black paper boards. 32mo. Coptic binding. Materials: Mylar, upholstery thread, rug-hooking canvas, paste paper.
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Understanding the Universe
by Cawley, Crystal
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- Hardcover
- Condition
- Used - Fine in Fine Hand-Made Box.
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- Unique Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
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Portland, Maine, United States
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£386.60
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Portland, ME: Artist Book, 2001. Unique Edition. Hardcover. Fine in Fine Hand-Made Box.. Unique Edition. Hardcover. In the artist's words, "In 2001 I attended a class at Penland School of Crafts called Historic Books and Boxes and that's where I made this little book. It is styled after a late-eighteenth-century French book that a courtier would carry-printed pages listing important dates and events, like royal birthdays, with a pocket inside one cover for small bits and pieces, and a mirror inside the other for inspecting one's coiffure and keeping a surreptitious eye on the competition. The text and images in my book were collected and reassembled from an old textbook called Understanding the Universe, and from a book about teaching children to sew." In a period where a fair bit of "book art" is glib, Cawley's work is subtle and engaging. Where much is to be seen once, enjoyed and forgotten, Cawley's begs "rereading", as with each rereading one is able to trick out another nuance...another wee…
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