Artist Books
Doilies the meaning of life
artist book (2018)
The artist book Doilies the meaning of life is a compliment to a visual art exhibition. The works in the exhibition are relief prints; a printmaking technique of rolling ink onto textiles then transferring them to paper.
The artist book includes two literary commissions. Two writers responded to a chosen work in the exhibition; Chamomile Tea, Sophie, and Me was Angela Schenstead’s response to a print titled Afghan, and Sloughing Cinnabar was Caitlynn Cumming’s response to a print titled Yellow Wallpaper.
The artist book also includes selected text from personal letters written by Clara Wolcott Driscoll and a diary entry by Louis Comfort Tiffany, both of the Tiffany Glass Studios (1878 – 1933); these artists were important to the development of early American Arts & Craft industry. Their personal story inspired several prints in the Doilies relief print series: a triptych of letters titled The Round Robin, and Elephant lamp inspired by the lamp designs of Tiffany Studios.
The artist book is a mode of story telling intended to stimulate the viewer’s imagination and give insight to the print series.
Mezzo Millimetro
artist book (2017)
Artist book designed and produced by Wendy Tokaryk, developed from a chapbook titled Mezzo Millimetro written by Caitlynn Cummings.
Letterpress printed and laser cut handmade cotton rag paper with human hair inclusions. The book is unbound, contained in a handmade wooden box with a letterpress printed box cover.
As part of the Print(ed) Word project, this artist book is on permanent display in the Calgary Central Library (fourth floor viewing gallery, beside the TD Great Reading Room).
