Cover to Cover: Book Lab Explorations
The Book Lab is a group of nine Vermont-based women who specialize in book arts. They meet regularly to critique one another's work, collaborate on projects, and provide support as they explore the many ways a Book can be Art.
The artists of the Book Lab are Rebecca Boardman, Elissa R. Campbell, Dorsey Hogg, Marilyn Gillis, Debra A. Kraemer, Ann Joppe-Mercure, Vera Ryerbach, Penne Tompkins, and Marcia Vogler. Cover to Cover: Book Lab Explorations is our featured exhibit within Unbound vol.X. Each individual artist is exhibiting their own work, and the Book Lab is also showing collaborative pieces they have co-created.
Congratulations!!
1st: The Big Adventure by Chuck Kidwell
2nd: Within My Garden Grow by Debra A Kraemer
3rd: There Are No Human Races by Rebecca Boardman
Most of these pieces are hard to convey with just one photo! They can be unfolded, manipulated, and "read". Please see them in person if at all possible!
Exhibit Info
Cover to Cover: Book Lab Explorations
featured artists in Unbound X
Opening reception June 24
4:30 - 6:30 pm
Book Lab artists' talk at 5:30!
Closing Celebration July 16
6:00 - 8:00 pm
Rebecca Boardman
There Are No Human Races
accordion book, opens to 60" w/text & images
& 10"x7"x2.5" box
board, paper, fabric, acetate
$1000
Rebecca Boardman
Child's Play
15-panel unfolding-star book & 4.5"x4.5"x3" box
(image is of single panel)
board, fabric, paper
$1200
Rebecca Boardman
Them's the Breaks
meandering book variable positioning
w/ 5.5"x5.5"x1.5" box
board, acrylic paint, thread, fabric
$450
Elissa R. Campbell
Medicinema
book board, mat board, book cloth,
prescription paper, adhesive
book - 4.625” x 6.5” x 2”
box - 2.75” x 10.25” x 7.375”
$600
Dorsey Hogg
Timeline
discarded encyclopedia americana
pages & covers
$700
Dorsey Hogg
Hey Girl!
discarded History of Art textbook pages
bellows- like book and found box
in the box: 6"x8"x1.5"
$450
Dorsey Hogg
Tying Up Loose Ends
discarded Encyclopedia Americana volume 17
approximately 11"x7"x3"
$1200
Marilyn Gillis
Nests
canvas cloth, threads, paper
6.75"x7.75"
$600
Marilyn Gillis
Stitching Through Time
felt, antique doilies, hand-dyed silk ribbon,
antique crochet instructions
7"x7"x1.75"
$600
Marilyn Gillis
Red Spot
accordion book with 10 self designed Notan images
8"x6.5" flat, opens to approximately 32"
$350
Debra A. Kraemer
Within My Garden Go
Leporello book structure
Media: Box –textured book cloth, foamcore, matte medium, Nepalese lokta papers, pva &methyl cellulose, construction card, double-sided tape, ribbon, ink& origami-covered Styrofoam box props.
Book –canson paper, matboard, pva adhesive, inks, wooden sticks, double-sided tape, Tyvek hinges
Box: 13”x 61/2”x2”, Book: 12”x51/4”x 1” closed, extends to 41”
$800
Debra A. Kraemer
Dictionary of the Unknown (To Me)
double pocket-fold Concertina with separate cover
Media: acrylic-painted Tyvek, japanese textured linen cardstock, recycled envelopes, nepalese lokta & canson papers, inks, pva adhesive, double-sided tape
53/8” x 25/8” x 11/2” open
$800
Debra A. Kraemer
Expressions in Indigo
framed 2-sided accordian album & box
Media: matboard, construction card, handmade shibori on washi, book cloth, Nepalese lokta paper, adhesive, ink.
51/8” x 51/8” x 11/8”
$350
Ann Joppe-Mercure
Prayer
cut-out Tyvek, acrylic paint, book board
10"x13"x1"
$1000
"Lord, make me an instrument of thy peace..."
Ann Joppe-Mercure
Words of Wisdom
saggar-fired clay, canvas, acrylic paint
7"x7"x 6" (approximate dimensions when
rolled up)
scroll and pot - $400 each
Ann Joppe-Mercure
Written in Stone
clay, paint, paper, thread
individual books vary in size -
approximately 3"x2.75"x1"
$35 for each stone book
Vera Ryersbach
Homage to Joseph Cornell
mixed media box
13"x13"x3.75"
$300
Vera Ryersbach
Homage to Matisse
cut paper fold-out book
original - each panel 6.5"x5"
copies - 2.5"x3.75"
$150 original - $15/copy
Vera Ryersbach
Homage to Herni Rousseau
photographs
7.5"x5.75"
$100 original - $30/copy
Marcia Vogler
Crazy
non-adhesive binding, inkjet copies of family quilt, card stock, rubber stamps. Artist’s description/ meaning: Crazy is an expression of my frustration and acceptance concerning
problem solving another’s life circumstances. The quilt images are taken from a Victorian crazy quilt of silks, velvets, embroidery, and ribbons made by a distant relative.
8 pages, 6”x6”x ½”,edition of 4
$175
Marcia Vogler
Mottainai - Sold
recycled jeans, fabric scraps, linen from an old skirt, cotton from an old duvet cover, sewn on a vintage 1973 Kenmore sewing machine, hand embroidery. Japanese stab binding, envelope fold enclosure. Artist’s description/ meaning: Mottainai is a Japanese term that conveys a sense of regret over waste, and has been adopted by environmentalists to encourage people to reduce, reuse, recycle and respect. All the materials in the book except perhaps the machine thread have been recycled or reused in the boro style of mending, including linen from a skirt I bought in Japan in 1984. Unique.
$275
Marcia Vogler
Bird Box - Sold
sewn accordion book housed in a wooden box with headboard.
collage with painted and printed papers, card stock, mat board, book board, found wooden box, hand and machine stitching.
Artist’s description/ meaning: Bird Box is part of a series of bird totems, which are an expression of my love of birds, and their precious and precarious place in the environment. The box serves as a place of protection from the elements.
$390