This is most of what I made during the six days (June 28–July 3, 2015) I attended the Kenyon Review-sponsored Art of Text workshop at Kenyon College in Gambier, Ohio. Thanks very much to the office of the Provost at Art Center College of Design for supporting my incredibly productive trip.
Work shown in chronological order.
Images 1 & 2: tempted to ask / my first choice, back and front of an assignment, 11 by 8.5 inches.
3-4: What happens when one folds that into eight and trims it into a tiny book, 2.75 by 4 inches.
5: In-class writing.
6: dis-member / re-member, the book made from that in-class writing. View when open. Measures 3.5 by 7.5 inches closed, 17.5 by 7.5 inches open flat.
7: Layout process to prepare for transfer into book.
8: Prosopography, non-fiction writing assignment.
9: Research, the book made in class from that writing, 4.25 by 5.5 inches.
10: Souvenir Views, after "Research," project I started on my own as a continuation of Research, to be completed by volunteers from home whom I spoke to or of while I was away, 4.25 by 5.5 folded and 17 by 11 inches open flat.
11: Translation, fiction writing assignment.
12-13: Chicago Are We Still Flip / Flip Still We Are Chicago, book made from that writing, two spines each with pages bound in so they can overlap. Second cover and inside page views. Measures 3.75 by 8.5 inches when closed, 11 by 8.5 when open.
14: Poetry writing assignment, developed out of the book form and text above.
15–16: Souvenir Views: Chicago Are We Still, final book assignment, three spines each with pages and artifacts bound in so they can overlap. Cover and inside page views. Measures 7.75 square when closed, 30.5 by 7.75 when fully open.
17-18: Hybrid writing assignment for final book.
19-20: Drawings of knitted fabric made by tracing photos with carbon paper on one side of the page, acetone transferring the image including traced lines on the other side of the page. Measure 29.5 by 5.75 and 20 by 8.5 inches.
21: by Allison (and everyone), page made for last-day class anthology. Each square is one of several traced randomly from one of twelve process artifacts from my work during the week, each pile of squares from one sheet. I then asked each of the other twelve workshop participants to choose their favorite square from a pile and organized the paper quilt from their choices. Measures 6 by 4.25 inches.
22-23 One year later, a book made of someone else's well-intentioned take-home project. She supplied the interior page design in accordion form, with a sentence from each participant and our signature. I designed the form, added poetry magnets made of every word in the book, and constructed 15 copies, one for each of us. 4.25 x 3.25 inches.
