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3.5.2007

Description: 1 artists book (unnumbered pages); 32 x 18 cm Printed in an edition of 4Quote by Heinrich Heine, overlayed with information regarding the bombing of al-Mutanabbi Street, Baghdad, March 5, 2007. The right, burnt edges of the accordion-fold structure unfold to reveal the profile of a full-height mans body--Colophon. Medium: Rives BFK paper; digitally-designed interior; Palatino-type text. Covers are wrapped with sun-washed, sienna-tinted handmade paper, and decorated with recycled pieces of discarded booksTennille Davis Shuster was formally trained as a graphic designer at James Madison University in Virginia. During her career as a graphic designer and illustrator, she has been honored with Communicator and ADDY awards, and is an active member of the American Institute for Graphic Arts. She recently earned a Master of Fine Arts from Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, Fla. She is currently an associate professor at Nova Southeastern Universitys Farquhar College of Arts. Her areas of academic interest focus on artists books as a vehicle for graphic authorship; altered book sculptures and installations; letterpress printing (handset wood and lead type and photopolymer); hand-rendered and digital illustration, and large-format publication design.
Origin: 2012
Created By: Shuster, Tennille Davis
Contributor(s): Al-Mutanabbi Street Starts Here Coalition
Source: http://iuidigital.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/AMSSH/id/696
Collection: Al-Mutanabbi Street Starts Here Coalition Collection
Rights: http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/
Copyright: In Copyright
Subjects: artists book
art
bookworks

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