Self-dual: how to walk a 30,000 mile tightrope

Description:	During the three years while she was earning her MFA in Book Arts from the University of Alabama, Ellen Knudson each week left her young son and husband (who teaches at Mississippi State University) in Starkville and drove the 80+ miles on US 82 to Tuscaloosa – and each week she retraced her route, returning home to spend time with her family. The trip – her passage between her dual existences during this time, is here documented with expressive typography and images.--Vamp & Tramp Booksellers website (accessed June 27, 2018).Dual is a mathematical term that means, if you have a geometric object such as a cube, you can draw another object inside it by joining the midpoints of the faces. The object is self-dual when the new interior object looks like the original, only rotated and smaller. Self dual suited the status of my life. The book is a collection of driving thoughts that occurred during the 30,000 miles I drove between Starkville and Tuscaloosa from 03 to 05.--Artist statement from Vamp & Tramp Booksellers website (accessed June 27, 2018).
Origin:	2005
Created By:	Knudson, Ellen
Publisher:	Starkville, Mississippi: Crooked Letter Press, 2005.
Source:	http://iuidigital.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/BookArts/id/1078
Collection:	Herron Library Fine Press and Book Arts Collection
Rights:	http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/
Copyright:	In Copyright
Subjects:	Knudson, Ellen. Artists books--United States. dos-a-dos style case binding dyed Mingei paper and Iris bookcloth, cotton paper handmade from Knudson clothes, paper letterfold case

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