Sleepy Duskywing

Description:	Sleepy Duskywing was added to Maines threatened species list in 2007. It is a small brown butterfly...Five of the 114 species are believed extirpated from Maine, and ten have been listed as state-endangered or [of] special concern by Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife--Vamp & Tramp website.Cloth-covered box holds a pamphlet and interior lid that can be lifted to display a string assembly on which hang 5 butterfly cutouts (printed on a Gocco printer). The outer box has an interior notch for the interior lid to rest upon. Five cotton strings attach to underside of interior lid and bottom of the box. A cotton loop on top of interior lid lifts the butterfly display. Laid in on top of the interior lid a 5 x 5 hand-stitched two-leaf title and colophon pamphlet with text handwritten in ink. The outer cloth-covered box, a drop lid clamshell box, has a cotton thread and bone closure...after opening the box and pulling the string upward, five of the butterflies float up out of the box. With a string from the ceiling, the loop on the interior lid can be tethered in place for display--Vamp & Tramp website.Edition limited to 6 copiesI-ART: Library has copy no. 3, signed and dated by the artist.
Origin:	2009
Created By:	Goodale, Rebecca
Publisher:	[Portland, Me. : R. Goodale], 2009.
Source:	http://iuidigital.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/BookArts/id/2314
Collection:	Herron Library Fine Press and Book Arts Collection
Rights:	http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/
Copyright:	In Copyright
Subjects:	Goodale, Rebecca. Artists books--Maine. Butterflies in art--Maine--Pictorial works. Toy and movable books--Maine. Endangered species in art. Paper art--Maine. cloth-covered box, string, ink, cotton thread, bone closure

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