Ravel/unravel

Description:	Textile Book. Sewing. Original collograph printing plates were created and then printed with oil-based ink on muslin. Images, text, and fabrics were hand- and machine-applied to unbleached muslin pages. Text was transferred to the pages with a variety of techniques including iron-on transfer paper, rubber stamps, and direct printing. Cotton fabrics, trim, notions and embroidery further embellish the pages. The interior of the pages were stabilized by interfacing, and the entire book was bound in a soft cover. The protective case is constructed of book board and cotton fabrics. Housed in handsewn cloth envelope with button clasp with title sewn in.A wealth of technique, imagination, and inventiveness. The fabric swaddles and softens the edges of lived lives offered in short tales of joy, loss, and transcendence. Ravel/Unravel is rich and fulfilling visually and spiritually. It is one of those books that haunts and comforts.-- Vamp & Tramp Booksellers website (accessed August 16, 2018).A collaborative exploration of the words ravel and unravel, which are opposites but have the same meaning. We explored this conundrum within the context of our own lives and the lives of others. We chose fabric as a medium because it lent itself well to our subject, and the tactile and visual qualities of fabric appealed to us.--Full Plate Press statement from Vamp & Tramp Booksellers website (accessed August 16, 2018).Full Plate Press is a quartet of women (Lynn Agnew, Robin Hruska, Susan Lange and Mary Jeanne MJ Linford), who have been working together making artists books both individually and collectively for many years. Ravel/unravel is our second collaborative artist book--Booklet.This limited edition book is a collaborative exploration of the words ravel and unravel, which are opposites, but have the same meaning. We explored this conundrum within the context of our own lives and the lives of others. We chose fabric as a medium because it lent itself well to our subject, and the tactile and visual qualities of fabric appealed to us--http://gallery.23sandy.com/uncommon-threads/linford/Issued in an edition of 12.Poetry credited to the artists.
Origin:	2010
Created By:	Agnew, Lynn; Hruska, Robin; Lange, Susan; Linford, Mary Jean
Publisher:	Seattle, Washington: Full Plate Press, 2010
Source:	http://iuidigital.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/BookArts/id/2339
Collection:	Herron Library Fine Press and Book Arts Collection
Rights:	http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/
Copyright:	In Copyright
Subjects:	Agnew, Lynn, 1951-Hruska, Robin. Lange, Susan. Linford, Mary Jeanne. Fine books. Altered books. Fabric pictures. Textile fabrics in art. Artists books--Washington (State) Semiotics and art. Visual perception. Women artists. hand-sewn ink-based oil, muslin, fabrics, trim, notions, cotton fabric envelope

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