Born in Denver, I have always lived in Colorado, currently maintaining a studio and residence in the Denver metro area. I received my BFA in Studio Arts with an emphasis in printmaking and photography from the University of Colorado. I have worked as a studio artist since then in a variety of two- and three-dimensional media.
For the past twelve years, I have focused on the book form. A familiarity with many materials is invaluable to my approach to the book as interactive sculpture. Expanding the conceptual definition of 'book', I often work with non-traditional materials such as glass, porcelain and steel, although for practical purposes most of my limited edition work relies on more traditional book materials and structures. I have achieved national recognition in this field and work as a visiting artist and instructor throughout the United States. My work has been exhibited in 35 solo and over 100 group exhibitions in the US, Ireland, Austria, Mexico, England and Canada.
This exhibit features a mini-retrospective of Ravenpress editions. I created the Ravenpress imprint in 1995. Ravenpress books are known for their use of contemporary structures based on historical models, erotic content and miniature scale. They are held in dozens of public, private and special collections worldwide.
Unless otherwise stated all artwork, design, binding and text is mine.To purchase Alica's work,
please contact Laura at 23 Sandy.
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| Green is the Vein Edition of 5 5x.75 inches The text is extracted from Barry Dempster’s piece “Green is the Vein . . . “ published in the collection “Letters From a Long Illness With the World. The D. H. Lawrence Poems” $400 |
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| Struck Edition of 50 .75x2x1 inches $15 |
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| Furnace Creek Edition of 29 1.75x2x2 inches Furnace Creek is a place of fallen ghost trees, laughing coyotes, snakes wriggling free of their skin. A place of quiet where hearts grow and warm, spirits and passions soar. Color laser printed onto Mohawk Superfine text from an original watercolor by Alicia Bailey that evokes an environment seen through eyes clouded with awe. Twenty-eight page fixed accordion in shaped cover with ribbon tie housed in paste paper covered box with yin-yang bone and bead adornment on box lid. $60 |
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| Ab Edition of 12 4.5/8x31/8x.5 inches Wrapper opens to 4.75x10.75 Ink on sumi paper with laserprinting, millimeter style binding with red leather spine, cover papers hand-marbled papers (Pamela Smith), Buhgra endpapers in wrapper with book cloth and Smith marbled paper, Gocco gold printed on wrapper cover. This book compares the physiological workings of the heart (day and night, night and day, a pair of pumps works steadily inside our bodies) with Aubri Aleka Keleman’s poem Suggestions for Improving the Heart and Its Workings. The trouble comes in its shape, its obvious desire to split in two. Each page of this book is handpainted with ink on sumi paper over laserprinted text. Millimeter style binding with a leather spine and handmarbled cover and endpapers with wrap-around case. $250 |
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| Ab (miniature version) Edition of 25 3x2 3/8x3/8 inches Color Xerox from original watercolors on Mohawk superfine text using modified butterfly binding, open spine. Covers are board covered with laser printed/handpainted title & illustration on paper made by Ray Tomasso (Interocean Curiousity Studio). 24 pages, plus endpapers of papers hand-marbled by Pamela Smith. Text block edges painted with graphite/acrylic medium. $60 |
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| Anguine Edition of 14 5.25x8x4.5 inches Box 6.5x5.5x1 Book is a monoprint/laser transfer on Rives BFK light with additional handwork and stenciling. The covers are of snakeskin and paper laminated to book board. The box has a leather spine/handpainted paper covers and handpainted recessed paper label. a dream or perhaps a fantasy about waking with a snake under a starlit desert sky, the text of this slotted zig-zag style book was inspired by a short story by Colorado author Carolyn Hull. $400 |
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| Beach House Edition of 12 3x3x.75 inches, opens to 3x3x6 The short excerpt from Judith Vollmer’s book, Level Green poignantly describes a life force as seemingly contained, yet vast beyond imagining. A four-panel mixed media construction, this piece includes brass charms and a wire wrapped clay tile in the shape of a house. $60 |
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| Hunting the Burn Edition of 20 4x3x3 inches Text by Carolyn Hull Mediapaste papers, color inkjet prints, polymer transfers, tea-stained and waxed papers, laserprints, decorated papers, box is paper mache with wax and charcoal, hemp wrapped bullet, black stones and feathers, synthetic cord and wire mesh, bullet. $110 |
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| January Edition of 25 3x3x.2 5inches, Opens to 3x27 Author Frances Horovitz. 8-panel accordion, intaglio print on rives lightweight with handpainted title page. Cover is lightweight Unryu with gold and silver flecks over museum board with handpainted title. $80 |
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| Haiku Box Open Edition 3x3x3 inches Traditional Haiku poetry refers to the rhythms of the natural world, quite often making explicit reference to the four seasons. Each wall of this box has a small book with Haiku poems for each season. The text is laserprint on pastepaper. The lid is adorned with beads and the box is handstamped and embossed. $75 |
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| Mexico Stories Edition of 100 5.75x4.5x.25inches Three short stories, Esmerelda, Reader of Palms & Thorns, written by Colorado writer Carolyn Hull during a retreat in Mexico, in the sultry magic realism style often associated with that geography. The stories are bound in a dos-a-dos-a-dos pamphlet stitched wrap around cover. Cover and chapter head illustrations are inkjet prints of photographs by Alicia Bailey. Pages are laserprint with hand stamping. Opens to 5.75x22 inches $36 |
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| Alphabet of Desire miniature Edition of 100 2.75x2.75x.25 inches Text by Heidi Zednik. Digital output in millimeter style binding. Cover papers are hand-made by Ray Tomasso (InterOcean Curiousity Studio), end pages made by Katie MacGregor. $75 |
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| Let Yourself Edition of 25 .75x2x1 inches Rumi text meanders through an 8-panel accordion. Each is color copied on Mohawk Superfine Text from one of 3 slightly different originals. Backside is pastepaper. Covers paste paper. $15 |
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| Jump Edition of 25 8x8x.25 inches Includes text by Annie Dillard, Aubri Aleka Keleman and Heidi Zednik. French-door book, bound with three brass rings on each side. Images and text are black-and-white and color copies on transparent stock, color inkjet on Arches 90 lb. rough watercolor, 90 lb. cover and transparency, laserprint on a variety of text-weight papers and hand-painted Arches cover. $175 |
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| October Edition of 29 2.5x1.25x1.25 inches Susanna Roxman © 1995 Book cover: birds nest paper, book cloth, handwritten spine, ribbon. Text pages: color copy on Mohawk Superfine text with handpainted/stamping on backside. Box is covered with pastepaper and is adorned with glass/metal bead sculpture. 28 pages, each page illustrated $60 |
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| Poised for Flight Edition of 27 3.5x3.5x.25 inches, Opens to 3.5x16 This triangular accordion book is folded so that it twists when opened, making it easier to read both sides of the book simultaneously than to read one side at a time. Etching from a copper plate on sized Sumi paper with transfer text and Unryu-covered museum board covers. $24 |
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| The Raven and the Peacock Edition of 38 1.75x1.75x2 inches Why is the peacock so brilliantly colored and the raven pure black? This sextogonal accordion-style book tells the tale (based on a traditional Native American story). The text and four illustrations are laserprint on paste-paper, laminated to an iridescent paper from Taiwan. Covers are museum board and Aqualine hand- marbled paper. The box is covered in a matching Aqualine paper with brass feather and glass bead adornment. Laserprint on pastepapers, museum board, decorative papers, ribbon, box, glass & brass plate beads. 26 pages, accordion style with fixed covers, four black and white illustrations. $60 |
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| Tanka Box Edition 100 3x3x3 inches Tanka is a Japanese poetic form that has existed for over 1300 years. Longer than the more familiar haiku, Tanka allows for deeper thought and expression of themes. Tanka’s were originally used as a way of privately expressing emotion between lovers and friends. The Tanka collected in this box is contemporary, written in English. Each wall of the box is a small book with Tanka poems and watercolor paintings by Alicia Bailey. The pages are color Xerox on Mohawk superfine text. $75 |
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| Water of Life Edition of 20 .75x2x1 inches Water of Life $15 |
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| Thank You Rice Edition of 20 3x1x2.2 5inches Text by Jocelyn Bailey Laser print on 90 lb. arches, color inkjet on tissue illustrations, tipped in, hand stamping, ink, museum board, soft unryu paper, ribbon, shell, rice, velvet box $110 |
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| Tongue Tied Edition of 25 The poem ‘Tongue Tied’ by Patricia Beers describes the almost unbearable results of a lifetime of keeping silent. The two-sided accordian book is hinge-bound with 16 penny nails and housed in a nail/mesh and wood structure. Unless handled carefully this book can easily cause physical injury and pain. Text is laserprint on lace paper. Alicia Bailey’s photographs, which allude to bondage and repression, are inkjet printed on sumi paper. Objects and text initially hidden by the photographs are revealed as the reader interacts with this book. |
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| Tool Box Edition of 10 8x6.25x1.5 inches Inkjet and laser prints on watercolor and Canson Mi Tientes paper, decorative papers, glassine, thread, Tyvek. Coptic bound. $200 |
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| To purchase Alica's work, please contact Laura at 23 Sandy. |
