Today's holiday Gifty Picks are from Illinois artist Pamela Paulsrud. Her Touchstones have been gallery visitor favorites since our Sense and Sensuality juried exhibition way back in 2007. These incredibly soft altered vintage books are sanded down to a smooth rock shape and make great gifts.
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In keeping with yesterday's deck of cards Gifty Pick, today's feature is also a deck of cards. Iowa artist Anne Covell has created this awesome deck, titled Natural Order: A Game of Pairs, modeled on the kids game of pairs using fantastic letterpress printed animal illustrations. The set includes a learning guide booklet and matching paper box.
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Today's holiday Gifty Pick is by Tacoma, Washington-based letterpress printer and book artist Jessica Spring. The full title of this terrific little tome is An Inflammatory Guide to Banned and Challenged Books You Should Read. It's neon orange cover and ink in a matchbook style will really make you think about what's happening even in censorship today—consider The Hunger Games, for example, a current hit book and movie that has been challenged many time across the country.
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Today's holiday Gifty Pick is a very fun book by Portland artist, Marilyn Zornado titled Adventures in Pen Land. This colorfully illustrated accordion book is a journey to the fabled land where pens learn their wicked ways. A great gift for the fan of calligraphy on your list.
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One of the things I love about the new and in-progress 23 Sandy Gallery web store is the ability to create Curated Collections of works grouped by themes. Our special Valentine's Day Curated Collection, Love Between the Pages, features artist books from gallery inventory about love, lust, innocence, passion and desire. This very special collection includes books by Alicia Bailey, Karen Hanmer, Andrew Huot, Dan Kirchhefer, Amandine Nabarra-Piomelli, Peter and Donna Thomas and more.
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