Title | Journey |
Artist / Creator | Alicia Bailey |
Press Name | Ravenpress |
Artist's Nationality | United States |
Place of Publication | Aurora, CO |
Publication Date | 2019 |
Author of Text | Ursula K. LeGuin |
Process / Technique | laser etching, laser cutting, hand-lettering |
Number of Images | 0 |
Structure / Binding | Interlocking - I call it an Interstate |
Medium / Materials | ink, laser printing |
Paper Stock | repurposed maps, card stock |
Number of Pages | 8 + wrap around wrapper |
Dimensions (WxHxD) | 4.25 x 4 x 0.25 inches |
Edition Size | open edition |
Box / Wrapper | card stock wrapper on which instructions for creating the structure are detailed |
Signed & Numbered | yes |
Created with what I call the Interstate binding, this book functions as both a presentation of some text extracted from the writings of Ursula K. LeGuin, and a teaching model for this particular book structure.
Includes this text, excerpted from Ursula K. LeGuin's "The Left Hand of Darkness":
“It is good to have an end to journey toward; but it is the journey that matters, in the end.”
Includes this text, excerpted from Ursula K. LeGuin's "The Left Hand of Darkness":
“It is good to have an end to journey toward; but it is the journey that matters, in the end.”
Artist Bio
Studio artist/gallerist Alicia Bailey, is affiliated with several professional organizations and is is owner/director of Abecedarian Artists Books in Denver, Colorado. She is also a member of Denver's Spark Gallery. Alicia acts as an independent curator/juror, instructor/mentor and regional events coordinator in the book arts. In her studio work, she has focused on book and box arts since the mid-nineties, producing box works, artists' books, sculptural books, limited edition books. Her work has been featured in dozens of solo and group exhibits throughout the world and is held in numerous public, private and special collections. An archive of her work is under development at University of Denver Penrose Library Special Collections.