| Title | What's in a Name Cowgirl Blues |
| Artist / Creator | Elsi Vassdal Ellis |
| Press Name | EVE Press |
| Artist's Nationality | United States |
| Place of Publication | Bellingham, WA |
| Publication Date | 2014 |
| Process / Technique | Inkjet |
| Structure / Binding | Single signature pamphlet sewn text block with paper wrap cover |
| Medium / Materials | 19th century engraved images combined in Photoshop |
| Paper Stock | French Pop-Tone Cotton Candy 100# cover; Mohawk Superfine 100# text |
| Number of Pages | 20 pages |
| Dimensions (WxHxD) | 6.13 x 4 x .25 inches. |
| Edition Size | Edition of 50 |
| Signed & Numbered | Yes |
What's in a Name Cowgirl Blues by Elsi Vassdal Ellis
$25.00
Kids bullying kids, athletes bullying athletes. We are living in an age of verbal and physical, as well cyber bullies. The torments of bullies become tattooed on the heart. What's in a Name Cowgirl Blues recounts my 6th grade victimization at the hands of new classmates when a 12-year-old "introduced" to Elsie, the Cow, spokes-cow for Borden's dairy products. Without intervention by my teacher, I became more withdrawn or, as she told my parents, "I didn't communicate." I ended the taunting by taking on the largest kid in the class.
Artist Bio
Elsi Vassdal Ellis creates books in Paradise: a well equipped studio in the Pacific Northwest. Since 1983 she has produced 117 editions (offset, letterpress, digital, stenciled, punched and cloth) as EVE Press as well 114 one-of-a-kinds. She exhibits nationally and internationally. Her work is permanently housed in many public collections including the National Museum of Women in the Arts, New York City Public Library, Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry, Grabhorn Collection in the San Francisco Public Library, and Arts of the Book Collection in the Yale University Library. Western Washington University has been her professional home since 1977 where she holds the rank of full professor. She teaches digital pre-press, offset and letterpress printing, graphic design history, and book arts. She has also taught Honors seminar courses combining book history topics with the making of historical models.