{"id":355,"date":"2020-04-10T19:14:51","date_gmt":"2020-04-10T19:14:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/box5344.temp.domains\/~tigerhe1\/Miranda-Maher\/?page_id=355"},"modified":"2020-06-09T23:23:35","modified_gmt":"2020-06-09T23:23:35","slug":"unique-books-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/miranda-maher.com\/unique-books-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Unique Books"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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unique book with 9 double page spreads accordion folded with covered boards, in contrasting book box.<\/p>

“Library” (Meandering Canon) is a unique artist book, with material on both sides of the accordion folded pages. Each pair of facing pages bears scanned and printed text blocks of the verso (left side) and recto (right side) pages from a different historical book. But the pages are scanned and printed one on the next until the paper can hold no more. Only the edges show us readable fragments of the texts.\u00a0 The chosen books are from important writers, but not necessarily their pivotal work, hence “Meandering” canon. Size is 5×8″ Text areas are excised precisely and adhered to the pages. 2020.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Crotch<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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unique book of [110] ink drawn pages in a case binding, with contrasting slipcase.<\/p>

The interior is made of 27 A4 sheets bearing ink drawings on front and back; then folded and nested into signatures, creating \u201cnew\u201d drawings by pairing different half pages together.\u00a0<\/p>

Most of the ink in the drawings sits in the gutter of the binding, hence the book title, \u201cCrotch.\u201d\u00a0 This word choice (rather than \u201cgutter\u201d or \u201cbinding\u201d) intentionally links the book\u2019s form to the body\u2026 but with a colloquial, even coarse suggestion.<\/p>

The closed book\u2019s cover is formal and subdued, but with the boldfaced title, CROTCH.\u00a0 The juxtaposition of aesthetic with connotation creates intrigue without leading readers\u2019 expectations. Once opened, readers are presented with a title page followed by 52 double page ink drawings. The drawings play with shodo ink calligraphy to expressive abstraction.\u00a0 The drawings are sometimes an integrated whole, other times the two sides are starkly different; but overall, they present no narrative sequence. Instead they explore variation and the relation of recto and verso.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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A series of 9 books (all in the current Penguin edition) that were\u00a0 banned from public libraries or public sale at some point in time.\u00a0 Each is contained in a covering made with a “domestic art” historically the realm of women, working at home by a different woman:<\/p>

“Four Dialogues” Socrates\/Plato<\/strong><\/em>
Needlepoint by JoLynn Maher<\/strong><\/em><\/p>

“Thee Origin of the Specied” Darwin<\/strong><\/em>
Batik by Stephanie Corne<\/strong><\/em><\/p>

“Analects” Confucius<\/strong><\/em>
Macreme by Miranda Maher<\/strong><\/em><\/p>

“Critique of Pure Reason” Kant<\/strong><\/em>
Crochet by Dona Armand-Monro<\/strong><\/em><\/p>

“Dialogues Concerning Two New Sciences” Galileo<\/strong><\/em>
Hand Dyed Applique by Jennifer Bevil<\/strong><\/em><\/p>

“Ulysses” Joyce<\/strong><\/em>
Potholder Weaving by Caitlin Rothermel\u00a0<\/strong><\/em><\/p>

“Discourrse o Method” Descartes<\/strong><\/em>
Cross Stitch by Sarah Stengle<\/strong><\/em><\/p>

“Justine” de Sade<\/strong><\/em>
Quilting by Karen Crenshaw<\/strong><\/em><\/p>

“The Prince” Machiavelli<\/strong><\/em>
Knitting by Laura Graff<\/strong><\/em><\/p>

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Library (Meandering Canon) unique book with 9 double page spreads accordion folded with covered boards, in contrasting book box. “Library” (Meandering Canon) is a unique artist book, with material on both sides of the accordion folded pages. Each pair of facing pages bears scanned and printed text blocks of the verso (left side) and recto (right side) pages from a different historical book. But the pages are scanned and printed one on the next until the paper can hold no more. Only the edges show us readable fragments of the texts.\u00a0 The chosen books are from important writers, but not necessarily their pivotal work, hence “Meandering” canon. Size is 5×8″ Text areas are excised precisely and adhered to the pages. 2020. https:\/\/youtu.be\/L_m0YbBpx-Y Crotch unique book of [110] ink drawn pages in a case binding, with contrasting slipcase. The interior is made of 27 A4 sheets bearing ink drawings on front and back; then folded and nested into signatures, creating \u201cnew\u201d drawings by pairing different half pages together.\u00a0 Most of the ink in the drawings sits in the gutter of the binding, hence the book title, \u201cCrotch.\u201d\u00a0 This word choice (rather than \u201cgutter\u201d or \u201cbinding\u201d) intentionally links the book\u2019s form to the body\u2026 but with a colloquial, even coarse suggestion. The closed book\u2019s cover is formal and subdued, but with the boldfaced title, CROTCH.\u00a0 The juxtaposition of aesthetic with connotation creates intrigue without leading readers\u2019 expectations. Once opened, readers are presented with a title page followed by 52 double page ink drawings. The drawings play with shodo ink calligraphy to expressive abstraction.\u00a0 The drawings are sometimes an integrated whole, other times the two sides are starkly different; but overall, they present no narrative sequence. Instead they explore variation and the relation of recto and verso. Banned Books A series of 9 books (all in the current Penguin edition) that were\u00a0 banned from public libraries or public sale at some point in time.\u00a0 Each is contained in a covering made with a “domestic art” historically the realm of women, working at home by a different woman: “Four Dialogues” Socrates\/PlatoNeedlepoint by JoLynn Maher “Thee Origin of the Specied” DarwinBatik by Stephanie Corne “Analects” ConfuciusMacreme by Miranda Maher “Critique of Pure Reason” KantCrochet by Dona Armand-Monro “Dialogues Concerning Two New Sciences” GalileoHand Dyed Applique by Jennifer Bevil “Ulysses” JoycePotholder Weaving by Caitlin Rothermel\u00a0 “Discourrse o Method” DescartesCross Stitch by Sarah Stengle “Justine” de SadeQuilting by Karen Crenshaw “The Prince” MachiavelliKnitting by Laura Graff \u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-355","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/miranda-maher.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/355","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/miranda-maher.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/miranda-maher.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/miranda-maher.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/miranda-maher.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=355"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/miranda-maher.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/355\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":431,"href":"https:\/\/miranda-maher.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/355\/revisions\/431"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/miranda-maher.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=355"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}