Research Catalog

Title

Cat's cradle / designed, written and produced by Julie Chen.

Author

Chen, Julie

Publication

• Berkeley, California : Flying Fish Press, [2013]
• ©2013

Items in the Library & Off-site

Details

Additional Authors

• Tetenbaum, Barbara
• Flying Fish Press, publisher

Description

1 artist's book : paper, fabric, letterpress; 21 cm

Summary

• "Cat's cradle translates thoughts about the nature of existence from idea to form by employing the book structure itself as a visual/physical model of concepts portrayed in the text. The book as object can be displayed in two distinct ways: circularly or linearly. This dual display feature contributes its own conceptual meaning to the book as a whole"--Flying Fish Press website, viewed on June 29, 2016
• Consists of four strips of Mohawk Superfine paper, each folded accordion style, stacked in order of size from longest to shortest, and stitched together at the outside folds to form a structure of 5 double-page spreads. The top three layers contain cutouts; first and third layers contain mounted laser-cut natural linen fabric designs including the words "Beginning," "Existing," "Ending"; second layer contains mounted strips with letterpress text on the nature of existence. On verso of last inside fold of the bottom layer two slips are mounted with edition information and colophon. First and last leaf of the bottom layer mounted as front and back pastedowns.

Subjects

• Artists' books
• Pop-up books
• Cut-paper works
• Laser art
• Words in art
• Chen, Julie
• Ontology > Pictorial works
• Pop-up books > Specimens
• Beginning > Pictorial works
• Chance in art
• Fabric art (Visual works)
• Paper sculpture
• Sculpture
• Cut-out craft > Specimens
• Artists' books > United States > 21st century
• Specimens

Genre/Form

• Specimens.
• Artists' books – United States – 21st century.
• Laser art.
• Cut-paper works.
• Fabric art (Visual works)
• Sculpture.
• Paper sculpture.

Note

• "Edition of 50 copies"--First slip mounted inside last fold.
• Cover title. Statement of responsibility, publisher information and date of copyright from second slip mounted inside last fold.
• "The idea for Cat's cradle was generated using the Artist's book ideation cards by Barbara Tetenbaum and Julie Chen. To inaugurate the publication of this card set, Barb and Julie invited a group of book artists to each make a book that was inspired by a drawing of the cards. The resulting books were shown at the Seager Gray Gallery in Mill Valley in February and March of 2013 as an exhibition entitled 'Ideation by chance.' The cards drawn for Cat's cradle included the following: Text: self-generated, Imagery: none, Paper: neutral, Color: least favorite, Technique: digital, Layout: across the fold, Structure: Innovative binding, Adjectives: mysterious, spiritual, encyclopedic, organic, lyrical"--Flying Fish Press website, viewed on June 29, 2016: http://www.flyingfishpress.com/booksinprint/catscradle.html
• "Digitally printed on Mohawk Superfine and includes laser cut elements. Carousel structure: 5 spreads, each with 3 layers of overlapping concertina folds with sections cut out to create a 3-dimensional scene. When opened and covers are placed against each other, it forms a star-shaped structure, 11" in diameter. Tie closures"--Vamp & Tramp, Booksellers website, viewed on June 29, 2016.

Binding (note)

• Natural linen boards with paper label on front cover; ribbon ties.

Call Number

Spencer Coll. Amer. 2013 16-40

OCLC

844752865

Author

Chen, Julie, book artist.

Title

Cat's cradle / designed, written and produced by Julie Chen.

Publisher

Berkeley, California : Flying Fish Press, [2013]

Copyright Date

©2013

Type of Content

text

still image

three-dimensional form

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Local Note

Spencer Coll. copy is no. 19, signed by Julie Chen.

Binding

Natural linen boards with paper label on front cover; ribbon ties.

Place of Publication

United States California Berkeley.

Added Author

Based on (work): Tetenbaum, Barbara. Artist's book ideation cards.

Flying Fish Press, publisher.

Research Call Number

Spencer Coll. Amer. 2013 16-40