A Route of Evanescence
The Netherlands: Double Dutch Design, 2020. Hardcover. This is a unique artist's book from the highly regarded book artist, Merike van Zanten. Merike focused on book arts, letterpress design and printing in the United States beginning in 2003 in the US, but re-established studio in The Netherlands around 2020. She has participated in numerous exhibitions, residencies, and workshops during her career. Her work can be found in a number of libraries, including the Bainbridge Museum of Art, The Walker Library of the History of Human Imagination, Boston Atheneum, Stanford University, Baylor University and the University of Miami. Merike is an accomplished artist using eco printing techniques. Eco printing is a process whereby only natural materials are used such as leaves and flowers that transfer their pigments onto a substrate when subjected to heat and pressure. The process produces exceptionally beautiful designs and colors. This work, which she describes as an eco printed book displays the beauty of this technique, which creates various designs without the use of paints and ink. Bound in rose cloth boards with leather eco printed covers. The eco printed pages are printed on Arches Aquarelle paper with parchment paper transfers. The artist also incorporated handcast abaca with embedded flowers. Housed in a burgundy cloth covered slipcase. A lovely book in fine condition. Measures 6.25 x 7.75 inches. Unpaginated [20 pages] ARTB/031424. Fine. More