Onward; From the Gujurati Unicornis, to the Nürnberg Workshops to M xihco Ten chtitlan Two volumes
n.p. The Rhinoceros Project, 2019. Softcover. Number 16 of 45 copies signed and numbered by the book artists. Anne Beck and Michelle Wilson are two noted book artists who have collaborated for several years through The Rhinoceros Project. They describe the Project as "largely a search for renewed values systems based in belonging and interconnectedness - through craft, art& colonial histories and socially engaged practice. Onward maps the trajectories of colonial characters integral to our research - Vasco da Gama, [Albert Durer's] 1515 Rhinoceros, Hernan Cortez, Junipero Serra - and visits with some of the plants and one insect who were instigators and witnesses to these travels." The book is comprised of two small yet intricate volumes - one with a pamphlet stitch with a fold out center, and one with a Turkish map fold out array. One book has painted multi-colored stripes. The other is covered in black and white paper with the white dots resembling starts. They are held in a hand-sewn fabric enclosure with string ties with blue cloth covers and a multi-colored inner lining depicting plants. The books are letterpress, digital, and woodblock printed on handmade abaca paper and Neenah Environment Almond. There is embroidery on hand-dyed and found fabrics, hand-dyed thread and hand-painted natural inks. Type was set in Cochin and Charlemagne standard. In fine condition. The measure 6 x 7 inches. Unpaginated. ARTB/032224. Fine. More