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Tag Archives: artists books
Mardi Gras
Happy Mardi Gras from Special Collections! Mardi Gras dates back thousands of years to Pagan celebrations of spring and fertility. This includes the Roman festivals of Saturnalia and Lupercalia! With the immergence of Christianity, these local traditions were incorporated and … Continue reading
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Tagged artists books, carnival, Cookbooks, fat tuesday, lent, Libraries, lupercalia, mardi gras, recipe, saturnalia, Special Collections, university of tulsa
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Western Trilogy II: Mountain, Canyon, Dune
Mary Heebner’s artist book Western Trilogy II contains three separate books titled Mountain, Canyon, and Dune. The entire trilogy holds 45 original watercolor paintings with text accompanying it from essays originally written for The Western Horizon by Macduff Everton, a … Continue reading
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Tagged art, artists books, book, Books, canyon, dune, Mary Heebner, mountain, painting, Special Collections, Trilogy, university of tulsa, Watercolor, Western Trilogy II
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Rorschach’s Animals by Rae Trujillo
Rae Trujillo made her artist book Rorschach’s Animals resemble a box of Animal Crackers. Inside the cover, the reader will find the silhouette of an elephant on the left side of the page and an ink blot on the right … Continue reading
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Tagged animal crackers, animals, art, artists books, Books, elephants, prints, Rae Tujillo, Rorschach, Special Collections, university of tulsa
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In Black and White: Landscape Prints by Claire Van Vliet
A catalogue was created for an exhibition showcasing Claire Van Vliet’s black and white landscape prints at Bates College Museum of Art, Lewiston (January 15th – March 19th, 1999); North Dakota Museum of Art, Grand Forks (April – May 1999); … Continue reading
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Tagged art, artist, artist book, artists books, Books, Claire Van Vliet, collections, exhibition catalog, landscape, prints, Special Collections, university of tulsa
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ABC of Bugs and Plants in a Northern Garden
Judy Sgantas book ABC of Bugs and Plants in a Northern Garden main focus is about garden pests and plants, specifically focusing on what attracts and repels them. There are definitions for each plant and insect including both the standard … Continue reading
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Tagged alphabet, art, artist, artists books, black and white, Books, bugs, color, garden, gardener, Illustrations, Judy Sgantas, plants, roman capital letters, Special Collections
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The garden: a meditation on man & nature
Maureen Cummins book The garden: a meditation on man & nature shows the story of man’s interaction with nature throughout history, with the use of woodblock prints and watercolor. The illustrations are simple and striking with the use of stark … Continue reading
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Tagged art, artists books, block prints, Books, fine printing, Illustrations, Maureen Cummins, printing, Special Collections
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Cutaway by Sarah Bryant
Sarah Bryant creates her work under Big Jump Press, which she started in 2005 while she was an MFA student at the University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa. She produces letterpress printed artist’s books, prints, broadsides, and hand-bound books. She incorporates … Continue reading
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Tagged art, artists books, cutaway, Illustrations, letterpress, printmaking, Sarah Bryant, Special Collections
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Traverse by Louise Levergneux
The book Traverse by Louis Levergneux documents her seven-day journey across the country from South Jordan, Utah to Gatineau, Quebec, in East-Central Canada. She photographs whatever catches her eye, from the climate, the topography, to the state welcome signs through the … Continue reading
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Tagged art, artists books, Books, flipbook, louise levergneux, Special Collections, travel, traverse
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The White Alphabet
The White Alphabet is an artwork, typographical experiment and a feat of paper engineering. It’s an embossed book containing the letters A-P cut in a pop-up fashion on a continuous piece of paper. The author/artist Ron King came up with … Continue reading
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Tagged abstract, alphabet, art, artist, artists books, Books, cut paper, paper, Ron King, Ronald King, Special Collections, the white alphabet
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McFarlin Fellows Dinner: Une soirée avec Martin Walker
This past Thursday, February 22nd, the Special Collections department and McFarlin Fellows hosted the first guest lecture of spring two-thousand and eighteen. The McFarlin Fellows are an integral group of donors with whom Special Collections works closely to purchase new … Continue reading
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Tagged acquisitions, artists books, Books, collections, events, fellows speakers, general, history, Libraries, library, Literature, popular culture, Special Collections, Tulsa, university of tulsa
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