#Artists' Book Collection

[uwmspeccoll]

Cannupa Hanska Luger, New Myth, Future Technologies, 2021

Dana Claxton, Headdress-Jeneen, 2018

Teresa Baker, Hidatsa Red, 2022

Raven Chacon, For Zitkala Sa Series, 2019

Caroline Monnet, Echoes from a near future, 2022

Marie Watt, Skywalker/Skyscraper (Calling Sky World), 2021

Anna Tsouhlarakis, The Native Guide Project, 2019

Meryl McMaster, Harbourage for a Song, 2019

Marie Watt, Companion Species (Calling Back, Calling Forward), 2021

Staff Pick of the Week

An Indigenous Present proposes that a book can be a space for community engagement through the transcultural gathering of more than sixty contemporary Indigenous and Native artists. Published by BIG NDN Press and Delmonico Books in 2023, An Indigenous Present was conceived of and edited by Mississippi Choctaw and Cherokee artist Jeffrey Gibson (b. 1972) over the course of nearly two decades. 

In Gibson’s own words, “An Indigenous Present celebrates the work of visual artists, musicians, poets, choreographers, designers, filmmakers, performance artists, architects, collectives, and writers whose work offers fresh starting lines for Native and Indigenous art. But the book does not attempt comprehensiveness. Rather, those included here are makers I admire, have collaborated with or been inspired by, and who’ve challenged my thinking. . . . These artists and what they make will guide us to Indigenous futurities authored by us in unabashedly Indigenous ways.”  

An Indigenous Present features over 400 pages of color photographs, poetry, essays, and interviews resulting in a stunning visual experience for readers and a shift towards more inclusive art systems. The front cover art shown here is by Canadian artist Caroline Monnet entitled Indigenous Represent. 

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– Jenna, Special Collections Graduate Intern 

[tanyaluca]

Summer Window…

Tanya Luca

[horrorlesbians]

we as a society have lost our culture when we let VHS tapes die. and now they're killing DVDs. is the physical not sacred anymore?

[georgiacooked]

The Dracula Daily Sketch Collection Is Finally Available For Purchase!

After several months of waiting, issues with printing and Amazon design settings, It's finally here! You can now own The Dracula Daily Sketch Collection in paperback form!!

YOU CAN ORDER IT HERE FROM AMAZON.

Please let me know if you encounter any issues.

(The above video is the hardback preview, while the photos show the paperback. Hardbacks should be available via shopify eventually, but we've found some issues with the binding at the back, and Amazon won't do hardbacks in the correct shape, so updates on that soon!)

[uispeccoll]

#MiniatureMonday #TinyTuesday

A Mushroom ABC. by Peter and Donna Thomas

For the beginning of summer, MiniMondays is going to have a series focusing on a small fraction of the lovely artists books by Peter and Donna Thomas!

For our book after a long weekend, we have some lovely illustrations of mushrooms in an ABC accordion book!

"Printed watercolors on one side of an accordion folded handmade sheet (50 x 150 mm.), shaped to resemble a mushroom. First and last folded leaves mounted on two paper boards, covered with gray paper, and also shaped as a mushroom. Title paper label on front cover. Issued in a slipcase covered with paper and with a mylar front cover that reveals the shaped binding."--Catalog

Peter and Donna Thomas are "book artists from Santa Cruz, CA. They work both collaboratively and individually; letterpress printing, hand-lettering and illustrating texts, making paper, and hand binding both fine press and artists’ books." They have made over 100 limited edition books, often with Peter making the paper, and Donna doing the illustrations.

Check out more of Donna and Peter's books at Uiowa here.

--Diane R., Special Collections Graduate Student

[vonnart]

New Coins! This one is for all the late night readers and bookworms out there! 📚

Sign up for my Patreon by March 17th to receive one! https://www.patreon.com/posts/100235524

[sunny-boooo]

A total normal and stable family for sure.

I also tried making a portrait frame but it looked ugly as hell so I gave up.

[quailtea]

The Unicorn in Captivity, but make it ✨90’s✨

[ellenbastos]

I decided to make Bill from Gravity Falls in biscuit, the funny thing is that while I was making it my Bill book arrived

and this is how my gravity falls collection is

[theamericanpin-up]

Earl MacPherson - "Student Model" - September 1953 Artist's Sketch Book Calendar Illustration - Shaw-Barton Calendar Co. - American Pin-up Calendar Collection

[curlworks]

Shop Update: Friday @ 7PM CST!

Here's a peek at some of our new goodies that'll be in the shop update THIS FRIDAY at 7pm CST! Here's a link to get you going: curlworks.net/shop

[allisonchinart]

Sketchbook 2015-2020

I’ve put together a 100-page artbook full of pieces from 2015-2020, showcasing all the pencil & ink process steps and details all together, all in one place. It’s free for any viewing, study, practice, and inspiration! Enjoy! https://allisonchinart.gumroad.com/l/freesketchbook

[abixana]

Quasimodo / le bossu de Notre-Dame

Quasimodo /The Hunchback of Notre-Dame

[nathsketch]

Some new goodies on my little boutique for my fellow book lovers!

What have you been reading lately?

Happy Friday and a wonderful weekend!  📖

Find me here: Instagram | Website & Portfolio

[georgiacooked]

DRACULA DAILY SKETCH COLLECTION HARDBACK IS NOW OPEN FOR PREORDER!

Current wave open until 1st April 2024, for shipping in early summer. Please feel free to contact me with any questions or concerns.

[uispeccoll]

#MiniatureMonday!

The Asian American? Project is an open edition miniature artists’ book by the multidisciplinary artist Irene Chan. Asian American? Project is comprised of 35 loose, unnumbered business cards with text providing responses to comments and questions that strangers ask Asian Americans. The deck is inspired by the real interactions of question and answer that enforce racial stereotypes and myths experienced by Chan throughout her life and career as an artist. Chan’s other works also explore themes of identity and the Asian American experience.

Smith Miniatures Collection   N7433.4.C4558 A85 2007

M Clark, Instruction Graduate Assistant