Edition of 10, signed by the book artist

In a clamshell box

Hand painted wood veneer covers [designs vary], 6 hand embroidered pages, 8 woodcut prints, 6 woodcut collages digitally printed on fabric, and two essays: Twelve Readings on the Lichen Thallus by Trevor Goward, and A System of Logic by John Stuart Mill, with historic lichen imagery. The hand-embroidered pages are the text from the Sociology entry of The Encyclopaedia Britannica 11th edition, which describes society as a organism working towards the health of the whole over the desires of the individual.--Artist's website, https://www.gibbsbookbinding.com/artbooks

"System Theory. Texts: Twelve Readings on the Lichen Thallus, by Trevor Goward, University of British Columbia; Curator of Lichens; Enlichened Consulting Ltd. Text © 2008-2012, used with permission of the author. Accessed at https://www.waysofenlichenment.net/ways/readings/index. A System Of Logic, Ratiocinative And Inductive, Being A Connected View Of The Princples Of Evidence, And The Methods Of Scientific Investigation, by John Stuart Mill. New York: Harper & Brothers, 1882. Both texts abridged and slightly edited by Stephanie Gibbs, who is fully responsible for any scientific or other errors of meaning or intention resulting from these changes. Imagery: Lichenographiae Svecicae Prodromus, Erik Acharius, Björn, 1798; Lichenographia Umversalis [sic], Erik Acharius, Gottingae, 1810; Svenska Lafvarnas Färghistoria, Joh. P. Westring, Stockholm, 1805; Beiträge Zur Wissenschaftlichen Botanik, Carl Nägeli, Leipzig, 1863; Die Algentypen Der Flechtengonidien, S. Schwendener, Basel, 1869. Research, design, text abridgement, and binding by Stephanie Gibbs, Los Angeles, California, 2022."--Volume 1 colophon

"System Theory. Text, embroidery on cotton: Kidd, Benjamin. "Sociology." In Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th ed., vol. 25, 322-331. New York: The Encyclopedia Britannica Co., 1911. Imagery: Woodblock prints, Catherine Ulitsky, on Asuka paper. Woodblock collages, from rubbings and hand-dyed veneer patterns, Stephanie Gibbs, digitally printed onto hand-dyed organic cotton. Text, volumes 1 and 2, printed on Mohawk Superfine with an Indigo printer. Covers, hand-dyed maple veneer. Research, design, text abridgement, and binding by Stephanie Gibbs, Los Angeles, California, 2022."--Volume 2 colophon

Artists' books.

Woodcuts.

Embroidery (visual works).

Artists' books - California - Los Angeles - 2022.

Faber Birren Collection (Yale University)

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