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Termite grid
Author
Title
Termite grid / Ron King ; cut by Anthony Hyde.
Published
[London] : [Circle Press], 1998.
Physical Description
1 art original : wood ; 11 cm high, 8.5 cm in diameter
Notes
Imprint and author statement cut into bottom of log. Title cut into last leaf.
"Log books. An on-going project, begun in 1995, for a series of book-works which explore the possibilities of sawing a log of wood into book sections, or pages, which can be re-assembled into their original log form. There are variations in size for three main designs."--Cooking the books.
Selected exhibitions: “'Of Green Leaf, Bird, and Flower': Artists' Books and the Natural World" (Yale Center for British Art, May 15 - August 10, 2014).
Summary
"Termite grid. Inspired by the wood-worm track on the outside of a log, with finely sawn pages, codex-bound in linen, and a grid of holes drilled right through the thickness of the book block."--Cooking the books.
Variant and related titles
Log book 5
Format
Other
Language
English
Added to Catalog
May 10, 2012
References
Cooking the books : Ron King and Circle Press, p. 176
Of green leaf, bird, and flower: artists' books and the natural world, p. 130
Subjects
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Genre/Form
Artists' books - Great Britain.
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