Guarding bones / Peter Lyssiotis, Margaret Dietrich
- Bib ID:
- 8542860
- Format:
- Book
- Author:
- Lyssiotis, Peter, book artist
- Description:
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- [Melbourne, Victoria] : Masterthief, 2020
- 76 unnumbered pages : illustrations ; 33 cm
- Summary:
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This artists' book features both the machine and hand sewing of Margaret Dietrich and a text that in Peter Lyssiotis' words "tracks the heart's false starts, its chance encounters and the dead ends it wanders in and out of - it asks who we become when we're fumbling through grief." Peter Lyssiotis notes that the craft of sewing and stitching (which resembles some of the hand craft processes used to assemble his books); the collage/montage of natural fabrics; the use of a limited palette of red, black and white; the exposed binding, using elements of the Coptic book tradition; tears, loose threads, and needle holes; collectively suggest a half-finished look, a ruin that invites closer examination and the exercise of the imagination, and provide a thread for the reader to follow, like Theseus did in the labyrinth.
- Notes:
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- "'Guarding Bones' was completed in 2020; it has been made using Magnani Pescia paper (200gsm) and been hand-bound by Friedhelm Pohlmann. The book features the sewing of my good neighbour Margaret Dietrich who is a member of the Victorian Quilters & Patchworkers group. The original text is hand-written in ink. 'Guarding Bones' has been made in an edition of 10 copies (with 2 artists' proofs). You have just leafed through copy number: ...." -Colophon.
- National Library of Australia copy is no. 2, and is accompanied by an artist's statement.
- Binding:
- Coptic binding. Boards covered in Fabriano Roma brown toned paper with embossed title/brush stroke design in red on cover.
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- Copyright:
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Copyright status was determined using the following information:
- Material type:
- Literary Dramatic Musical
- Published status:
- Published
- Publication date:
- 2020
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