Encyclopedic: Weathered Volumes Visual documentation of altered books (encyclopedias), 2023 The American Educator Encyclopedia was first published in 1919. It was discontinued in 1977. This ten volume set of encyclopedias was used by Kent in his youth from the mid 1960s to around 1978. In the late 90s Nanette turned the books into art objects, painting them pure white. After exhibiting them a few times she put them outside in the garden where they were left for several decades. At some point it was decided they reached an aesthetically pleasing degree of decay, needed rescue, and were brought indoors. In 2023 we determined it was time to document the books, thus, Encyclopedic: Weathered Volumes was photographed to create this conceptual body of work.
Series of 20 views presented as archival pigment prints on Arches in an edition of five each |
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| From This Earth Handmade artist book with original images and text.
A story of an individual's transformation in relation to Earth. | |
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| Redacted Babar: ABC Free Based on an altered board book: B is for Babar: An alphabet book by Laurent de Brunhoff. | |
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| Positioning Artist's book with original poem and three hand pulled prints. Positioning is about navigating thinking in uncertain times. Cover and end papers: Screenprint on bookcloth and Mohawk Carnival.Images: Stencil, relief and oil-based ink monotype processes on Rives BFK. Text: Pigment on Rives BFK. 16" x 20" x .35" closed. Edition: 5. 2019 Downloadable pdf prospectus | |
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| Over It A collection of reminders and assists to aid in actualizing one's agency in koyaanisqatsi times. Insides: Pigment, toner, and oil-based relief including handset wood type printed on a variety of papers. 5" x 7" x .25" closed. Relief printed folder with inclusions Edition: 100. 2017 | |
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| Pattern Recognition A brief musing on the relationship between theories of modern psychology and current events. Cover: Letterpress on St. Armand.Insides: Toner print. 4.25" x 2.75" closed. Deluxe Edition: 100. 2017 Downloadable pdf prospectus | |
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| Aesthetics 1–10 Created during the 50th anniversary of the summer of love from a discarded Aesthetics textbook: Aesthetics: An Introduction to the Philosophy of Art by Ann Sheppard. Laser cut book pages coated with beeswax and strung with glass, wood, shell and stone beads, each housed in a custom library box.12" x 18" x 2" boxed. Edition: Ten Unique wearable altered books. 2017 Downloadable pdf prospectus | |||
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| Foodies: Seven West Coast Foodie Vignettes Portfolio of seven letterpress printed folios, each with wood type printed cover, two color interior screen print illustration, and original story which explores the diversity of meaning in food related language. Foodies is housed in a letterpress printed portfolio. The foodie vignettes are: Can, Chop, Grill, Jam, Pickle, Poach, and Salt.
Stories: Nanette Wylde | |
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| The Future Written & illustrated: Nanette Wylde and Nora Raggio Cover: pigment print on Epson matte paper. Insides: Laser toner on Mohawk Superfine. 7" x 5" closed. 7" x 10" open. Codex. 36 pages. Edition: 58. 2015 | ||
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| Remembrance, a series of ten accordion fold books Created by Nanette Wylde. Collaged from original prints with inclusions. Accordion fold. Ten unique books. 2015 | |
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| Making Ready Haiku Printed from hand set lead type on a Kelsey platen press. Ten poems from my own random haiku generators: Random Haiku for the Millennial Shift and HaikU. Font: Gill Sans Paper: Mohawk Superfine Covers: various "make ready" 4" x 4" closed. Codex. 24 pages. Edition: 48. 2015 | |
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| The Circus Written & illustrated: Nanette Wylde Cover image: solarplate intaglio on Rives. Cover paper: Mr. Ellie Pooh elephant dung. Insides: pigment print & manual typing on Mohawk Superfine. Typewriter: 1940's Royal Companion. 8.5" x 5.5" closed. 8.5" x 11" open. Codex with wrapper. 40 pages. Edition: 5. 2014 | ||
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| Remembering Elephants Written & illustrated: Nanette Wylde. Paper: Awagami IJP Bamboo, 250g & 170g. Cover: Epson pigment & oil-based intaglio. Image & Text: Epson pigment & oil-based wood relief. Font: ITC Benguiat. 8" x 7.5" closed. 8" x 15" open. Codex with pamphlet stitch. Wrapper. 24 pages. Edition: 5. 2014 | |
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| Between Us Two Cover: Recovered screen print on canvas with needle felted wool. Pages: Needle felted wool. Housed in a custom drop spine box. 6.75" x 8.5" x 2" closed. Unique. 2014 (Thanks to Maggie and Kent.) Downloadable pdf prospectus |
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| Ten Amazing Human Inventions that I Use Almost Daily and am Truly Grateful For Written & illustrated: Nanette Wylde Cover: Photopolymer relief on St. Armand. Insides: Pigment on Somerset. Font: ITC American Typewriter. 4" x 4" closed. 4" x 52" open. Accordion fold with pamphlet stitch. 13 pages. Edition: 57. 2013 | ||
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| Marking Time Written & illustrated: Nanette Wylde. Cover: Somerset Black Velvet. Insides: Oil based relief on Lokta. Wrapper: Lignin free Glama. Font: Minion Pro. 7" x 16" closed. 14" x 16" open. Original Poem. Embedded folios with pamphlet stitch. Edition: 7. 2013 Downloadable pdf prospectus | |
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| On Judgment: the book of bully Created for An Inventory of Al-Mutanabbi Street, a project of The Al-Mutanabbi Street Coalition, a global book arts' response to the car bombing of Al-Mutanabbi Street in Baghdad on March 5, 2007. The project is curated by Beau Beausoleil and Sarah Bodman. Written & illustrated: Nanette Wylde. Cover: Oil-based wood relief on Somerset Black Velvet . Insides: Oil-based wood relief on Somerset Velvet. 4.625" x 5.75" x .5" closed. 4.625" x 54" open/extended. Accordion fold. Edition: 17. 2012 Downloadable pdf prospectus | |
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| On Mapping Created for the exhibition Earth⋅Science⋅Art. Cover: Screenprint on Kozo. Insides: Pigment on Kozo Shi Light. 16.25" x 14.5" closed. Sewn Concertina binding. Unique. 2012 Downloadable pdf prospectus | |
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| Compass Created for the exhibition Earth⋅Science⋅Art. Pigment on Moab Entrada. 6" x 6" Square flexigon structure with wrapper. Edition: 36. 2012 | |
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| Tugboat Cover: St. Armand with hand stiching. Pages: Mohawk Superfine. 20.5" x 6" Wrapper: Lignin free Glama. Original poem. Edition: 7. 2012 | |
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| Hello Catty! A five page spread movable book created with Karen Chew. Laser cut pigment prints with ephemera. 9" x 9" closed. Edition: 28. 2010 |
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| Desiderata Laser etching on Kozo. 4.5" x 9" Poem by Max Ehrmann. Edition: 7. 2009 |
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| Helicopters Cover: Letterpress on St. Armand. Insides: pigment print on Mohawk Superfine. 4" x 4" Original Poem Edition of 28. 2009 |
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| Gray Matter Gardening: How to weed your mind Letterpress and offset on three delightful papers. 4" x 4" Cover printed at SFCB by Melissa Fine. Insides printed by JP Graphics of Santa Clara. 36 pages with 6 interleavings. A Small Plates Edition published by the Imprint of the San Francisco Center for the Book, 2008. Edition of 100. Out of print. Ten year anniversary trade edition available through Hunger Button Books. |
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Abandon Pigment prints, wood, ribbon. 5" x 7" Based on a poem I memorized in 5th grade. Edition of 5. 2004 |
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| Spirit House Cyanotype on Arches and Kozo. 5" x 7" Unique. 2009 |
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| I keep forgetting to breath Cover: Gray Rives BFK. Insides: Rives lightweight. Hand embossing. 3" x 3" Edition of 3. 1997 |
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| Untitled Altered Book Unique. 1999. |
Book of Pages series Inkjet on mylar, wood. Unique. 1999 |
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| Poems of Time and Change by Mark Lee Wylde Laserprinted on two papers. Edition of 9. 1997 |
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| SOME Holograms, newspaper, wood letter blocks, metal rings, charcoal. 13" x 16" Unique. 1994 |
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