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Stephanie Stigliano
Apologies to Edward Gorey
tunnel style book: photocopy and watercolor paper
5.75” x 8” x .5”
2022
$300
Edward Gorey is one of my favorite artists. I was on my way to teach at Castle Hill Center for the Arts in Truro and passed through Yarmouth, where his house has been turned into a delightful museum. I was inspired to make this book after my visit. The book also served as a sample for my students, as an alternative approach to a tunnel book. The structure is usually bound on both sides. This creates the same diorama effect, but the pages can be turned and seen from both sides.
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Stephanie Stigliano
Perpetual Motion
dos-à-dos (with fish and spirals), gelli-prints and linocuts, cut paper, Sumi ink
8.5” x 5.5” x.25”
2022
$300
The Dos-à-Dos structure is combined with a pamphlet binding in this book that I made as a sample for my students. The technique is simple. The form inspired students to create a cyclical story or a story that has two points of view. Here, I added easily constructed pop-ups to build a more complex physical space between the pages. I started with linocut proofs (test prints) and then added elements until an idea took shape. Books with many parts often need a lot of planning but it can be fun to build a book like this, from the inside out.
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