Book Patrol’s second installment celebrating The Guild of Bookworkers 100th Anniversary show centers around two works on the theme of crime & punishment
From the Contemporary Juried Exhibit:
Weitlauf, Ashlee. T is for Torture: Tempe, AZ, 2005. Pamphlet that uses letterpress, photo lithography, and photopolymer printing on handmade paper. The pamphlet is about the illegal torture activities that the United States is committing. It includes text that describes what the USA is involved in, what national and international laws have been broken, and testimony from torture victims.
From the Retrospective Exhibition:
Davis, Jerilyn Glen. Herman Melville Billy Budd Sailor: New York, 1987. 24 x 16 x 2 centimeters. Bound in full Russell Oasis Niger goat skin; endpapers of brown Tokugawa Japanese paper; sewn on three unbleached linen tapes; handsewn mauve and blue-green silk endbands; German tube construction on spine; décor of full length spine label with title stamped in blind and leather thonging tied into a hangman’s knot.