King, Ronald, 1932-, Termite grid , 1998
- Title(s):
Termite grid / Ron King ; cut by Anthony Hyde.
- Additional Title(s):
Log book 5
- Published/Created:
- [London] : [Circle Press], 1998.
- Physical Description:
- 1 art original : wood ; 11 cm high, 8.5 cm in diameter
- Holdings:
- Rare Books and ManuscriptsN7433.4.K55 T47 1998 FlatYale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon FundView by request in the Study Room [Request]
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- Copyright Not Evaluated
- Full Orbis Record:
- http://hdl.handle.net/10079/bibid/10506223
- Classification:
- Three-Dimensional Artifacts
- 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.
Cooking the books : Ron King and Circle Press, p. 176
Of green leaf, bird, and flower: artists' books and the natural world, p. 130
Selected exhibitions: “'Of Green Leaf, Bird, and Flower': Artists' Books and the Natural World" (Yale Center for British Art, May 15 - August 10, 2014).
"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. - Subject Terms:
- Artists' books -- Great Britain.Circle Press -- Publisher.Trees.Wood-carving -- Great Britain.
- Form/Genre:
- Artists' books -- Great Britain.
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"Of Green Leaf, Bird, and Flower" : Artists' Books and the Natural World (Yale Center for British Art, May 15, 2014-August 10, 2014) [YCBA Objects in the Exhibition]
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