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John R. Hastings ~ Washington |
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John Hastings: "For my artist book projects, the most interesting part of the creative process is often deciding how the found object or idea will influence the content of the book. For me, finding the object and then creating the book is much easier than the reverse.... "Many of my books are based upon words, playing with words, or plays on words, and utilize my own writing as the primary content. This is because I am approaching artist books as a writer first and as an artist second. I have been very fortunate in life and have arrived at sixty years of age with very little angst. This often lets me view the world from the lighter side and hopefully lets me share a laugh or a smile with readers." |
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| Bookworks about family by Hastings Poetry and prose by Hastings |
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| The Adventures of Smalldog and The Red Kite By John Hastings Everett, Washington: John R. Hastings, 2010. Edition of 10. 5.125 x 3.5"; 20 pages. Printed on Champion Ink Jet paper using an Epson Stylus Photo 2200 printer with pigment inks. Cover pages printed on Canson Mi-Teintes paper. Comic Sans MS font. Images reproduced from Hastings' original watercolors. John Hastings, colophon: "I recently saw a story on TV about a woman who claims she can communicate with dogs. She just sits quietly next to a dog with a laptop computer in front of her and types out what the dog is thinking. That's all well and good, but she wasn't around to help me. I could only imagine this story of Smalldog's adventures." $25 |
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| Blank Book By John Hastings Everett, Washington: John R. Hastings, 2010. Edition of 25. 3.75 x 5"; 20 pages. Pamphlet. HP Premium Presentation paper. Printed on Epson Stylus Photo 2200 printer with pigment inks. Comic Sans MS font. Bound in Canson Mi-Teintes paper. John Hastings, colophon: "Towards the end of 2010 I received several documents in the mail where one or more pages were labeled 'This page intentionally left blank'. That got me to thinking...which is always a dangerous thing." Includes Hastings' original pen-and-ink drawings. $10 |
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The End of Summer
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Alphabetical Order & Some Chaos 4 x 3.5"; 28 unnumbered pages. Printed on Epson Premium Presentation Matte Paper using an Epson Stylus Photo 2200 with pigment inks. Goudy Old Style font. Spiral bound. John Hastings, colophon: "Making an alphabet book is great fun. For this book I used an old, pop-up, metal Spell Right spelling aid to select an assortment of words for each letter of the alphabet. Then I just let my crazy brain take over."
$50 |
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Fear of Water Colors 8.5 x 2.25"; 26 unnumbered pages. Printed on Epson Premium Presentation Matte paper using an Epson Stylus Photo 2200 printer with pigment inks.Kidtyperpaint font. Spiral bound. Laid in hinged tin watercolor box. John Hastings, colophon: "The images in this book appear in the order in which I painted them. I can see a definite improvement, can't you? " An illustrated riff of personal water phobia: white-, salt-, bottles-, troubled-, glacier-, geyser-, well-, and toilet water. |
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r & j 5 x 1.8"; 18 pages. Accordion-fold. Printed on an HP Laser Jet 2100. Font: Antigoni. Housed in a plastic cell phone cover secured with magnetic clasps that slips into a sequined purse. Because the phone covers and holders are found objects, each book varies slightly in appearance.. John Hastings, introduction: "The language in Shakespeare's plays has stood the test of time, but could it survive a translation into text messages by a modern teenager? I asked my 16-year-old granddaughter to rewrite the balcony scene from Romeo and Juliet as if it had all happened between two teens text messaging on their cell phones."
$120 (Last Copy) |
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| A Lifetime of Cars By John Hastings Everett, Washington: John R. Hastings, 2011. Edition of 10. 11.5 x 8.5"; 26 pages. Printed on Epson Stylus Photo 2200 printer with pigment inks. Printed onto Epson double-sided Premium Presentation Matte paper. Spiral bound in covers of Westminster 2-ply, museum quality 100% rag board. Arial font. This spiral bound book of photographs and writing provides a brief history of the author told through stories about the cars that have been a part of his life. Includes several pockets tipped to pages in which are postcards, images of the artist through various stages of his life, and other tidbits of information about life on the roads. John Hastings, colophon: "There are many threads that one might follow when unraveling the fabric that is a person's life. For this book I decided to write a story based on the cars that have been important to me. It begins from my earliest recollections and ends with me pondering an uncertain future. I do, however, remain optimistic and look forward to traveling many more roads and highways." Hastings begins his love affair with cards with this: "If I had been raised in the urban core of a major U. S. City, I doubt I would have spent nearly as much time riding in cars. I would have had access to public transportation. I would have walked. But I was raised in the West in smaller towns and city suburbs, where hardly anything a person needed was within walking distance. " $75 |
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Low Man on the Totem Pole 6 x 5.5"; 10 unnumbered pages, two of which are foldouts. Cover and pages printed on Canson Mi-Teintes paper. Images and colophon printed on Epson Matte Heavyweight paper using an Epson Stylus Photo 2200 printer with pigment inks. Comic Sans font. Sewn pamphlet style binding. John Hastings, colophon: "My father was a kind man with a great sense of humor, but he also taught me some important life lessons, such as what it means to be the low man on the totem pole. It seems as though I've spent a lot of time in that position." |
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When You Were a Girl 2.5 x 3.75" closed; 14 pages. Single sheet book. Sepia images. Printed on Epson Premium Presentation Matte paper. Printed on an Epson Stylus Photo 2200 printer with pigment inks. Love Letter Typewriter font. Remembrances of the artist's mother accompanied with images of her as a child and the Oklahoma home site where she grew up.
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Sailing Past Panama 1.5 x 1.75" closed; 21 unnumbered pages. Accordion structure. Miniature. Housed in circular (2.6" diameter) lidded tin. Colophon tipped in bottom of the tin. John Hastings, colophon: "During 1928-29, when my father was a young man, he lived and worked in Chile. To secure passage back to the US he got a job as a work -away on the freighter Cuzco. The text for this book is based on excerpts from the journal he kept during the 35-day voyage from Antofagasta, Chile, to San Pedro, California."
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Pencil Box 2.4 x 7"; 30 pages. Digital prints. Spiral bound. Housed in a plastic pencil box with snap closure. Beginning with pencils from his dad's business and ending with computers and graphic tablets, we follow Hastings' career with quips and pictures of the changing tools of the trade. John Hastings: "The author's 'art history' as told through his writing and digitally-reproduced illustrations." |
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| Bookworks with poetry and prose by Hastings | |
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The Ink Spots 2.5 x 4" closed; 8 unnumbered pages. One sheet book. Black-and white photographs of crows. Poem with an extended analogy of ink spots and crows. The inkspots arrived like a murder of crows. Littered my pages in columns and rows. Settled upon my poems and prose ...
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Whatever happened? 4.1 x 2.5"; 9 pages. Fold-out cross structure, digitally printed with sewn pamphlet-style binding. Front wrap cut out to reveal image of a Marlboro ad. Book slips into a green paper card case and the entire production is housed in a found metal tobacco tin (4.2 x 3"). The tobacco tins vary within the edition. John Hastings' poem (below) illustrated with cigarette advertisements:
$40 (Last Copy) |
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Whatever happened? 4.1 x 2.5"; 9 pages. Accordion fold structure extending from front pastedown. Printed digitally. Paper title and illustration tipped on cover. Housed in a found hinged cigarette tin (5.6 x 4.5"). The tins vary within the edition. John Hastings' poem (below) illustrated with cigarette advertisements:
$50 |
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| John Hastings Out of Print Title: • Read 'em & Weep |
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Pursed Lips 2.75 x 2" closed; 2.75 x 20" extended; 10 pages. Accordion-fold. Printed on Epson's Matte Heavyweight and Photo Quality Glossy papers using an Epson Stylus Photo 900 printer. Housed in a 3.2 x 5.5" black cloth snap closure coin purse. John Hastings, colophon: "I was inspired to make this book when I found a coin purse in an antique mall, and later, while walking around, also saw an old doll with red painted lips." Pure visual pun and fun: lips pursed and unpursed in a purse. |
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Type Bar 2 x 1.25" closed; 14 unnumbered pages. Accordion structure. Miniature. Text printed on acid free Wausau Hyper White paper using an HP LaserJet 2700 printer. Franklin Gothic Book font. Housed in 2.5" round metal typewriter ribbon box. A whimsical story with line drawings assembled from type characters of different fonts.
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