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Quite Contrary Press
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(Mary Marsh)
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Journeying
By Mary Marsh and Tony Bellaver
Oakland, California: Mary Marsh and Tony Bellaver, 2011.
Edition of 10.
7 x 5.25 x 7.5" wooden box contains accordion book and paper object. Inkjet printing. Book: 5.8 x 2.8", 32 pages, double-sided accordion-fold. Paper sculpture: 5 x 3 x .5" truncated octahedron. Box: designed to resemble file cabinet, constructed of plyboo (plywood and bamboo), brass pull with slot for paper title, pull-out drawer.
A collaborative project by Tony Bellaver and Mary V. Marsh consists of journal entries, sketchbook observations, haikus and drawings transcribed onto library cards. These record a love of backpacking, reading, collecting, discovering the natural world and making art together.
Tony Bellaver, artist statement: "Oakland based artist Tony Bellaver creates mixed media sculpture and drawings inspired by his love of hiking and nature. He incorporates maps, drawings, photographs and found foliage gathered on his many hikes to create texture and meaning in his diary-like works.
"While backpacking, Tony makes small journals during his treks to capture the experience of the places he's traveled through. This exercise gives him a better understanding of himself as an element in nature rather than the focal point. The journals become the source for larger sculptures, sometimes in book form, of what is in his mind. Using materials such as wood as the framework, plus found objects and photographs, he tells a layered story of his journeys."
Mary V. Marsh, artist statement: "She collects and categorizes images and discarded library materials to look at reading, consuming and propaganda. Images combined with found words on library checkout cards are made into one-of-a-kind and small-edition books. A shared love of hiking and journal keeping and practicing art together, has evolved into collaborative works with husband Tony Bellaver."
$400 |
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everyday readers
By Mary Marsh
Oakland, California: Quite Contrary Press, 2009. Open Numbered Edition.
3.75 x 5.5 x .5"; 16 pages. Handprinted block prints on library checkout cards, gouache, mulberry paper, brads, type. Bound in found vintage cover. Each book in the edition varies with the discarded library cards used. Slipcased in a manila folder.
Mary Marsh: "Drawings of people reading made during my daily commute are translated into block prints and handprinted onto discarded library cards. The commuters engaged in their own private world intersect with book titles and signatures of past readers. The office materials used to construct each book imply tasks workers are bound for. The nostalgia of the old cards suggests a history of the changing methods of reading."
$186 (Last two copies) |
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The Coffee Diary
By Mary Marsh
Oakland, California: Quite Contrary Press, 2007. Edition of 40.
4 x 2.75"; 26 pages. Three signatures, inkjet printed and hand-sewn into a heavy cardstock cover with cutout windows revealing images of a coffee drinker and a coffee cup. End pages are of used coffee filter. Materials: coffee filter, postcard.
Mary Marsh: "A daily journal of buying coffee to-go. With each coffee purchased in 2004, I recorded the date and what I did while drinking it, writing directly on the cup. This project describes routines and events centered around getting coffee while doing other things."
$35 (Last three copies)
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