rae's of sun ~ California
(Rae Trujillo)

Bookworks with animals and birds as subjects
Miniature book by rae's of sun

Sanity is a Fluid
By Rae Trujillo
Pleasant Hill, California: rae's of sun, 2008. Edition of 6.

5.5 x 7.75"; 9 pages. Accordion structure. Original Cyanotypes.

Rae Trujillo: "The pictures of women are from a 1923 high school yearbook layered with machinery diagrams from 1896. I wrote the poem. I find this book speaks about many issues concerning mental health or aging. But, of course, people will read there own experiences into the images and words."
$227

Shakespeare
By Rae Trujillo
Pleasant Hill, California: rae's of sun, 2007. Edition of 10.

3.2 x 3.2" accordion book with four panels. Red leather exterior.

Each panel alludes to an instance of 20th-century censorship of a Shakespearean play: e.g. Twelfth Night “Banned in 1996 / Merrimack, New Hampshire / ‘Prohibition of Alternative / Lifestyle Instructions’”
$137 (Last Two copies)

HETERONYM
By Rae Trujillo
Pleasant Hill, California: rae's of sun, 2005. Edition of 12.

7 x 4.25"; 15 pages (single sided, verso blank). Covers are aged golden suede boards with a pattern of dictionary symbols and words.

A book of heteronyms, words "spelled like another but differing in sound and sense." The pages are made from an old dictionary. Attached to each page is a french-door fold with a heteronym printed on each "door" exterior. When opened two sentences appear: "The sow suckled her newborn piglets" is paired with "The farmer will sow oats in the back forty."
$120

A Birdcage in a Hardware Shop
By Rae Trujillo
Pleasant Hill, California: rae's of sun, 2009. Edition of 10.

2 x 3.25"; 5 unnumbered pages. Accordion fold. Pages shaped to resemble a birdcage using wire binding and silver tone beads. Parrot postage stamps tipped onto Duralar.

Rae Trujillo: "The wire edge echoes the birdcage and the postage stamp images remind me of simpler times like the old fashion hardware store."
$45

The Blind Men and the Elephant
The Indian legend as a poem by
John Godfrey Saxe (1816-1887)
book design by Rae Trujillo
Pleasant Hill, California: rae's of sun, 2009. Edition of 9.

4.25 x 4.25"; 18 pages. Two books – a codex of Saxe's poem and a maze book of an elephant – held together by a wraparound tie.

Rae Trujillo: "This book reminds me of politics and the trouble we're in. The maze book shows only a part of the elephant at any given time. You have to work to see the big picture, but when you do, it is worth it."
$137

Rorschach's Animals
By Rae Trujillo
Pleasant Hill, California: rae's of sun, 2009. Edition of 8.

5 x 2.75"; 20 pages. Made to resemble a box of Animal Crackers with string handle. Each spread contains on the left page (the recto) silhouettes of elephants and on the right page (the verso) ink blots (which may or may not resemble an animal).

Rae Trujillo: "I had been holding on to a bunch of animal cracker boxes for ages. I thought, someday I will do something with them. Well, someday came and went. Enjoy the book with a couple of cookies and a glass of milk. It won't make you crazy."
$107 (Last Copy)

Dances With Wolves
By Rae Trujillo
Pleasant Hill, California: rae's of sun, 2005. Edition of 30.

8 x 6.5", seven leaves made with handmade papers. Illustrations made from handcarved rubber stamps. Binding is waxed linen thread and heise beads.

A delightful presentation of paw prints duplicating dance instructions for six dances from the Rhumba to the Tango. Complete with numbered steps and directional arrows.
$85