Artboard Ink, Ltd / Rare Hare Creations ~ Arizona
(Pamela S. Wood)

Mosquitoes Bug Me
By Pamela S. Wood
Tempe, Arizona: Artboard Ink, Ltd / Rarehare Creations, 2005. Edition of 2.

2.5 x 2" accordion structure miniature book. bound in bookcloth. Pages of commercial papers. Original drawings.

Pam Wood: "The summer of '04 our area was descended upon by mosquitoes. West Nile Virus was the story. I was being eaten alive by the darn things. So, I made this little book. Many who see it smile and know the feeling. Just plain fun."
$100 (Last Copy)

Requiem:
September 11, 2001.
By Pamela S. Wood
Tempe, Arizona: Artboard Ink, Ltd-Rarehare Creations, 2002. Edition of 2.

2 x 3 x 2"; opens to 6" diameter carousel. Ribbon tie. Five box leaves. Original drawing inside. Original marbled bookcloth.

Pamela Wood: "This book was my response to September 11th. I was stunned with the amounts of dust. As a papermaker I was even more shocked with the vast quantities of paper. Each box contains tiny loose sheets of paper that move when the box moves."
$250 (Last Copy)

The Tiny Mask Book
By Pamela S. Wood
Tempe, Arizona: Artboard Ink, Ltd /Rarehare Creations, 2000. Edition of 2.

2 x 3"; 6 panels. 6'" diameter star carousel book. Thread tie closure. Pop-up.

Pamela Wood: "I created a show of work on the theme of a mask. This book contains the definition of a mask. Each leaf opens with a pop up mask in the center. It was fun to see the different responses people had to the concept of a mask."
$150 (Last Copy)

Aztec Spirits Take Flight
By Pamela S. Wood
Tempe, Arizona: Artboard Ink, Ltd / Rarehare Creations, 1999. Edition of 2.

2 x 3" miniature, opens to 6" diameter; 8 pages. Commercial handmade papers. Butterfly illustrations tipped in. Orange ribbon tie.

Art as imitation.

Pam Wood: "Pop-up Monarch butterflies inside relate the story of the Aztecs. They believed that they (the butterflies) are the spirits of dead ancestors. I loved the story and this book really expresses the butterfly in the engineering."
$150 (Last Copy)