[60] pp. Printed on double leaves. Illustrated throughout with color relief prints by Rachel Curry. Deluxe edition with suite of 8 specimen plates in paper chemise, 30.5x23 cm (12x9"). Color plates were printed by letterpress from polymer plates. Volume: 20.2x12.7 cm (8x5"), a drum leaf sewn-board style binding, gloved spine in Ginga backcloth, printed St-Armand Old Master paper covering the boards, titled on front cover. Presented in publisher's cloth covered custom box with inset decorative paper label. Written, designed, printed, and bound by Rebecca Chamlee with help in the bindery from Rachel Curry. Letter A of 5 deluxe copies from a total edition of 65. Signed by Rebecca Chamlee at colophon, as issued. A spectacular artist's book brining the wonder and surprise experienced between Pacific tides on our California coast. The deluxe copies include a custom box with recessed case for a copy of the book and a cowrie shell. "As a self-taught naturalist, my work examines the intersection of my artistic and scientific interests by collecting and cataloging the natural world. I am inspired to record, interpret and celebrate nature. My new artist's book looks back to the beginnings of my passion for exploration and observation of native species to a time when I collected sea animals gathered at low tide to bring home and live in an aquarium in my girlhood bedroom. The main text recalls the story of filling the tank with mollusks, fish, crustaceans, echinoderms, and invertebrates--anything unlucky enough to be captured by my bare hands--and the life-and-death drama that took place among the captive inhabitants. A poem, told from the viewpoint of the child in the moment of discovery, runs through the book on translucent leaves that overlay closeup images of the intertidal habitat. Field notes contain data from the year spent in the tide pools of Southern California researching and collecting images for the fourteen detailed plates of marine specimens and twelve habitat images found throughout the book." - Artist's statement. The deluxe edition of at low tide is out of print with the publisher. Presented in original outer (plain cardstock) chemise. Prospectus included (signed by Rebecca Chamlee).
[60] pp. Printed on double leaves. Illustrated throughout with color relief prints by Rachel Curry. Deluxe edition with suite of 8 specimen plates in paper chemise, 30.5x23 cm (12x9"). Color plates were printed by letterpress from polymer plates. Volume: 20.2x12.7 cm (8x5"), a drum leaf sewn-board style binding, gloved spine in Ginga backcloth, printed St-Armand Old Master paper covering the boards, titled on front cover. Presented in publisher's cloth covered custom box with inset decorative paper label. Written, designed, printed, and bound by Rebecca Chamlee with help in the bindery from Rachel Curry. Letter A of 5 deluxe copies from a total edition of 65. Signed by Rebecca Chamlee at colophon, as issued. A spectacular artist's book brining the wonder and surprise experienced between Pacific tides on our California coast. The deluxe copies include a custom box with recessed case for a copy of the book and a cowrie shell. "As a self-taught naturalist, my work examines the intersection of my artistic and scientific interests by collecting and cataloging the natural world. I am inspired to record, interpret and celebrate nature. My new artist's book looks back to the beginnings of my passion for exploration and observation of native species to a time when I collected sea animals gathered at low tide to bring home and live in an aquarium in my girlhood bedroom. The main text recalls the story of filling the tank with mollusks, fish, crustaceans, echinoderms, and invertebrates--anything unlucky enough to be captured by my bare hands--and the life-and-death drama that took place among the captive inhabitants. A poem, told from the viewpoint of the child in the moment of discovery, runs through the book on translucent leaves that overlay closeup images of the intertidal habitat. Field notes contain data from the year spent in the tide pools of Southern California researching and collecting images for the fourteen detailed plates of marine specimens and twelve habitat images found throughout the book." - Artist's statement. The deluxe edition of at low tide is out of print with the publisher. Presented in original outer (plain cardstock) chemise. Prospectus included (signed by Rebecca Chamlee).
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