stopping off place

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2012-02-03T00:51:00.001-06:00

from Childcraft: Look and Learn Volume 12, World Book, 1964 (1980)

B X F X CL

2012-02-02T01:22:00.001-06:00

from The Bishop Method of Clothing Construction by Bishop & Arch, J.B. Lippincott Co., 1959

bread

2012-02-01T09:35:00.003-06:00

Breaking Bread Together, Herald Press, 1958

(for friends now gone home)

new math

2012-02-01T00:01:00.001-06:00

from New Math Puzzle Book by L.H. Longley-Cook, Van Nostrand Reinhold, 1970

x

2012-01-31T00:01:00.002-06:00

Artists' Books and Multiples

2012-01-30T22:15:00.001-06:00

Visit Dave Dyment's fantastic new blog Artists' Books and Multiples
'Dedicated to Artists’ books, multiples, recordings, postcards, magazines and ephemera, this site will feature reviews of recent titles, features on artists and publishers, random listings of older works, the occasional longer essay or interview, straight-forward pictorials, links to recent news, etc. etc., in an attempt to create an aggregate of information on editioned artworks.'

Dave Dyment /Nothing Else Press

towers in watts

2012-01-30T13:04:00.004-06:00

Simon Rodia's Towers in Watts: A photographic exhibition by Seymour Rosen, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1962 (thanks p+w!)
previously here and here

The Dead Bird

2012-01-18T09:57:00.004-06:00

from The Dead Bird by Margaret Wise Brown, illustrated by Remy Charlip, Young Scott Books, NY, 1958 (text 1938)

also here...and all previous Remy Charlip here.

nothing was everywhere

2012-01-16T09:53:00.005-06:00

from God Made The World by Gerald Pottebaum, illustrated by Robert Strobridge, Little People's Paperback, The Seabury Press, NY, 1963/1979
previously and related

and also maybe.

Art Education 19

2012-01-12T19:45:00.000-06:00

from Clay in the Classroom: A Means to Creative Expression by George Barford, Davis Publications, 1963

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2012-01-12T12:23:00.000-06:00

from Knowabout Length by Henry Pluckrose, photographs by Chris Fairclough, Franklin Watts, 1988

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2012-01-11T09:49:00.003-06:00

The Left-Handed Woman by Peter Handke, Farrar, Straus & Giroux, NY, 1976, 1978

and so to

2012-01-10T14:47:00.001-06:00

And So To Embroider: An Introduction to Embroidery, University of London Press, London, 1960
Blue and White: The Cotton Embroidery of Rural China by Muriel Baker and Margaret Lunt, Scribners, 1977 (previously)---Somehow, I never thought to look under the dust jacket until today. Always look under the dust jacket.
Embroidery by Jane Simpson, Octopus Books, London, 1973

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2012-01-10T14:40:00.001-06:00

(detail from) The Animal Fair by Alice and Martin Provensen, Golden Press, NY, 1973

work

2011-12-06T23:38:00.001-06:00

Here are some things I've been working on these days, scattered around the studio. With deadlines approaching, I'm going to take a break from posting for a while. See how that goes. Thanks for visiting.
Keep well.

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2011-12-05T12:29:00.003-06:00

Woman's comb by Luke Iqualla, Gjoa Haven, bone, c. 1974
from Inuit Arts and Crafts, Number 2, December 1984

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2011-12-04T00:01:00.000-06:00

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2011-12-02T13:14:00.006-06:00

From God Bless Love: A Collection of Children's Sayings compiled by Nanette Newman, Collins, London, 1972

previously/related

tree shaped

2011-12-01T10:57:00.004-06:00

from The Pocket Household Encyclopedia, Pocket Books Inc., NY, 1951

181051

2011-11-30T00:01:00.003-06:00

drawings in the endpapers of That's What Friends Are For by Florence Parry Heide & Sylvia Worth Van Clief, Four Winds Press, 1968

b't'b'w'ptr'a'h'b'Prpi'

2011-11-28T23:15:00.000-06:00

Spirit Message, 1843, Anonymous

(one more from) Heavenly Visions: Shaker Gift Drawings and Gift Songs, The Drawing Center and UCLA Hammer Museum, 2001

Carlo Zinelli

2011-11-27T00:30:00.005-06:00

Deux carrés blancs avecs maisons et personnages, 1957-58 / Horlages sur fond de "petits prêtres", 1962 / "Bouteilles jaunes" et "petits prêtres", 1960 / Ensemble de formes noires sur fond blanc, 1963 / Visage d'homme and Viseage aux pommettes pointues, 1957-58 / Personnage orange avec nid sur un chapeau pointu (detail), 1967 / Michael Noble and Carlo Zinelli in studio, 1962
from Carlo Zinelli, Somogy Editions d'Art, Paris, 2003 (French language)

(Carlo Zinelli 1916-1974)

RAY GUN

2011-11-23T11:19:00.003-06:00

The Mouse Museum / The Ray Gun Wing: Two Collections/Two Museums by Claes Oldenburg, Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, 1978

In Oldenburg's words, "the Ray Gun stands for vision, the power of 'seeing through walls,' i.e. the artist's supposed capacity to discover reality. The slogan connected with it is: 'Annihilate, illuminate,' or to be transformed by revelation, knowledge. The Ray Gun Wing is a celebration of the right angle form... -from the introduction by Judith Russi Kirshner

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2011-11-21T09:12:00.000-06:00

from The Muffin Fiend by Daniel Pinkwater, Lothrop, Lee & Shepard Books, NY, 1986

Derek Sullivan (2 of 52)

2011-11-19T23:18:00.001-06:00

More Young Americans and Seasonal Allergies by Derek Sullivan, The Power Plant, Toronto, 2011
2 of 52 titles comprising the work Albatross Omnibus, each published in an edition of 28 copies. (thanks to MML and PVK for sending me these.)

twigs and branches

2011-11-17T10:15:00.002-06:00

from Whittling Twigs and Branches by Chris Lubkermann, Fox Chapel Publishing, 2002 (expanded edition combining two of the author's self-published books)

Figure Eight and Oval with Reversing Cut-Offs

2011-11-16T01:03:00.004-06:00

from Custom-Line Layouts for HO Scale Railroads by John H. Armstrong & Thaddeus Stepek, Atlas Tool Co., Hillside, NJ, 1957 (1982)

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2011-11-14T00:01:00.001-06:00

more from Family Fun: Things to make, do, and play by Susan Stranks, Barron's Educational Series, NY, 1979

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2011-11-14T00:01:00.000-06:00

one more from Neill & Summerhill: A Man and His Work , Penguin Educational Special, Penguin Books, 1969

Einfarar í íslenskri myndlist

2011-11-13T13:54:00.003-06:00

Ásgeir Emilsson's house in Seyðisfjörð / Oskar Magnusson and Blómey Stefánsdóttir with their woven portrait of Joseph Stalin (late 1970's) / Eggert Magnússon, A Falconer in Hamburg, 1984 / Ísleifur Konráðsson, Hofgardar, The farmstead of a Saga-period settler, 1962 / Gunnar Gudmundsson and Guðmunda Jónsdóttir's living room / Stefan Jonsson of Möðrudalur, Sheep of Mount Herdubreid, 1982 / Grima, Leaf boats (no date)
from Naive and Fantastic Art in Iceland, Adalsteinn Ingólfsson, Iceland Review, Reykjavik, 1989 (previously)

This one goes to Will Schofield of 50Watts (formerly A Journey Round My Skull). Stopping Off Place was recently honoured with a two part feature on Will's mindbending blog. See his selection of the best of Stopping Off Place in Black & White and Colour. Thanks!

wand(a)

2011-11-11T21:45:00.001-06:00

from Magic Wanda's Dynamite Magic Book by Chip Lovitt, photographs by Peter Vadnai, Scholastic Books, 1976

balloons, explosion, skirt, spear

2011-11-10T23:07:00.002-06:00

more from The Young Readers Press First Dictionary by John Trevaskis & Robin Hyman, illustrated by John Seares Riley, Young Readers Press, NY, 1967 (1973)

wood design

2011-11-08T21:50:00.001-06:00

Creative Wood Design by Ernst Röttger, Van Nostrand Reinhold, NY/Otto Maier Verlag, Ravensburg, 1960 (first spotted here)

Summerhill

2011-11-02T11:46:00.001-05:00

Neill & Summerhill: A Man and His Work (a pictorial study by John Walmsley), Penguin Educational Special, Penguin Books, 1969---The Summerhill School was founded by A.S. Neill in 1921. Ivor Cutler was once a teacher there.

I'm off again, but will be back to posting in a week or so. Bye for now.

himaa

2011-11-02T10:58:00.003-05:00

3666 by Masanao Harayama (HIMAA), Nieves, Zurich, 2011 (edition of 100) (thanks to MML!)

house

2011-10-30T23:09:00.001-05:00

October 2011

October 2010

October 2009

sky

2011-10-30T08:32:00.002-05:00

from The Forecast Your Own Weather Book by Reuben A. Hornstein, McClelland & Stewart/Environment Canada and the Canadian Government Publishing Centre, Supply and Services Canada, 1980 (image uncredited)

door

2011-10-29T20:50:00.002-05:00

from Family Fun: Things to make, do, and play by Susan Stranks, Barron's Educational Series, NY, 1979

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2011-10-25T00:51:00.004-05:00

from JUNIOR (The Canadian Red Cross Society magazine for school children), Vol.L, No.5 , Toronto, May 1971 (detail of removeable poster)

when you're tired and fall

2011-10-24T15:53:00.001-05:00

How Does it Feel to be a Tree? by Flo Morse, illustrated by Clyde Watson, Parents' Magazine Press, NY, 1976

M.L.

2011-10-20T19:00:00.000-05:00

Micah Lexier's exhibition Things Exist opens today at Birch Libralato, Toronto. Wish I could be there. "Things exist, we do not have to create them, we only have to grasp their relations." -Stéphane Mallarmé

(Micah and I have been working on a book together, to be published early next year. I hope to post more about that soon.)

alley, candle, rubbish, stripes

2011-10-19T10:40:00.000-05:00

details from The Young Readers Press First Dictionary by John Trevaskis & Robin Hyman, illustrated by John Seares Riley, Young Readers Press, NY, 1967 (1973)---I'm looking for anything else John Seares Riley may have illustrated. Google has let me down so far.

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2011-10-18T00:51:00.004-05:00

Hippopotamus in earthenware, with copper alkaline glaze, Egyptian (Middle Kingdom) about 1900 BC
from Animals in Pottery and Porcelain by John P. Cushion, Crown Publishers, NY, 1974

du Noun

2011-10-17T10:13:00.002-05:00

from Herve DiRosa: Robots du Noun, Centre Cultural Aragon, Oyonnax, 2009 (french language) Herve DiRosa's collaboration with Bamoun artists, Cameroon.

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2011-10-15T21:55:00.002-05:00

R. Buckminster Fuller: Conceptuality of Fundamental Structures from Structure in Art and in Science, edited by Gyorgy Kepes, George Braziller, NY, 1965 (Vision + Value Series) (previously)

100

2011-10-14T19:31:00.002-05:00

K. Nicol's exhibition hundreds of things volume 1 opens tomorrow at MKG127

igluviak

2011-10-12T11:14:00.001-05:00

from Building an Igloo by Ulli Steltzer (text and photos), Douglas & McIntyre, Toronto, 1981
Tookillkee Kiguktak and his son Jopee demonstrate building an igloo. They live in Griese Fiord, on Ellesmere Island (Canadian arctic).

How long it takes for the candle to burn away.

2011-10-11T00:01:00.000-05:00

from Ourselves, Early Experiences, and Time, Macdonald Educational, London, 1972-73

sad sound

2011-10-10T00:22:00.002-05:00

"Kay's painting of a sad sound"

from Early Experiences, Macdonald Educational, London, 1973

centerfold

2011-10-08T09:11:00.000-05:00

Henry Moore Falling Warrior 1956-57 from Modern Sculpture by Alan Bowness, Studio Vista, 1965

(...)

2011-10-07T00:01:00.003-05:00

Three Song (Song of Three) from Sesame Street, episode 1, November, 1969
12.45 Lunch from I am Curious Yellow, directed by Vilgot Sjöman, 1967

Art Education 18

2011-10-06T12:55:00.002-05:00

from ChildArts: Integrating Curriculum Through the Arts by Jane Schmalholz Garritson, Addison-Wesley Publishing, 1979

woe is love my dear

2011-10-05T08:39:00.005-05:00

Bert Jansch 1943-2011

listen, listen, watch

silo

2011-10-05T06:39:00.002-05:00

Miniature grain silos from Yenegandougou, Korhogo, Ivory Coast, and Sudan

from Architecture Without Architects (A Short Introduction to Non-Pedigreed Architecture) by Bernard Rudofsky, Doubleday, NY, 1964

ahoi!

2011-10-04T00:58:00.001-05:00

Ahoi! from Musik Von Harmonia by Harmonia, 1974
images: Inner sleeve of Musik Von Harmonia (studio in Forst, Germany) / Harmonia's gear during the recording of Musik Von Harmonia, Germany, 1973, from Michael Rother's myspace / Tacita Dean, Fernweh, 2008
Thanks T.E., I miss you.
(If any of the involved parties would like for me to remove the audio, please let me know.)

TV

2011-10-03T09:20:00.002-05:00

"Newspaper mache for your TV set" from How To Make Treasures from Trash by Artis Aleene Eckstein, Hearthside Press Inc., 1972

curriculum revision

2011-10-03T09:13:00.000-05:00

Farm Girl by Grace Berquist, Abingdon Press, NY/Nashville, 1955

"Obsolete Due to Curriculum Revision"

previously: withdrawn and discarded (updated)

boxes and weirdos

2011-09-30T01:20:00.003-05:00

Just a Box? by Goldie Taub Chernoff, illustrated by Margaret Hartelius, Scholastic, 1971
I Know a Lot of Things by Ann & Paul Rand, Harcourt, Brace, & World, 1956
Ed Emberley's Little Drawing Book of Weirdos by Ed Emberley, Little Brown, 1973
Lion by William Pene Du Bois, The Viking Press, 1956 (1974)

M-O-D-E-R-N Graduates

2011-09-29T09:24:00.003-05:00

Clipper Art Book, Hignell Printing Limited, Winnipeg, no date

spirits and spirit helpers

2011-09-28T09:55:00.001-05:00

Harpoon head, Lazaroosee Akspaliak, 1975, Arctic Bay & Harpoon Head-figure, Dorset Culture, Igloolik area / Shaman's teeth, Dorset culture, Igloolik area, ivory / Mask, pre-1913, Coastal Ungava, sealskin and sinew / Shaman's mask, pre-1925, East Greenland, sealskin, fur, twine, and sinew / Harpoon head, artist unknown, 1963, Cape Dorset & Flying Bear, artist unknown, Eskimo Point / Man, Dorset culture, Igloolik area, ivory

from The Coming and Going of the Shaman: Eskimo Shamanism and Art by Jean Blodgett, The Winnipeg Art Gallery, Winnipeg, 1978 (cover here at R4TH (I finally found it))

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2011-09-26T10:32:00.004-05:00

The Way of an Ant by Kazue Mizumura, Thomas Y. Crowell Co., NY, 1970

(title page detail)

Dieu

2011-09-25T00:01:00.001-05:00

Aux tout-petits qui vivent avec Dieu, Collection ecole de Catechistes d'Ottawa, Ottawa, 1966

bad day

2011-09-24T21:33:00.006-05:00

Tomi Ungerer from Bad Day, Issue 11

a great issue all around, also featuring David Shrigley, Tauba Auerbach, Steven Shearer, Martino Gamper, Mike Mills... Thanks for the heads up Mondoblogo, and thanks for the magazine, PVK!

Minibeasts and Coloured Things

2011-09-24T00:19:00.000-05:00

Time, Ourselves, Minibeasts, Early experiences, Structures and forces, and Coloured Things, Macdonald Educational (A Unit For Teachers), published for the Schools Council by MacDonald Educational Ltd., London, 1972-1973 (For me, the contents don't quite live up to the covers, but I'll try to post the best of in the near future.)

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2011-09-22T15:04:00.001-05:00

A few more from today's Children's Hospital Foundation Book Market (paperback sale), Winnipeg.

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2011-09-22T14:50:00.004-05:00

Stack from a tour of Fargo and Minneapolis thrift stores. Back to posting soon.

nothing

2011-09-17T00:22:00.003-05:00

Rien (nothing) by Remy Charlip, illustrated by Eric Dekker, Editions MeMo, Paris, 2005 (french language)

I'll be away from here for a week or so. Bye for now.

ant and bee

2011-09-16T14:46:00.000-05:00

from Ant and Bee and the ABC (Book 0, The First Ant and Bee Book) by Angela Banner, illustrated by Bryan Ward, Kaye & Ward Ltd, London , 1966 (1973 printing)

Love, my reluctant but faithful enemy

2011-09-15T15:36:00.006-05:00

Jon Pylypchuk at galerie hussenot, Paris

(more)

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2011-09-15T00:44:00.004-05:00

(detail from) The Sorcerer's Apprentice, Disney, Random House, NY, 1973

Art Education 17

2011-09-14T10:25:00.003-05:00

from Art Media and Techniques: A Resource Book for Secondary Schools. Province of Manitoba, Department of Education, Winnipeg, (no date)

quartz

2011-09-13T00:01:00.000-05:00

(binding illustration from) Quartz by Herbert S. Zim, William Morrow and Co., NY 1981

secrets in stones

2011-09-12T00:10:00.003-05:00

Secrets in Stones by Rose Wyler and Gerald Ames, Scholastic, 1970

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2011-09-11T23:45:00.004-05:00

from Edith and Little Bear Lend a Hand by Dare Wright, Random House, NY, 1972

( )

2011-09-09T14:22:00.003-05:00

back cover of Lombard Handicraft, 1970 (previously)

Wuppertal, 1963

2011-09-09T00:01:00.000-05:00

Nam June Paik and Wolf Vostell at Exposition of Music, Galerie Parnass, Wuppertal, 1963

This crumpled photocopy was pinned to my studio wall for years (the source book long forgotten). I dug it out tonight after seeing these amazing photos over at ROLU (thanks Matt!)

Spielsachen

2011-09-08T08:34:00.004-05:00

Building Blocks (Vichi - Poggriridenti (Sondrio)) from Lombard Handicraft / Lombardisches Handwerk / L'Artisanat Lombard , Carlo Bestetti Edizioni d'Arte, Roma, 1970

L.C. (Family Pack)

2011-09-06T09:53:00.005-05:00

The Energy of Slaves by Leonard Cohen, Jonathan Cape Ltd. London, 1972 (poorly designed UK edition---previously)

celery

2011-09-06T09:45:00.004-05:00

A plant transportation system experiment with celery

from The Little Kid's Craft Book by Jackie Vermeer & Marian Lariviere, Taplinger Publishing, NY, 1973

broccoli

2011-09-02T10:30:00.003-05:00

Martin Creed's broccoli prints (Work No. 912, acrylic on canvas, 2008 / Work. No. 1000, various paints on card, 1,000 parts, 2009-2010 / Work. No. 815, 7-inch single, 2000) Top images from Martin Creed: Works, Thames and Hudson, NY, 2010, Bottom Martin Creed: Ooh/Fuck Off/Words 7-inch single, produced by David Cunningham, SmartGuy Records/The Sounds of White Columns, 2007

Iela Mari: Il Mondo Attraverso una Lente

2011-08-30T23:14:00.002-05:00

Iela Mari: The World Through a Lens, Babalibri, Milano, 2010 (Italian and English language)
Catalogue for the first Italian survey exhibition of Iela Mari's work, held as part of The Bologna Children's Book Fair. An overdue study of her children's books, including sketches, prototypes, and edition variations, beginning with her first book from 1960 (in collaboration with her then husband, Enzo Mari). She currently lives in Milan. "With the simplicity of the act of breathing, her lucid gaze explores small things: nature, animals, blades of grass, silence, the air."

previously/related: Enzo Mari

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2011-08-29T23:42:00.001-05:00

(inside cover with burn hole) 10,000 Dreams Interpreted Or What's in a Dream by Gustavus Hindman Miller, Hubbard Press, 1931

speech intoned

2011-08-28T23:24:00.002-05:00

English Diction for the Singer by Lloyd Pfautsch, Lawson-Gould Music Publishers, NY, 1971
"...drawings will show the changes of jaw, tongue, and lip position involved in the preceding sequence of vowel sounds. The overlays should make it possible for these changes to be seen graphically. Keep in mind that these positions are not meant to be absolutes."

oiseau

2011-08-25T08:58:00.004-05:00

At some point, this tag became separated from its carving and ended up in this book. I can't seem to find any information on Joshua Sheeb.

...

2011-08-24T14:03:00.004-05:00

Outsider Art by Roger Cardinal, Praeger, NY, 1972

Der mythisch-magische Charakter / Baumbemalungen

2011-08-23T00:01:00.003-05:00

(more from) August Walla: Sein Leben & Seine Kunst by Leo Navratil, Greno, 1988 (German language) (also previously)

Riding Problems

2011-08-22T00:01:00.000-05:00

Riding Problems: Basic Elements of Modern Riding Technique by Gregor de Romaszkan, Pelham Books, London, 1968 (translated from German) "a book for riders without prejudices, with thirty-four instructive photographs"

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2011-08-20T22:05:00.002-05:00

clipping, Popular Mechanics, 1950's

Baker Lake

2011-08-19T09:14:00.005-05:00

Magdalene Ukpatiku and Philippa Aningrniq Iksiraq at work / The World of Man and the World of Animals Come Together in the Shaman, drawing and print by Simon Tookoome, 1974
from BAKER LAKE: Prints & Print-Drawings 1970-76, The Winnipeg Art Gallery, Winnipeg, 1983

Robert Breer

2011-08-17T10:38:00.006-05:00

Robert Breer 1926-2011

images: Breer with floats, 1966 / Breathing, collage of 16 drawings, 1963 / ad detail from Film Culture Magazine No.27, 1962---all from this book.

(news via greg.org /triplecanopy)

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2011-08-17T00:01:00.001-05:00

back pages of Trash Can Toys and Games by Leonard Todd, Subsistence Press/Penguin, 1974

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2011-08-16T10:50:00.000-05:00

Collage, Montage, Assemblage: History and Contemporary Techniques by Norman Laliberté and Alex Mogelon, Van Nostrand Reinhold, NY, 1971

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2011-08-16T00:01:00.002-05:00

Masks, Face Coverings and Headgear by Norman Laliberté and Alex Mogelon, Van Nostrand Reinhold, NY, 1973 (all masks pictured above by Norman Laliberté except third from top by Susan Benton ("narrative presentation with mask depicting the story of Sarah and Hagar"), bottom is Laliberté's homage to Saul Steinberg)

previously here and here

I am in the whole world at home now. I love this feeling.

2011-08-15T09:47:00.006-05:00

Since some time, I globalize me.
Why just living in one country,
why just sleeping in one country,
why just being buried only in one country...

Conrad Schnitzler R.I.P.

(more here, and previously/image source)

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2011-08-13T00:09:00.003-05:00

back cover of Origami Folding Fun: Pony Book by Isao Honda, Japan Publications Inc., Tokyo, 1968 (previously)

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2011-08-12T14:07:00.001-05:00

Artists in the Theatre, The Hatton Gallery, The University, Newcastle upon Tyne, 1986, 16 pgs.(exhibition designed and conceived by Paul Gruitt)

zoologiques

2011-08-11T20:46:00.004-05:00

"Le Jeu Des Devinettes Zoologiques" from L'Encyclopedie de la Jeunesse, The Amalgamated Press/Grolier Society, 1923 (1947 edition) French language

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2011-08-11T01:02:00.004-05:00

from Collage and Construction: In Grades 1-4 by Lois Lord, 1958 previously

small log

2011-08-09T12:31:00.004-05:00

Small Log by Jon Pylypchuk, bronze, edition of 10, new from Paul + Wendy Projects, Toronto
Today at You Have Been Here Sometime, David John interviews three of my favourite people.

library club

2011-08-09T00:01:00.003-05:00

from The Library Club by Jack J. Delaney, The Shoe String Press, 1970