Thursday, November 29, 2012

t'a-pen




Rubbing Craft by Cecily Barth Firestein, Quick Fox, 1977

Wednesday, November 28, 2012

polskie książki




























Poland: Tourist Guide, 1972
i inne basnie polskie, 1986
Historia Filozofii 1, 1968
Panna z Morka Glowa, 1958

Saturday, November 24, 2012

little library 83


African Tribal Sculptures II: The Congo Basin Tribes, The Little Library of Art, Methuen, London, 1966

Friday, November 23, 2012

cardboard masks






Mark Grotjahn: Cardboard Masks, Wood Kusaka Studios, Los Angeles, 2012

thanks P+W

Thursday, November 22, 2012

bookbinding



Introducing Bookbinding by Ivor Robinson, Batsford/Watson-Guptill, 1968

Tuesday, November 20, 2012

one eyed ghost/hole in bottom of a shoe





The look again...and again, and again, and again book by Beau Gardner, Lothrop, Lee & Shepard Books, NY, 1984

Thursday, November 15, 2012

projecting cubes





"design for a Futurist dress creating the effect of projecting cubes (1925), watercolor on paper / Le Settimana Romana (1920), Tempera on paper / Futurist coat-hangars made and painted by Balla / Balla's own Futurist walking sticks and umbrella stand"

from (once againGiacomo Balla: An Album of his Life and Work by Virginia Dortch Dorazio, Wittenborn & Co., NY, 1969

Tuesday, November 13, 2012

H.C.
























A Human Condition, 1964, pine, brass, glass doorknob, ink
H.C. Westermann - A Human Condition: Selected Works 1961-1973, Lennon, Weinberg, Inc., NY, 2011 (Thanks Meeka!)

Monday, November 12, 2012

endpapers




Noah's Ark by Miche Wynants, 1965
Let's Find Out About Color by Ann Campbell, 1975
Tag-Along by Bernice Frankel, illustrated by Alex Kenne, 1962
God Bless Love by Nanette Newman, 1972

Thursday, November 8, 2012

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Basic Woodworking Processes by Herman Hjorth, Bruce Publishing Co., 1933 (1943) 
Make It and Ride It by C.J.Maginley, Harcourt, Brace & World Inc., 1949

Sunday, November 4, 2012

Folkways with Children




Rhythms of Childhood with Ella Jenkins, Folkways Records FC 7653, 1963 - cover design Ronald Clyne - here
Song and Play Time with Pete Seeger, Folkways Records FC 7526, 1956

Saturday, November 3, 2012

gem cutting and sphere collecting






Gem Cutting Shop Helps: The Best Selected from 17 Years of The Lapidary Journal, edited by Hugh Leiper, F.G.A., Lapidary Journal, 1964