Mar 09, 2016 Book of the Week – Dancing with Amelia

DANCING WITH AMELIA
Charles Hobson (1943-)
San Francisco, CA: Pacific Editions, 2000
N7433.4 H62 D36 2000

Charles Hobson uses a variety of printmaking methods to construct images around historical and literary themes. The book is his primary format. Mixed media drawings scanned and printed as IRIS prints. Pages die cut by Todd Die, Oakland, California into an airplane shape based on the design of the twin-engine Lockheed Electra Amelia Earhart flew on her last flight. Accordion style binding with laser cut 8-ply illustrated cover. Edition of thirty-eight copies. University of Utah copy is no. 24, signed.

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