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Martha Carothers
Newark, DE

MARTHA CAROTHERS is a book artist, professor and Chair of the Department of Art at the University of Delaware. Her works have been exhibited nationally and internationally, and are included in collections of the Museum of Modern Art, the Library of Congress and the Ruth & Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete & Visual Poetry. Her bookworks incorporate letterpress printing, handbinding and recently the inclusion of computer design and laser printing.

http://designers.art.udel.edu/people/faculty/carothers/carothers.html

Martha  Carothers's work was exhibited in
30 Years of Innovation: A Survey of Exhibition History at The Center for Book Arts, 1974-2004
 Organized by Jae Jennifer Rossman, Special Collections Librarian, Arts Library, Yale University.
Good War, Bad Peace
(1991) Letterpress, LaserWriter, pencil and hand-stamping. Bound in cloth covered boards.
Paper, Art & the Book
 an exhibition of the innovative ways artists utilize paper to express ideas conveyed in books and broadsides
Circus Wagon
(1980) Rubber stamps on handmade paper, string
Grimm & Grimmer
 an exhibition of historical children's books and contemporary artists' books about the darker side of childhood
Nose Book
(1980) Letterpress, silkscreen, die-cut.
Nose Book
(1980) Letterpress, silkscreen, die-cut.
Inky Fingers
 works by small & fine presses
#2 Capital Letters
(1992) Author: Beatrice Warde; born and died, 20th century. Laserprinter, bound in cloth covered boards.
Good War, Bad Peace
(1991) Letterpress, LaserWriter, pencil and hand-stamping. Bound in cloth covered boards.
Book Arts in the USA
 an exhibition of work by 51 artists; a cultural presentation of the United States of America
Munsell®
(1985) Treated book with colored streamers.
Celebrating 15 Years
 new works by Artist Members
Three Sheets in the Wind
(1988) Courtesy of Tony Zwicker. Letterpress, rice paper, wood sticks, string
Fun & Games
 the 1988 annual Artist Members Exhibition
Three Sheets in the Wind
(1988) Courtesy of Tony Zwicker. Letterpress, rice paper, wood sticks, string
The Altered Page
 selections from The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry
It's Written All Over Your Face
(1983) Hard cover book with perforated and collaged printed pages; 51 leaves. Signed.
New Work
 the 1986 annual Artist Members Exhibition
Love & Marriage
(1985) Handmade paper, letterpress, ribbon
Book Rate
 Artist Members Invitational
You Bet
(1985) Handmade paper, rubber stamps
Center for Book Arts: The First Decade
 an exhibition at The New York Public Library
Nose Book
(1980) Letterpress, silkscreen, die-cut.
Nose Book
(1980) Letterpress, silkscreen, die-cut.
One Cubic Foot
 a traveling exhibit of twelve three-dimensional bookworks
Night Music
(1982)
Less is More
 limited edition and unique bookworks
2
(1980) Silk-screen, handset type, printed on Vandercook proof press.

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