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Collectors' Tales
Jessica Spring
2001
Handmade paper, vintage hanger
letterpress printing
3 x 10 x 7 in
edition of 15
text by Jessica Spring and Annie Morse
illustrated by Jessica Spring, Susan Estelle Kwas
Collectors' Tales examines the obsession to collect, identify, and display objects of desire. Produced by Springtide Press in an edition of 15, each handmade box features a deck of "collector's cards" profiling 15 collectors plus an essay examining the nature of collecting. Each box also contains an object provided by one of the 15 collectors displayed on a velvet pillow. // The collector cards are handmade, duplexed sheets of cotton and abaca. They were printed letterpress on a Vandercook #4 using photopolymer plates and the photographs were printed as duotones. Written by Annie Morse, the essay includes illustrations of animals with collecting habits by Susan Estelle Kwas. It was also printed letterpress on handmade paper, and features magpie watermarks.
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