Sacred space
By: [by Jeffrey W. Morin]
Contributors: sailorBOYpress; Ferlauto, Steven
Publisher: sailorBOYpress
Published: 2003
Place of publication: Stevens Point, Wis
Language: eng
Number of pages: 36
Subjects: Artists' books; Alphabets
Notes: Housed in a box (41 cm.) painted with copper leaf, which also contains the parts for a chapel to be put together by the viewer.

Quotes in text by Galileo Galilei, William Bunce, Thomas Merton and William E. Barrett.

"Sacred Space is an extension of Steven Ferlauto's research in The Sacred Abecedarium ... visual characterization reminiscent of stained glass, the chapel concept and design is a continuation of Steven's exploration of this sacred theme ... This project is funded in part by the University Personnel Development Committee of the University of Wisconsin at Stevens Point. This book is editioned in 35 copies"--Colophon.

Most of the color papers made at Caren Heft's Root River Mill; wood type in different colors used as page decoration as well as on front cover; open spine sewn with brown cord, brown cloth covered boards with title and design on front board; endpapers of handmade paper from Nepal.

The box lid is the base for the chapel; brass holes in the base allow the rods to fit exactly; printed type collage becomes the floor pattern. The model has six walls, a roof, and the base. Copper rod skeletons with Okawara rice paper skin are covered with a casting resin after the technical drawings are transferred using an inkjet printer. Letters indicate which wall is placed in a particular set of holes. The roof is a copper-leafed davey board, and also forms the tray in which the book rests. All of these components will age and the building's color will evolve.