Binder
By: Kristen Merola and Tate Shaw
Contributors: Shaw, Tate, artist, signer; Merola, Kristen, signer; Small Craft Advisory Press
Series: Book arts and typography collection
Publisher: [Small Craft Advisory Press]
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Tallahassee, Fla.]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 26
Subjects: Families in art; Artists' books; Specimens
Description: Artificial study manual about an invented theory of virtual families.
Notes: Limited edition of 60 copies.

A collaborative book project created for the experimental artists' residency and publishing program at Florida State University's Small Craft Advisory Press.

"Kris [Merola] and Tate Shaw investigate the future of the paper photo family archive in their artist book Binder. The pages mimic a study of family photos complete with a fictional works cited page and a laser engraved 3D object tucked into a flap at the front of the book."--Small Craft Advisory Press website, viewed Sept. 14, 2012.

"Single sheet letterpress pages printed on SCAP's Vandercook Universal 1. Photographs on Kodak Portra film scanned for digital imaging and layout. Printed on Crane Lettra paper. Bound in three-ring binder with laser engraved details. Laser cut and engraved paper sculptural object in pocket of first page. Signed and numbered by the artists."--Small Craft Advisory Press website, viewed Sept. 14, 2012.

Binder is a 24-page book letterpress printed from photopolymer plates and includes a pocket to hold an irregular, 2-D polyhedra that was laser-etched and cut and can be folded and transitioned by the reader for the creation of geometric, 3-D forms.

Rare Book copy: No. 4; signed by the artists.