Ten poems for Pandora
By: Victoria Bean
Publisher: Circle Press
Published: 2005
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 12
Copyright date: 2005
Subjects: Hope; Poetry; In literature
Description: "I've written the first five poems to suggest the build up to Pandora opening the box, while the next five are about the miseries getting released into a contemporary world like ours. The last poem is my favorite--'don't fly' is about the only thing that was left in the box, which was hope ... In the context of other artists' books I've tried to create a book that's been pared down to its absolute minimum. It's monochrome. It's using only the shape of the page to hint at the box. Its type is its only illustration and plays as the shadow/misery. It's self binding. There are no serifs on the type. There's a bit of a free for all feeling over here with artist's books at the moment now that printing and digital printing/publishing is so easily available to everyone. So I purposely gave myself some strict and considered boundaries within this medium"--Artist's statement at the Vamp & Tramp Booksellers' website, viewed on February 18, 2015.
Notes: Artist's book by Victoria Bean.

Limited edition of 100 copies, signed and numbered by the artist.

"The structure of the book is cut and folded in such a way as to produce an interlocking suite of pages with a physical fissure in the centre of each page. The poems are printed close to the edge of the 'faultline' ... The large-ish square pages are slightly floppy and with the need to be careful in disconnecting the top layer from the one underneath it"--Richard Price's statement at the Vamp & Tramp Booksellers' website, viewed on February 18, 2015.

"Letterpress printed at Circle Press in 10 point Helvetica Cyrillic. Handcut pages. Black card cover. Designed, written and produced by Victoria Bean"--Vamp & Tramp Booksellers' website, viewed on February 18, 2015.

This is copy no. 100 of 100, with artist signature.