[It's only just begun]
Contributors: Green Door Studio (Burlington, Vt.); Bluseed Studios (Saranac Lake, N.Y.)
Publisher: J.M. Turner
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Burlington, Vt
Language: eng
Number of pages: 46
Subjects: Soldiers; History; Pictorial owrks; Iraq War, 2003-2011; Protest movements; American Personal narratives; War in art; Military uniforms in art; Artists' books
Notes: Originally published as an untitled work. After publication the artist added the title: It's only just begun.

Edition of 6 signed, numbered and dated copies.

Portfolio consisting of a series of reverse silhouette pulp paper prints of the artist's dog tags descending into a splatter of red; printed on paper made by the artist from military uniforms he wore in Iraq. The final print incorporates a small torn American flag.

Unbound prints and colophon housed in handmade paper envelope; envelope closure formed from belt loop of the artist's military uniform through which is inserted a stick formed form a small American flag wrapped around a dowel.

Colophon (28 x 22 cm.) is signed and numbered by the artist.

"This portfolio [was] made by Jon Michael Turner at the Green Door Studio in Burlington, VT and Bluseed Studios in Saranac Lake, NY"--Colophon.

"These prints represent a very small part of his experiences in the United States military. When you first join you are very new to this lifestyle ... and hopefully by the end of your enlistment you realize what you are really fighting for: your own life, because the one that you just lived was controlled by someone who has no interest in your welfare or sanity"--Colophon.