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Air, Water, Oil

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Edition 5 of 10

What Shapes Us

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2016
wood (Willow sticks)
5 x 100 feet (approximate dimensions)
Temporarily installed along Downer near Edgewood Avenue and in front of Mitchell Hall.

What We Shape

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2016
(names of endangered species written on pathways
in organic materials/pigments)
dimensions variable
Temporarily installed on walkways throughout campus.

Imagine from the Drift series

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2014-2016
wood (reclaimed lumber)
36 x 24 inches (approximate dimensions)
Temporarily installed in the Spiral Garden.

Cistern in the “Spiral Garden”

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University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee

1 World

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Madison, 2016

A3. The Three Cedars

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Binding: Copies 1-30 are quarter-bound in brown calfskin and handspun wool cloth that was dyed and woven by Donna Millar (Thomas). Title in gold on spine. Some copies are bound in wool cloth over boards. Copies 31-150 are quarter-bound in black…

A2. The Dwarf: A Short History of a Short Man

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20.5 x 12.5 cm (8” x 5”), 6 pages, 50 copies.

Binding: Unbound pamphlet. Housed in a green dust jacket. Paper: White, hand-made by Peter Thomas or various colors of commercial paper. Printing: Letterpress. Illustration printed from a…

A4. The Tale of Cara Sou and His Magic Word

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28 x 21.5 cm (11” x 8 ½”), 12 pages, 9 copies.

Binding: Orange and black Guatemalan cloth over boards. End sheets plum, hand-made by Peter Thomas. Paper: White, called “Sabot” in colophon, hand-made by Peter Thomas. Printing: Letterpress.…

A5. The Story of Wanda-La

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7 x 10.5 cm (2 ¾” x 4 1/8”), 24 pages, 50 copies.

Binding: Marbled paper made by Kate Christoon over boards. Title on cover. Paper: White, hand-made at Hayle Mill. Printing: Letterpress. Typography: Hand-set Goudy Thirty; text in brown, border in…