A141. Not Paper
Title
A141. Not Paper
Creator
Thomas, Peter and Donna
Description
21.5 x 13 cm (8 ¾” x 5”), 17-page accordion, 48 copies.
Binding: Simple accordion; covers are leather over boards, color varies by copy. Pages are folded in half and sewn to one another to form the accordion. Title stamped on cover. Housed in a clamshell box made by Donna Thomas covered in painted paper and cloth. Title on label on cover. Paper: Handmade by Peter Thomas. Printing: Letterpress; multiple color runs. Typography: Text is handset Centuar. Titles are handset Neuland. Accordion pages printed using antique wood type. Illustration: Eight samples tipped in. Notes: Each page is printed with the name of a sample of “not paper.” The text is printed on a strip of white paper ¼ the size of the larger accordion that is sewn in to the larger accordion. Samples of “not paper” are tipped in on this paper. Cover is printed with wood type in acrylic paint. Copies were made in several different colors.
“Conceptually based on our earlier miniature, Almost Paper [A89], this book describes paper-like materials that are not paper including amate, birch bark, parchment, papyrus, tapa, Tyvek and wasp nest with actual samples of each material.
Each page was printed on a different color/making of my handmade paper. I used paper in the shop left over from previous editions and the 48 copy limitation was based on the fact that I could only find enough of some sheets to make that many copies. Each page describes one not paper, for example "amate," and that word is printed on the page in multiple colors using multiple type faces. An additional strip of white paper that is about 1/4 the full sheet size, printed with the definition of amate and with a square where a sample of amate was pasted in, is stitched in over the backing sheet.”
Binding: Simple accordion; covers are leather over boards, color varies by copy. Pages are folded in half and sewn to one another to form the accordion. Title stamped on cover. Housed in a clamshell box made by Donna Thomas covered in painted paper and cloth. Title on label on cover. Paper: Handmade by Peter Thomas. Printing: Letterpress; multiple color runs. Typography: Text is handset Centuar. Titles are handset Neuland. Accordion pages printed using antique wood type. Illustration: Eight samples tipped in. Notes: Each page is printed with the name of a sample of “not paper.” The text is printed on a strip of white paper ¼ the size of the larger accordion that is sewn in to the larger accordion. Samples of “not paper” are tipped in on this paper. Cover is printed with wood type in acrylic paint. Copies were made in several different colors.
“Conceptually based on our earlier miniature, Almost Paper [A89], this book describes paper-like materials that are not paper including amate, birch bark, parchment, papyrus, tapa, Tyvek and wasp nest with actual samples of each material.
Each page was printed on a different color/making of my handmade paper. I used paper in the shop left over from previous editions and the 48 copy limitation was based on the fact that I could only find enough of some sheets to make that many copies. Each page describes one not paper, for example "amate," and that word is printed on the page in multiple colors using multiple type faces. An additional strip of white paper that is about 1/4 the full sheet size, printed with the definition of amate and with a square where a sample of amate was pasted in, is stitched in over the backing sheet.”
Publisher
Santa Cruz, California: Peter & Donna Thomas
Date
2010
Files
Collection
Appears in Exhibits
Citation
Thomas, Peter and Donna, “A141. Not Paper,” Digital Exhibits - UWM Libraries Special Collections, accessed November 15, 2024, https://web.uwm.edu/lib-omeka-spc2/items/show/588.