A142. The Southwest
Title
A142. The Southwest
A143. Don't Fence Me In
A144. Trees
Creator
A142. Thomas, Peter and Donna
A143. Thomas, Peter and Donna
Author: Porter, Cole
Author: Porter, Cole
A144. Thomas, Peter and Donna
Author: Whitman, Walt
Author: Whitman, Walt
Description
A142.
70 x 44.5 mm (2 ¾” x 1 ¾”), 14-page accordion, 50 copies.
Binding: Simple accordion; covers are green paper, made from cotton rag and Yucca fiber, over boards. Title and illustration on label on cover. Paper: Yellow, handmade by Peter Thomas. Printing: Digital. Typography: Reproduction of text handwritten by Donna Thomas. Illustration: Reproductions of six watercolor paintings by Donna Thomas. Pictographs modeled after Navajo rock paintings stenciled on first and last pages. Notes: Yucca fiber for cover paper gathered in the high desert near the California-Arizona border. Illustrations are a series of watercolor landscapes that Donna painted in National Parks in the Southwest during the Thomases’ Wandering Book Artist's trip in April and May of 2010.
“When we returned from our first trip as Wandering Book Artists, we decided to have a little competition between ourselves to make an editioned miniature book. Donna made this book and I made Don’t Fence Me In [A141].”
70 x 44.5 mm (2 ¾” x 1 ¾”), 14-page accordion, 50 copies.
Binding: Simple accordion; covers are green paper, made from cotton rag and Yucca fiber, over boards. Title and illustration on label on cover. Paper: Yellow, handmade by Peter Thomas. Printing: Digital. Typography: Reproduction of text handwritten by Donna Thomas. Illustration: Reproductions of six watercolor paintings by Donna Thomas. Pictographs modeled after Navajo rock paintings stenciled on first and last pages. Notes: Yucca fiber for cover paper gathered in the high desert near the California-Arizona border. Illustrations are a series of watercolor landscapes that Donna painted in National Parks in the Southwest during the Thomases’ Wandering Book Artist's trip in April and May of 2010.
“When we returned from our first trip as Wandering Book Artists, we decided to have a little competition between ourselves to make an editioned miniature book. Donna made this book and I made Don’t Fence Me In [A141].”
A143.
73 x 57 mm (2 7/8” x 2 ¼”), 6-page accordion, 50 copies.
Binding: Simple accordion; covers are ponderosa pine cut and milled by Jim Leap. Vintage printer’s cut of a cowboy blind-stamped on leather label on cover. Paper: Tan, handmade by Peter Thomas. Printing: Letterpress. Illustrations printed from photoengravings. Typography: Handset Playbill and Futura; printed with a rainbow roll. Illustration: Six photoengravings. Notes: The text is the first line of Cole Porter's archetypal cowboy song.
73 x 57 mm (2 7/8” x 2 ¼”), 6-page accordion, 50 copies.
Binding: Simple accordion; covers are ponderosa pine cut and milled by Jim Leap. Vintage printer’s cut of a cowboy blind-stamped on leather label on cover. Paper: Tan, handmade by Peter Thomas. Printing: Letterpress. Illustrations printed from photoengravings. Typography: Handset Playbill and Futura; printed with a rainbow roll. Illustration: Six photoengravings. Notes: The text is the first line of Cole Porter's archetypal cowboy song.
A144.
76 x 51 mm (3” x 2”), 11-page accordion, 30 copies.
Binding: Simple accordion; covers are grey paper over boards. Pages inserted into accordion through slits. End sheets blue. Housed in a peach handmade paper sleeve. Title and illustration on label on cover. Paper: Grey and white, handmade by Peter Thomas. Printing: Digital. Typography: Reproduction of text handwritten by Donna Thomas. Illustration: Reproductions of six watercolor paintings by Donna Thomas. Notes: Illustrations done on sight in the Sierra Nevada mountain range.
76 x 51 mm (3” x 2”), 11-page accordion, 30 copies.
Binding: Simple accordion; covers are grey paper over boards. Pages inserted into accordion through slits. End sheets blue. Housed in a peach handmade paper sleeve. Title and illustration on label on cover. Paper: Grey and white, handmade by Peter Thomas. Printing: Digital. Typography: Reproduction of text handwritten by Donna Thomas. Illustration: Reproductions of six watercolor paintings by Donna Thomas. Notes: Illustrations done on sight in the Sierra Nevada mountain range.
Publisher
Santa Cruz, California: Peter & Donna Thomas
Date
2010
Language
English
Files
Collection
Appears in Exhibits
Citation
A142. Thomas, Peter and Donna, A143. Thomas, Peter and Donna
Author: Porter, Cole, and A144. Thomas, Peter and Donna
Author: Whitman, Walt, “A142. The Southwest,” Digital Exhibits - UWM Libraries Special Collections, accessed November 15, 2024, https://web.uwm.edu/lib-omeka-spc2/items/show/589.