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Production Narrative
by J. Drucker
The smaller watercolors from the series were put on the scanner. Files were produced in InDesign to add plate numbers and other texts. Prints were made on folded sheets, thus causing some mis-feed. Sheets were pulled into a single gathering and sewn into a Jacquonnette binding.
Critical Analysis
by J. Drucker
Design Features
typographic: Humanistic font (Caslon or Garamond) for the text. Clean and very straightforward in design
imagery: Watercolors from organic and inorganic matter.
graphical: Simple layout to create the sense of a nature album.
openings: Pages are printed on a single side only.
turnings:
development:
sequence:
textual: Scientific in presentation and tone.
structure:
conceptual:
intratextual:
scultpural features:
temporal features:
other features:
Critical Discussion
The book is an album, with an essay, "The Aesthetics of decay" that outlines the principles that underlie the works. The book is about the ways in which deterioration and wear reveal structure and form, registering these as an aesthetic process.
General Comments
[J. Drucker]
Damaged Nature / Salvage Culture
title note: [J. Drucker]
Agents
Johanna Drucker
type: initiating
role:
artist
author
designer
printer
nationality:
born: US
location:
dates:
birth: 1952-05-30
note: [J. Drucker]
Publication Information
edition type: editioned
publisher: Druckwerk
place: Charlottesville
dates:
production: 2005-00-00
edition size: 6 copies
note: This is the first of two editions, the second done in 2006 to accompany another exhibition. [J. Drucker]
Measurements
horizontal: 9 inches closed
vertical: 12 3/4 inches closed
Production Information
production means:
digital inkjet (local) Epson RX 500
binding: case binding (AAT) Jacquonnette
substrate:
bookBlock: paper Mohawk superfine
media:
other materials: Silk
Appearance
general description: The volume has the general look of a nature album, but without any hint of parody.
format: codex (AAT)
cover: Paste papers over boards, with a pattern that has the look of weathered suede, bound with black silk on the spine.
color: yes Inkjet
devices:
enclosures:
item:
Content
pagination: unpaginated 18
numbered?: numbered
signed?: signed
Colophon
An edition of six copies (one archive, one artist's proof, three for sale, one for who) were produced for an exhibition at the University of California, Santa Cruz, in fall of 2005. The original watercoors were scanned and printed on an Epson Stylus RX 500. This project was produced at the hot end of summer in Charlottesville, Virginia.
Exhibition Information
exhibition history: University of California, Santa Cruz, Fall 2005.
reception history:
Related Documents
manuscript type: texts
location: artist's archive
note:
manuscript type: other
location: artist's archive watercolors
note: Framed, matted, and exhibited, some were sold or given away, but the drawings remain more or less in the archive.
General Comments
[J. Drucker]