THE
CASE OF THE LOST AVIARY
Exhibited as part of Ex Libris
Project Space, 23-27 Cardigan Street, Carlton
Monday 28th November - Friday 16th of December, 2005
The Case of the Lost Aviary
Artists’ book single color lithographic offset print hand colored with pencil, pen, fluorescent marker and collage on Aquarelle Arches 100% pure cotton hot pressed 300gsm paper.
18cm x 14cm four page concertina, bound in cotton by the artists, with engraved mirrored perspex discs on the cover.
Printed by Redwood Prints.
Edition of 16, 2005.
List of animals featured
Kioea
Last seen: 1859
Distribution: Hawaii and Oahu, Hawaiian Islands
Passenger Pigeon
Last seen (in captivity): 1pm, 1 September, 1914
Distribution: Eastern North America
Robust White-eye
Last seen: about 1918
Distribution: Lord Howe Island, Australia
Our four most recent collaborative artists' books nod distinctly in the direction of a certain Agatha Christie.
{Images from top to bottom, left to right, cover and page details from a single edition of The Case of the Lost Aviary.}
Exhibited as part of Ex Libris
Project Space, 23-27 Cardigan Street, Carlton
Monday 28th November - Friday 16th of December, 2005
The Case of the Lost Aviary
Artists’ book single color lithographic offset print hand colored with pencil, pen, fluorescent marker and collage on Aquarelle Arches 100% pure cotton hot pressed 300gsm paper.
18cm x 14cm four page concertina, bound in cotton by the artists, with engraved mirrored perspex discs on the cover.
Printed by Redwood Prints.
Edition of 16, 2005.
List of animals featured
Kioea
Last seen: 1859
Distribution: Hawaii and Oahu, Hawaiian Islands
Passenger Pigeon
Last seen (in captivity): 1pm, 1 September, 1914
Distribution: Eastern North America
Robust White-eye
Last seen: about 1918
Distribution: Lord Howe Island, Australia
Our four most recent collaborative artists' books nod distinctly in the direction of a certain Agatha Christie.
{Images from top to bottom, left to right, cover and page details from a single edition of The Case of the Lost Aviary.}
