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

With a distinct nod in the direction of Agatha Christie.


Gracia Haby & Louise Jennison
The Case of the Lost Aviary
2005
artists' book