The artist writes "This book is a visual manifestation of my musings after a night in the Scriptorium Sackner. It may be read from either direction, or opened randomly. It is given with thanks and affection." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Most of the collage elements are circular reinforcements for the holes of loose leaf pages in varied colors -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

The single color photograph of a woman's face with the eyes olbscured by yellow discs included in this work is reminiscent of the art of John Baldessari and the colored dots of varied colors of Jennifer Bartlett. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

The cast paper case is a death mask of a woman. Each drawing is a rubberstamped portrait of a woman's facial features dealing with her response to cosmetics. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

The book is cut horizontally through the pages and slightly rotated. The fore-edge and cardboard base are painted green.Internet: Sarah Firmin (Dorothy Carr) (1933-) is a versatile artist, designer and teacher, gaining her painting diploma at St Martin's School of Art. Working at the London College of Printing, (together with Francis Carr, whom she married) Firmin helped pioneer the use of screenprinting as a fine art medium in the late 1940s. They have been credited with producing some of the first screenprints to be made in this country, and for introducing the medium to a number of artists including Eduardo Paolozzi. Firmin took part in numerous group shows and her solo exhibitions include the ICA, 1970; Gardner Art Centre, Sussex University, 1982; and Barbican Centre, 1991. The British Museum and Victoria & Albert Museum hold examples of her work. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Exhibited in Visualog 2, San Luis Obispo, California, an exhibition curated by Karl Kempton. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Pages consist of thin copper sheets. Artist has punched out small holes to form words or markings and passes black thread through the holes to form the images. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

The egg is engraved with the title, perfect imprint, embellished with an original engraving enclosed with a text by Michael Gluck. This book object was delivered with rolled, uncrumpled pages within the shell. Their removal caused them to crumpled. The texts are egg shaped and printed on Tibetian paper with one raised, ink and gold leaf illuminated letter per page. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

The text appears to be an autobiographical account of the artist's youth. All leather work, including tanning, was done by the artist. Aminah Robinson (1940-2015) has also signed some of the books in this production with her given name, Brenda Lynn Robinson. Robinson, who received a MacArthur prize, had a major retrospective exhibition at the Brooklyn Museum 2006. This piece was in the exhibition. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

This work was purchased from the exhibition "Textiles/Fibers/Threads: The Book Show" at The Center for Book Arts, New York. The exhibition was curated by Kumi Korf and Charlotte Thorpe. Hensel describes her work as follows: "The words we all speak and think link together in sentences, disjointed phrases, odd web structures, broken threads and dangling participles. The words rush out of a vein, they cascade over all our experiences. This particular piece is about those threads of conversation left unfinished, dangling out of context, with sometimes unexpected consequences. At the time that I wrote this piece, I was thinking about the cruelty of teenage girls and about the half-truths and innuendos we hear on the news daily. This is a meander through the effects of impulsive adolescent conversations and rumors." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

This bookwork emphasizes the major role of television in the conduct of the Gulf War. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

The pages of the booklets consist of photocopied typewritten texts. The box is addressed to P[atricia] Collins. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Each paper strip contains a poetic, metaphor about dusters, paper and words. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Book object which relates to Alchemy can be made into a number of different shapes; current shape is a pyramid. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.