Search Results: Authors starting with O from Vamp & Tramp, Booksellers, LLC

Ruston, Louisiana:: Frank Hamrick,, 2013.. Edition of 25. 6.25" x 6.25"; 20 pages. Sewn binding. LaserJet printed on 50lb., double-sided, matte Red River Paper. Garamond typeface. Bound in quarter cloth. Paper covered boards of handmade cotton rag paper printed on an etching press using a polymer plate from Boxcar Press in Syracuse, New York. Signed and numbered by the artist on the colophon. Some stories were previously published in the one-of-a-kind books Hideaway, The Long Bed Truck with the Short Bed Camper Shell, and Free Puppies  Frank Hamrick, Disclaimer: "The ... events occurred in Georgia, except for the final story, which took place in New Mexico. The characters' names have been changed to conceal their identities, except for my family members. The character 'Mom' actually is my mom. Even though that is not the name on her birth certificate; I suppose because my siblings and I did not yet exist. My dad is also my dad and my sister is my sister. The… Read More

New York:: Watson-Guptill Publications,, (1992).. 128 pages, 26 cm. Magazine format. Contents: The woodcut tradition; Elements of black-and-white design; Materials; Preparing the block; Cutting the block; Printing the block; Special relief techniques; Common printing problems; Sharpening and restoring tools; Glossary; Suppliers.Includes bibliographical references and index.

New York City, New York:: Sheryl Oring,, 2006.. Edition of 18. 7.25 x 5.5" three-panel portfolio. Closes with leather ties. Bound in beige linen bookcloth by Jamie Munkatchy. Each book features an original Polaroid photograph of the Eldridge Street Synagogue or the surrounding neighborhood on the cover. Contents include a hand-typed introduction; 43 letters dictated during performances at the Eldridge Street Project in 2005; and, a flag-bound book featuring eleven Polaroid photos of Eldridge Street Synagogue and the surrounding neighborhood. Inside pockets are made out of pages from a Yiddish dictionary and a Chinese-language volume listing books permitted for publication by Communist censors, alluding to the mixed nature of this Lower East Side-Chinatown neighborhood. This book was made in conjunction with a series of interactive performances – Writing Home: Conversations with our Ancestors -- by Sheryl Oring at New York’s Eldridge Street Project. It explores the connection between… Read More

New York, New York:: Sheryl Oring,, 2005.. Edition of 100 . 4.5 x 7.25"; 28 numbered pages. Housed in an 11.75 x 9.25" manila folder that is closed on three sides. Title label at top of folder. Includes a selection of cards created during performances in Los Angeles and Walnut Creek (California) in 2004. Combines art, politics, and interactive performance to offer the public a chance to say what's on their mind. Oring set up a typewriter and asked visitors "If I were President of the US what would you say to me?" The visitor's reply was then handtyped to a postcard addressed to the White House. With photographs by Dagmar Hovestädt of participants. "I Wish to Say" took form after many Europeans told Oring that all Americans think alike. Oring: "Because I had lived in so many parts of the country, I thought this couldn't possibly be true. This project is demonstrating to the world how diverse America really is….The response has been very… Read More

Brooklyn, New York:: Fargo Books,, 2008.. Edition of 8. x 6.75 x 3.5"; 198 pages. Includes 45 "birthday cards" and photographic portraits. 24 photos of the performances. Bound in handmade yellow linen book cloth with foil-stamped images. Slipcased in orange bookcloth with foil-stamped bow on one side and candles on the other. Introduction: "The Birthday Project includes a selection of birthday cards sent to President Bush by people across the country in 2006. The messages were dictated to artist Sheryl Oring as part of a public performance project that began Brooklyn and included stops in seven other locations across the country: Indianapolis, Raleigh, Tampa, Houston, Des Moines, Albuquerque, and Yosemite National Park. The portraits of people who dictated cards were taken by Brooklyn-based photographer Dhanraj Emanuel."  In each of the locations Oring dressed in vintage secretary clothing. She set up a portable office at parks and flea markets in these locations and… Read More

Ann Arbor, Michigan:: Quack! Media Press / Sheryl Oring,, 2008 - 2010.. Special signed edition. 8.5 x 8.5"; 140 pages. More than 66 color photographs; 49 color illustrations. Bound in glossy illustrated wraps. Preface by Sheryl Oring. Introduction by Thuy Linh Nguyen Tu, Assistant Professor of History of Art and Asian American Studies at Cornell University. Signed by Oring on the title page. Accompanied with a file folder of newspaper clippings from The Birthday Project. Miriam Schaer, Bonefolder, Volume 7, 2011: "Hillary Clinton popularized the maxim that it takes a village to raise a child. Sometimes it also takes a village to make a book. At least that's how several adventurous female book artists see it. ...""In 2006, Oring launched I Wish to Say: the Birthday Project, inviting people to send 60th birthday wishes to then President Bush. As in the first project, the dictated cards expressed all sides of the political spectrum. Oring, as usual was careful to not… Read More

Belfast, Maine:: Jan Owen,, 2022.. Edition of 3. 10 x 19 x 4 inches open, 10 x 6 x .75 inches closed. Accordion flag book. Hand lettered with acrylic and ink on paste painted paper. Paper case. Signed and numbered by the artist. Jan Owen: "In 2020, the New York Times decided to capitalize Black as they did in1930 for the designation, Negro. But Black and White is hardly a description of the many shades of skin tones so I made shades of pinks and browns, ochre, and red to make the faces.  "The words in 'Black White' are about racism said by writers, preachers, Congress. I don’t think there’s one way, there are many ways that we can learn to give up our prejudices. " I feel that - Laws change actions. Stories change hearts. History records. Arts make visible. Music crosses cultures. Sport makes teams.

Belfast, Maine:: Jan Owen,, 2022.. Edition of 3. 10 x 19 x 4 inches open, 20 x 6 x .75 inches closed. Hand lettered with acrylic and ink on paste painted paper. Paper case. Signed and numbered by the artist. Jan Owen: "During the pandemic, like many artist friends I worked with what I had and the Mistake File came out. I selected papers to cut circles and then combined to balance text, colors and patterns. These faces were filled with words, thoughts, ideas and I imagined walking on a busy sidewalk wondering what each person was thinking, what words had filled their eyes. The faces became 'The Minds’s Eye' artist book.