tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-88713156752962536032024-03-18T02:48:07.850-07:00About Blooks Discovering the book as object by Mindell DubanskyMindell Dubanskyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05788551712981719342noreply@blogger.comBlogger58125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8871315675296253603.post-2184114380557366692016-10-16T07:18:00.000-07:002016-10-16T07:22:20.159-07:00Come Meet Me at the Boston Book Fair<div style="text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-weight: normal;">Hello Blook-lovers! I hope to see some of you at this Ticknor Society event in Boston. I'll be happy to sign your books, but I won't be carrying many. If you would like one, please order through this website. If you want to give them as holiday gifts I'm offering a 40% discount for 5 or more copies. Email me at mindelldubansky@gmail.com. See you soon!</span></h4>
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Collectors Roundtable: Librarians Who Collect<br />Saturday, October 29, 2016, 3PM<br />International Book Fair, Hynes Convention Center<br />(Come and visit us at booth 625!)</h4>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "book antiqua";">The Ticknor Society's Collectors Roundtable at the International Book Fair this year will be hosted by Beth Carroll-Horrocks at 3PM, and will feature speakers who are librarians, or who work in libraries, and who have interesting collections outside of their institutional holdings.</span><br />
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Mindell Dubansky (The Metropolitan Museum of Art) will talk about her collection of <a href="http://aboutblooks.blogspot.com/?utm_source=September+2016+Newsletter&utm_campaign=March+2016+Newsletter&utm_medium=email">blooks</a> (objects that look like books but aren't books).<br />
Christian Dupont (Boston College) and Silvia Dupont (Newton North High School) collect Italian grammar books from the mid-18th to mid-19th century that were published for French speakers who wanted to learn the language and literature of Italy.<br />
Joshua Lupkin (Harvard University) will describe a collection he stewarded at his previous job (at Tulane University), using an endowment for buying books about cats and dogs, and how he continues to build interest in the collection through <a href="http://dogandcatcomics.tumblr.com/" target="_blank">social media.</a></div>
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Mindell Dubanskyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05788551712981719342noreply@blogger.com183tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8871315675296253603.post-43262995168796610482016-09-22T14:27:00.000-07:002016-09-24T05:49:34.552-07:00Blooks Exhibition On NOW at Bard College<br />
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<span style="color: windowtext;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">From January 27 through March 12, 2016 at the Grolier
Club in New York City, I curated the first exhibition of my collection of
blooks, which included over 200 book-shaped objects representing over 250 years
of their development from many countries. As a part-time resident of Tivoli,
New York, I am aware of the important and active role that Bard College has in
its community and am pleased to participate in its artistic and scholarly
dialogue by presenting a segment of the original Grolier Club exhibition at the
Stevenson Library. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> I hope that some of you will get the chance to visit the exhibition before it closes next month. Below is a list of objects on view. Most are illustrated in my book.</span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 120%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: SimHei; mso-fareast-language: JA; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">Maple sugar mold. <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Bible</i>.
American or -Canadian, c. 1820s.</span></span><br />
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<span style="line-height: 120%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: SimHei; mso-fareast-language: JA; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="color: black; font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">Marble (memorial)
book.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>American, 19th c.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Sewing box. <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Bibel. </i>German, 19th c.</span></span></span><br />
<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";"></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">Gift box with hand
mirror. <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Curly Locks</i>. American, late
19<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><sup>th</sup>-early 20th c.</span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">
<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Ladies’ dresser
set. <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Milady’s Fancy</i>. <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Vol. XVII</i>. Enesco. American, 1920s.</span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">
<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Negative box. <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Tylar's Unique Negative Storer</i>. English,
mid–late 19<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><sup>th</sup> c.</span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">
<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Biscuit tin. <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Book. </i>Huntley & Palmers. English,
1920.</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Pencil box.
American, late 19th c.</span></span></span></span></span><div>
<span style="line-height: 120%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: SimHei; mso-fareast-language: JA; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">Case
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<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Baking pan from T.
H. Nelligan Bakery, Troy, NY. [American], c. 1947.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">
<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Yarn box. <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Knitting Volumes.</i> American, mid-20th c.</span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">
<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Toy.<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"> Secret Sam’s Spy Dictionary. </i>Topper
Toys. American, 1966.</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Freemasonry
symbolic sculpture. Holy Bible. American, 20th c.</span></span></span><br />
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</span><span style="color: black;"><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Exploding book.
<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">The Bare Facts of Nudism. </i>Adams Co.
American, c. 1945.</span> </span></span><br />
<span style="color: black; font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">
Punch line book.<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"> A
Collection of Shapely Pin-Ups</i>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>American, mid-19th c. </span><br />
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">
<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Trick snake book.
American, mid-late 19th c.</span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">
<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Shock
book. <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">World’s Greatest Jokes. </i>Franco-American
Novelty Co., New York. American, mid-20th c.</span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">
<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Clutch bag. <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Chelsea Husbands. </i>A<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">.</i>Hindmarch, London. English, c. 1990s.</span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">
<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Bath products. <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Secrets by Dermay. </i>Dermay Perfumes,
Inc., New York. American, c. 1920-1930s.</span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">
<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Reading light. <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Magic Booklite. </i>Eagle Electric
Manufacturing Co., Inc., New York. American, c. 1949.</span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">
<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Alarm
clock. <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Lava Time. </i>Lava Simplex.
Chicago, Illinois. American, 1976.</span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">
<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Recipe file. <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Chef-an-ette. </i>Terry’s Origin-ettes.
Chicago, Illinois. American, c. 1957.</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-bidi-language: EN-US;">Child’s
lunch box. <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Book Bento. </i>Sanwa Seiko Co.,
Ltd. Japan, c. 1960s.</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">
<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">Lunch box with
flask. <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Noonday Exercise</i></span><span style="font-size: xx-small;">. American, c.
1875 and U.S. Patent 170,441. 1875.</span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="color: black;">
</span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="color: black;">Educational
device. <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">The Book of Books. </i>Endeavor
Printing Co., Anniston, Alabama. American, c. 1918 and U.S. Patent 1,262,269.
1918. </span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="color: black;">
</span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="color: black;">Candy box. <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Life Savers: A Sweet Story</i>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>American, 1941–1948 and advertisement from <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Life Magazine</i>. American, 1940s.</span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">
<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Crosley book radio<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">. New Crosley Transistor Book Radio.
Fantasy. </i>Avco. Cincinnati, Ohio. American, c. 1954 and advertisement (Lekmayer’s).</span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">
<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Trade catalog. <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Jellinek</i>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Paris. French. Early 20th c.</span></span></span></span></span><br />
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</span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="color: black;">Souvenir box. <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Dictionary. </i>Made by C. H. Haines.
Canadian, 1885.</span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">
<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Office supply set.
Dennison Manufacturing Co. Framingham, Massachusetts. American, c. 1940–1942.</span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">
<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Table lighter.<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"> The Book of Smoking Knowledge</i>. Ross
Electronics Corp., Chicago, Illinois. American, made in Japan, c. 1960s.</span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">
<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Trench Art
lighter, World War I. <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Marie</i>. French,
c. 1914–1918.</span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">
<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Betel box, <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Mrs. Crosby</i>. Indian or English, c.
1912–1918.</span></span></span></span></span><br />
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Coal carving. <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">James Fagen.</i>
American, Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania, 1897.</span><br />
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">Slate paperweight. <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">L. K. E.,
1871-1909. </i>American, early 20<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><sup>th</sup> century.</span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Frida</i> (Kahlo) icon. Mexican,
c. 2010. </span><br />
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">
<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Salt box.<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"> Cook Book Salt. </i>Barton Salt Co.,
Hutchinson, Kansas. American, c. 1940s.</span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Bookie Blox</i>, Vol. 1. Bookie
Blox Co. American, 1922.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">On February 2, 2016 the Grolier Club and Columbia University's Rare Book and Manuscript Library partnered to present a colloquium in connection with my exhibition Blooks: The Art of Books That Aren't. The colloquium was filmed and can be seen in its entirety by clicking on this link: </span><a href="https://vimeo.com/158427834"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">https://vimeo.com/158427834</span></a></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Speakers included (in this order) Mindell Dubansky (Preservation Librarian, Metropolitan Museum of Art), Lynn Festa (Associate Professor of English, Rutgers University), and Bruce and Lynn Heckman (collectors). Karla Nielsen of Columbia University, was moderator. This post includes the full content of Lynn Festa's inspiring talk on the relationship between books and blooks. I found it so interesting, I thought you would like to reading it and I thank Lynn for offering it to the About Blooks blog:</span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">I want to talk today
both about “blooks” themselves, and about what “book-look objects” have to tell
us about the nature of the book: its properties as a material thing as well as
word-based text. What do “blooks” borrow from the book, on the one hand, and
what do they tell us about the nature of the book, on the other? Why choose to
fashion an object— whether a spruce-gum box, a sewing kit, a lunch box, or a
lighter— in the form of a book in the first place? <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Although objects shaped like other things are
not <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">all</i> that uncommon—chocolates and
candles and soaps come in all sorts of guises— the blook seems special.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">In part, blooks are
special because <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">books</i> are not like
other things: they are both physical object and text, conjoining the material
and the immaterial, the shared world of language and the private world of thought,
sense, experience. Books are strange objects in that they recede into
invisibility when we read; the "blook" by contrast insists upon the
physical properties of the book in a way that makes its materiality an object
of contemplation. “Blooks” remind us of the power incarnated in the book’s— the
codex’s— very form, underscoring the ritual or social purposes that books
possess <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">apart</i> from being read. The
coffee-table book broadcasts a message about the status or refinement of its
possessor without being cracked; the book given as a high school prize declares
an honor without necessarily being devoured by its teen-aged recipient. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Blooks also remind
us of the more casual ways we employ books as material objects rather than
reading matter— as doorstops or paperweights, as coasters or barriers to an
unwanted conversation on the subway. That many blooks are <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">closed </i>books— offering the shape and mass of a wordless object— reminds
us that what we treasure in books is not always the allegedly superior value
incarnated in the text. We also love books <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">as
things</i>. The “blook” on these terms offers a revelation about bibliophilia,
about the love we bear towards <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">this</i>
particular copy of a book, as opposed to the story we love, and about the passion
and perversion of book collecting. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Even
as the Freudian fetishist’s interest in the shoe lies in something other than
its purpose as a protection for feet, so too does the collector of books (as
well as, perhaps, the collector of blooks) treasure something that goes beyond
the so-called “proper” use of the book as a delivery system for language.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Perhaps— countermanding the chiding of
countless generations of parents— what matters is <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">not</i> what’s inside, after all? The blook as a representation of the
book— with its lavish or cheap bindings, its ornate lettering or unadorned typeface—remind
us of the forms of value not associated with specifically literary merit that <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">also</i> inhere in the book. And why should
we denigrate these other values? The large number of book-objects that are
bibles, for example, reminds us of the role played by the Bible not just as
scripture, but also as a perdurable object that consolidates relationships or
communities through its presence as a material object— not despite but
precisely because of its obdurate materiality. Blooks— or at least <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">some</i> blooks— capitalize on this.</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Holy Bible in stone. American, 19th c.</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">And I say <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">some</i> blooks, because blooks, like books,
have genres, moving from the reverent sobriety of a stone-book Bible to the low
comedic value of the mass-produced electric-shock gag gift.</span></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Exploding book, "World's Greatest Jokes by R. U. Laffin." American, Franco-American Novelty Co., New York, mid-20th c. </td></tr>
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</span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Blooks thus alternately consecrate the
book— reaffirm its sanctity— and jest with it— cut its high seriousness
down to size. In the next few minutes, I want to offer readings of three kinds
of “blooks”— three possible ways of thinking about what they tell us about our
relation to books that might be roughly classed as the sentimental or
affective, as utilitarian, and as playful.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>(This is by no means exhaustive, and for every statement I make there
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">First: the
sentimental or affective. “Blooks" toy with a kind of literalization of
the inward nature of the book and of our reading practices. On these terms, we
might read the book-object as a kind of allegory of reading.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The hollowed-out book shape, for example,
literalizes the ways we think of reading as an activity involving depths and
insides: we dive into novels, we delve into texts, we talk about what’s <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">in </i>a book. </span></span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">"Smoke and Ashes by Flame" smoking set. American, mid-20th c.</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">A book repurposed as a secret
hiding place for keepsakes has much to tell us about the forms of interiority
and selfhood we associate with the book. Books, like blooks, offer passage to a
hidden inside.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Although not all blooks open,
the pleasure of opening and finding things within— and here I cannot help but
think of the popularity of “unboxing videos” on youtube as a strange extension
of this pleasure— is part of what the blook promises. The discovery that
something is harbored within the blook thus echoes elements of the experience
of reading. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Blooks also
capitalize on the way books, as embodied language, exteriorize and make inner
feeling at least partially available to other minds.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The book-shaped love tokens and sentimental
or memorial objects such as the spruce-gum boxes carved by lumbermen in the
North Woods or the stone books carved with the name of the recipient all are
exterior signs of inward emotion. </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> </span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">An American spruce gum box, 19th c.</td></tr>
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personal memento, keepsake, memorial, souvenir, or gift, these objects are vessels
for sentimental value. I want to focus on the anthracite book that commemorates
the death of the miner James Fagen at the age of 22. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">This blook marks the
premature ending of a life with too few chapters. The fact that it can’t be
opened to be read— that it is a closed book in every sense— and the “muteness”
of the stone book— the “inert thingness” of the memorial— make this blook the
nonverbal expression of something— the grief of loss— that cannot,
perhaps, be brought to the level of language. Words cannot express
everything.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The stone book that marks
this foreshortened life borrows from the permanence or solidity of stone to
suggest the enduring love towards the lost loved one and the promise of eternal
life, also invoked by the book’s inevitable reference to the bible. The emotion
that suffuses these objects makes the blook, like the book, a tool for
preserving and revivifying emotions about absent objects. Both blooks and books
give substance and form to the ephemerality of subjective feeling, experience,
thought. (One thing that does not come through from looking at the blooks in
the exhibition is the immense pleasure of holding them: the smoothness of the
wood, the texture of the grain the heft of the stone, the satisfying fit, snug
in the hand.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>These are tactile as well
as visual objects; they are meant to be held.)</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">If the sentimental
or affective “blooks” serve as objects of meditation or contemplation, what
should we make of their more utilitarian counterparts? What connections can be
made between the contents of certain blooks and the book form? The logic behind
housing writing materials, alphabet blocks, and a book repair kit (charmingly
titled “The Care and Feeding of Books”)</span></span><br />
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evident, to be sure, and the fact that blooks are often vessels for new or
emerging technologies— photographs, viewfinders, microscopes, cameras, and tape
recorders—suggests the ways the book-form acts as a mediator to buffer
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Crosley Book Radio. American, 1950s.</td></tr>
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blooks— the game boards disguised as books, for example— are perhaps trying to
borrow from the relative prestige of the book to give idle pastimes greater
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">"Milton's Poems" card set. American, mid 20th c. </td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">But other objects are
not so easily explained. One might, I guess, say that the incendiary content of
literature and the flammability of paper explains the book-shaped trench-art lighter
(and certainly the useful object crafted out of shell-casings and bullets
produces a reminder for the soldier of the civilized world of books, so distant
from the violence of war), but what about the sewing kit?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Why put a sewing kit like the 1840s “the Gem”
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">"The Gem" small sewing kit. English, 1840s.</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Although part of the reason is decorative (a pretty, fashionable
case, easy to transport), another reason is perhaps to hide or camouflage the
object. A sewing kit in a book form allows work materials to be left out on a
table, and thus ready-to-hand for the kinds of minor repairs for which it is
intended, even as the book form disguises the invisible ubiquity of female
labor that underwrites domestic life. Perhaps the practical contents of these blooks
also serve as a reminder that “book smarts” need to be complemented with
practical know-how: the speculative “how-to” knowledge that reading a book about
tailoring might convey is replaced by the sewing-kit that enables one to mend a
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Although the sewing
kit blook disguises its contents, many blooks do, punningly, proclaim what they
ostensibly hide.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The flask is nestled in
a blook labeled the <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Secrets of the
American Cup, </i></span></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">"Secrets of the American Cup" flask. American, 20th c.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">"Not So Dusty by Y. B. Untidy" clothes brush. American or English, 20th c.</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"></span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">That so many blooks have punning titles is, I
think, a reflection of the fact that there is something oddly literalizing
about the blook. It arrests us on the material form of the book in much the
same way that the pun returns language to its most material form, as
sound.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The pun plays with the sonic
similitude of words, much as the blook plays with the material likeness of the
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: small;">The importance of
puns indicates that all is not high seriousness in the world of blooks, and I
want to close with a few words about the sheer entertainment value and even
silliness of some blooks. The gag books in the exhibition— the folk-art trick
snake boxes from which a snake rises to strike the unwary Pandora, </span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Snake trick. American, 19th c.</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: small;">the
exploding books and the electric shock books— all entail a curious
materialization of reading: the serpent serves as a reminder that dangerous
things lie in books, while the shocks inflicted in opening a risqué cover literalize
the notion that we are reading something “very shocking” (offering a playfully
punitive response to the prurient desires that led one to open the book in the
first place). These blooks sport with the pleasure of being surprised or
perhaps, rather, with the pleasure of surprising someone else (the vague sadism
of many practical jokes). But they also play with the delight at illusionistic
trickery associated with trompe l’oeil, with the outward mimicry of a form that
turns out to be something else. Wherein lies the pleasure of being lured into
seeing a book in an object that is <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">not</i>
a book? I think the pleasure— and the profit—elicited by this fleeting mistake lies
in the toggle between one thing and another that alerts us to the enduring
relation we take to books. For in <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">not</i>
being a book, the book-look object offers us a glimpse of the many things that
we ask books to be.</span></div>
Mindell Dubanskyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05788551712981719342noreply@blogger.com84tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8871315675296253603.post-63171585112944398632016-07-13T15:05:00.000-07:002016-07-16T04:16:32.783-07:00The Curious Genre of Maple Sugar Bible Molds<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Before the availability of refrigeration which made maple syrup a viable commodity, maple products were produced in solid forms such as maple sugar. Maple sugar was often processed in decorative wooden molds as sale or gift items. Sugar molds were made during the 19th century throughout New England and Canada. I have found a curious group of bible molds which produced small sugar bibles that would fit in your hand. I have seen these in three different designs and assembly styles. Two are in my collection and one is at the Royal Ontario Museum. I don't really have an understanding yet of the context of the maple sugar bibles, but they could have been served at religious communal meals and holidays, or perhaps they were gifts or rewards for children.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="color: #3f3f37; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Mold 1: This mold was purchased from a dealer in Maine. It probably dates from the late 19th century. It is missing it's </span><span style="color: #3f3f37; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">foredge piece. In the shipping box there was an additional spine piece, indicating that there were at least two book molds. This is a six-piece mold held together with four wood pegs. Only two are shown. Its bookish features include a curved spine with three raised bands, squares, and a cross design typical of a bookbinding. The mold is fully described in my book <i>Blooks: The Art of Books That Aren't</i>. To understand more about the history and production of maple sugar, I refer you to the essay </span><span style="color: #3f3f37; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><em>Maple History</em>, from the </span><a href="http://www.massmaple.org/history.php" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">website</a><span style="color: #3f3f37; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> of the Massachusetts Maple Producers Association. Here is a segment:</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>From the journals of early New England explorers we have learned that there were three types of maple sugar made by the Northeastern American Indians: "Grain Sugar" a coarse granulated sugar similar to that we know as "brown sugar"; <b>"Cake Sugar," sugar poured into wooden molds to become hard cakes or blocks</b>; and "Wax Sugar," which was made by boiling syrup extra thick and pouring it over snow. This wax sugar is what we know today as "sugar on snow."</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>In the early days maple sap was boiled down and made into maple sugar, instead of the more common maple syrup that we see today. There was no easy way to store syrup as a liquid, but hardened, dry maple sugar was easily stored for use later in the year. The Native Americans of New England used their maple sugar as gifts, for trading, to mix with grains and berries and bear fat. During the heat of summer a special treat was a drink made of maple sugar dissolved in water. The early European settlers who came to New England made maple sugar in the way which they learned from the Native Indian population. The settlers set up sugar camps in the woods where the maple trees were most plentiful, and the trees were slashed with an ax to allow the sap to drip out and be collected. As early as 1790 it was suggested that. slashing the trees was not good for their health, and that a better way was to drill a half inch hole in the tree and insert a "spill" or spile to allow the sap to run out. The early spiles were made of a softwood twig such as sumac that had a soft center. The center was pushed out leaving a hollow wooden tube that could be inserted into a hole drilled into the maple tree. The sap would then drip out through the hollow tube or "spile", and into a collection vessel such as a hollowed out log.</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: small;"><i>This sweet product of the New England forests was very important to the colonists of early Massachusetts. In addition to providing a homemade source of sugar, the maple sugar was also used for trade or was sold. Many colonists made far more maple sugar than they could use themselves, sometimes as much as a thousand pounds per family. This excess was valuable to the early settlers as it provided some income or could be traded at local stores for other food and supplies. This locally made sugar was also important to the New Englanders because it was a sugar not made by the slaves of the West Indies. Our third President, Thomas Jefferson, was so much in favor of the United States producing its own maple sugar that he even started a plantation of sugar maples at his home, Monticello.</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: small;"><i>Over the next hundred years or so, maple sugar producing went through some changes. Metal buckets replaced the wooden ones; metal tanks became available for sap storage instead of hollowed out logs or wooden barrels. For boiling, large flat pans soon replaced the three open kettles that were hung over an open fire. A contained fire could be built under the flat pan in a furnace or "arch", thus becoming more efficient because of the large surface area exposed to the fire. Other improvements included the building of shelters for boiling the sap, which became know as "sugarhouses." However, the process still involved much time and labor.</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: small;"><i>As the price of imported cane sugar declined, more New Englanders bought cane sugar instead of maple sugar. By the late 1800's a Vermont man built what he called a Maple sugar "evaporator." This especially designed flat pan had channels for the sap to flow through as it boiled. In this way fresh sap could always be added to one end of the evaporator, and finished syrup could be drawn off at the other end. Today pure maple syrup is still made in an evaporator with much the same design.</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: small;"><i>Shortly before 1890 the import tax on white cane sugar was removed, and cane sugar soon out sold maple sugar. What happened in the maple industry however, was that maple syrup became popular. Soon the New England "sugarmakers" were making maple syrup instead of maple sugar, and were selling it in cans and bottles. Now over a century later we still seek that special flavor of pure maple syrup that the original settlers of Massachusetts learned about from the Native Americans.</i></span></div>
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<span style="color: #274e13; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: small;">Hello again readers! Since the end of my blooks exhibition I haven't written much on the blog. I thank those of you who have noticed my absence and I am now beginning again by completing some of the blog posts I've had in draft form. I begin with a post on blooks associated with a group of American children's theme parks, or story book villages, some long gone and others still in operation. If you visit them, send pictures!</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #274e13; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: small;">To me, some of the most interesting and affecting blooks are large and ephemeral. These include <span id="goog_850602513"></span><a href="https://www.blogger.com/">billboards<span id="goog_850602514"></span></a>, signs and stage props. But what could be more exciting than passing through a giant story book into a magical world? As a small child, I had that experience growing up in Baltimore, which was near the </span><span style="color: black; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: small;">Enchanted Forest in Ellicott City, Maryland.</span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">The Enchanted Forest </span></span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">was the first theme park on the East Coast and the second oldest in the USA (Disneyland is the oldest). It opened on August 15, 1955. </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> The Enchanted Forest was meant for the small children who were intimately familiar with Mother Goose and other fairy tales. It featured no mechanical rides or spectacular special effects, but was full of wonderful giant interactive sculptures that were illustrations of the familiar tales, such as the Old Woman Who Live in a Shoe. In its heyday, the Enchanted Forest hosted some 300,000 visitors annually. Admission was $1 for adults and 50¢ for children. <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">The park began on 20 acres, expanded to 52 acres and later reduced to 32 acres.</span> The park closed in 1988, when its owners sold the property to develop a Shopping Center. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">After closing, Clark's Elioak Farm purchased and re-installed many of the original Enchanted Forest features. You can visit them still! See </span><a href="http://clarklandfarm.com/"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">http://clarklandfarm.com/</span></a>.</div>
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<span style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Where dreams are real and so are your story book friends!</span></i></span></div>
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In the 60's, Roger Tofte, a young father realized that there wasn't a lot for a family to see and do together in Salem. He formulated the idea for a theme park where he could use his creative talents and though he had very little time or money to make his dream a reality, he persisted anyway. He purchased the original 20 acres of land and began construction in 1964. He repaired watches in his spare time to help finance his project and worked on building the park after work and on weekends. The Tofte's own backyard became filled with storybook figures and small buildings as Roger also used every spare second at home to work on his dream.</div>
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Roger originally thought it would take only two years to build the Storybook Trail, which was the first section that he needed to complete before the park could open. Finally, after seven years Roger and his wife Mavis hung up a piece of butcher paper saying "OPEN" on the fence and the first visitors entered the park. Over the years, Roger and his family have been adding to his dream with new additions to the park. Now, Roger Tofte, though still the ringleader of Enchanted Forest, has successfully incorporated three of his children into the business. For more on this theme park see: </div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">On February 2, Columbia University and the Grolier Club sponsored an evening colloquium in conjunction with my exhibition Blooks: The Art of Books That Aren't. The symposium was filmed and the film is available on the Grolier Club website. </span><br />
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<br />Mindell Dubanskyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05788551712981719342noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8871315675296253603.post-49732907424803379002016-03-03T22:18:00.003-08:002016-03-03T22:45:10.414-08:00BLOOKS review by Claire Voon from the Hyperallergic website March 2<div id="content_box" style="background-color: white; color: #333332; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; width: 1001px;">
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Books exist as receptacles of information, but for many years people have adopted<br />
their format and appearance to create other objects or containers for an array of items.<br />
Such objects are referred to as “book-looks” — or “blooks,” a term coined by <a href="http://aboutblooks.blogspot.com/" style="color: #0089bd; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Mindell Dubansky</a>,<br />
a preservation librarian at the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Thomas J. Watson Library<br />
who has over the years amassed hundreds of examples. A sample of her growing collection is<br />
now on view at the Grolier Club in the exhibition <em style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://www.grolierclub.org/Default.aspx?p=DynamicModule&pageid=289913&ssid=169183&vnf=1" style="color: #0089bd; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Blooks: The Art of Books that Aren’t</a></em>,<br />
filling the shelves of its second floor gallery with over 100 objects that resemble books,<br />
illustrating our fascination with their design and architecture rather than simply the contents<br />
of their pages. Most of the ones that can open are arranged in ways that show both their<br />
outsides and interiors, making for a thoughtful and extensive display.</div>
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The variety of blooks — both handmade and commercially manufactured, and constructed<br />
of all types of material — is remarkable and overwhelming, with some items dating as far<br />
back as the late 18th century. As you may expect, many of these creations take advantage<br />
of the format of a book to hide items of personal value in hollowed-out areas, perfect for<br />
camouflaging on a shelf. Children’s coin banks, for instance, hide behind misleading covers<br />
that market the vaults as encyclopedias. On view, too, are slender cases meant to hold<br />
recipes in the shape of a seven-volume recipe book — in which one previous owner once<br />
hid a personal letter regarding “her unsuitable conduct and questionable behavior.”</div>
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This potential to conceal also led to a number of blooks for impish entertainment: beyond<br />
classic board games (and even educational ones), some blooks were mass-produced as gags.<br />
One 19th-century trick book stashes a snake that emerges open-mouthed from its wooden<br />
lair if you tug a string. The exhibition also features an entire case of “punchline” books<br />
that deliver jokes — at times silly, at times shocking — to viewers upon the opening of<br />
their “pages.” One absurd title, for instance, suggests it will advise on how to save the hair<br />
of those in fear of balding; upon opening it, however, you instead see a compartment for<br />
literally preserving locks.</div>
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Other containers adopted the design of a book simply for aesthetic reasons, serving as<br />
practical objects while nodding to what was perhaps their owners’ passion for reading —<br />
or at least a desire to present the illusion of intellect. Someone once organized his or her<br />
office supplies in a large tome, and one woman kept her 14-piece vanity set in a blook<br />
with an elaborate 1920s-style cloth binding. Then there’s the very meta “book repair kit,”<br />
which came complete with an eraser, mending tape, sponge, glue, and its very own book:<br />
an instruction manual to properly proceed with mendings. On the flip side, other blooks,<br />
from ceramic ashtrays to lighters with decorated dust jackets, focused only on the<br />
superficial look of a book and do not open at all.</div>
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Many of these objects are admittedly slightly kitschy, but the unexpected shedding of pages<br />
— what makes books symbols of knowledge — to simply having the image of a book<br />
around you is what makes blooks particularly endearing. Still, some blooks offer more<br />
than just their unique physical presence and do hold sentimental value for their owners.<br />
One cabinet in the exhibition features a number of wooden love tokens and small,<br />
palm-sized memorials carved with tender texts to loved ones, all created in the shape<br />
of books. Although unassuming and easy to glance over compared to larger, impressive<br />
volumes, they have the same power of the tomes they emulate, serving to transport the<br />
mind and heart in deeply meaningful ways.</div>
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Trick snake book (mid-to-late-19th c.) (click to enlarge)</span><br />
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A stamp holder</div>
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<img alt="A hand-carved wooden cigarette case (1914-1917)" class="wp-image-279805" src="http://hyperallergic.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/blooks9.jpg" height="480" sizes="(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px" srcset="http://hyperallergic.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/blooks9-240x180.jpg 240x, http://hyperallergic.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/blooks9-768x576.jpg 768x, http://hyperallergic.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/blooks9-1024x768.jpg 1024x, http://hyperallergic.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/blooks9.jpg 1280x" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" width="640" /></div>
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A hand-carved wooden cigarette case (1914-1917)</div>
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<img alt="A framed faux box with three-dimensional open books showing decoupage images of famosu European paintings (mid-20th c.) " class="wp-image-279775" src="http://hyperallergic.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/blooks3.jpg" height="480" sizes="(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px" srcset="http://hyperallergic.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/blooks3-240x180.jpg 240x, http://hyperallergic.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/blooks3-768x576.jpg 768x, http://hyperallergic.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/blooks3-1024x768.jpg 1024x, http://hyperallergic.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/blooks3.jpg 1280x" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" width="640" /><br />
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A framed faux box with three-dimensional open books showing decoupage images of famous European paintings (mid-20th c.)</div>
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<img alt="Crowell, Collier and McMillan, "Your Future" (1950s-60s), a child's book-coin bank" class="wp-image-280021" src="http://hyperallergic.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/blook15.jpg" height="480" sizes="(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px" srcset="http://hyperallergic.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/blook15-240x180.jpg 240x, http://hyperallergic.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/blook15-768x576.jpg 768x, http://hyperallergic.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/blook15-1024x768.jpg 1024x, http://hyperallergic.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/blook15.jpg 1280x" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" width="640" /><br />
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Crowell, Collier and McMillan, “Your Future” (1950s-60s), a child’s book-coin bank</div>
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<img alt="Hand-carved slate memorial book, inscribed with "In Memory" on the spine and "In, God. We, Trust" on the cover" class="wp-image-279838" src="http://hyperallergic.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/blooks13.jpg" height="480" sizes="(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px" srcset="http://hyperallergic.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/blooks13-240x180.jpg 240x, http://hyperallergic.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/blooks13-768x576.jpg 768x, http://hyperallergic.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/blooks13-1024x768.jpg 1024x, http://hyperallergic.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/blooks13.jpg 1280x" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" width="640" /><br />
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Hand-carved slate memorial book, inscribed with “In Memory” on the spine and “In, God. We, Trust” on the cover</div>
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<img alt="Philip V. Spinner & Company, "Smoke and Ashes [by] Flame" (1927), a smoking set" class="wp-image-279816" src="http://hyperallergic.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/blooks11.jpg" height="496" sizes="(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px" srcset="http://hyperallergic.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/blooks11-232x180.jpg 232x, http://hyperallergic.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/blooks11-768x595.jpg 768x, http://hyperallergic.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/blooks11-1024x793.jpg 1024x, http://hyperallergic.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/blooks11.jpg 1280x" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" width="640" /><br />
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Philip V. Spinner & Company, “Smoke and Ashes [by] Flame” (1927), a smoking set</div>
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<img alt="Writing or tea box with a paper theater (late 18th to mid-19th c.)" class="wp-image-279793" src="http://hyperallergic.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/blooks6.jpg" height="480" sizes="(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px" srcset="http://hyperallergic.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/blooks6-240x180.jpg 240x, http://hyperallergic.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/blooks6-768x576.jpg 768x, http://hyperallergic.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/blooks6-1024x768.jpg 1024x, http://hyperallergic.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/blooks6.jpg 1280x" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" width="640" /><br />
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Writing or tea box with a paper theater (late 18th to mid-19th c.)</div>
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<img alt=""How to Save Your Hair" (1941 edition of mid-19th c. publication)" class="wp-image-279767" src="http://hyperallergic.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/blooks1.jpg" height="480" sizes="(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px" srcset="http://hyperallergic.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/blooks1-240x180.jpg 240x, http://hyperallergic.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/blooks1-768x576.jpg 768x, http://hyperallergic.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/blooks1-1024x768.jpg 1024x, http://hyperallergic.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/blooks1.jpg 1280x" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" width="640" /><br />
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“How to Save Your Hair” (1941 edition of mid-19th c. publication)</div>
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<img alt="Reversible Collar Company, "Album Collar", a collar box for a new and improved cotton and paper collar (1870s)" class="wp-image-279832" src="http://hyperallergic.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/blooks12.jpg" height="488" sizes="(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px" srcset="http://hyperallergic.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/blooks12-236x180.jpg 236x, http://hyperallergic.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/blooks12-768x586.jpg 768x, http://hyperallergic.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/blooks12-1024x782.jpg 1024x, http://hyperallergic.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/blooks12.jpg 1280x" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" width="640" /><br />
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Reversible Collar Company, “Album Collar”, a collar box for a new and improved cotton and paper collar (1870s)</div>
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<img alt="A carved maple sugar mold in the shape of a bible, likely meant for a communal holiday meal or funeral (c. 1820s)" class="wp-image-279782" src="http://hyperallergic.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/blooks4.jpg" height="475" sizes="(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px" srcset="http://hyperallergic.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/blooks4-243x180.jpg 243x, http://hyperallergic.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/blooks4-768x570.jpg 768x, http://hyperallergic.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/blooks4-1024x760.jpg 1024x, http://hyperallergic.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/blooks4.jpg 1280x" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" width="640" /><br />
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A carved maple sugar mold in the shape of a bible, likely meant for a communal holiday meal or funeral (c. 1820s)</div>
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<img alt="Marble memorial box (19th c.)" class="wp-image-279843" src="http://hyperallergic.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/blooks14.jpg" height="480" sizes="(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px" srcset="http://hyperallergic.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/blooks14-240x180.jpg 240x, http://hyperallergic.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/blooks14-768x576.jpg 768x, http://hyperallergic.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/blooks14-1024x768.jpg 1024x, http://hyperallergic.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/blooks14.jpg 1280x" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" width="640" /><br />
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Marble memorial box (19th c.)</div>
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<img alt=""The Care and Feeding of Books" (1947), a book repair kit" class="wp-image-279800" src="http://hyperallergic.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/blooks7.jpg" height="483" sizes="(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px" srcset="http://hyperallergic.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/blooks7-239x180.jpg 239x, http://hyperallergic.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/blooks7-768x579.jpg 768x, http://hyperallergic.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/blooks7-1024x772.jpg 1024x, http://hyperallergic.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/blooks7.jpg 1280x" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" width="640" /><br />
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“The Care and Feeding of Books” (1947), a book repair kit</div>
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<a href="http://www.grolierclub.org/Default.aspx?p=DynamicModule&pageid=289913&ssid=169183&vnf=1" style="color: #0089bd; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Blooks: The Art of Books That Aren’t</a> <em style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">continues at the Grolier Club (47 East 60th Street, Manhattan) </em></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">The last public tour of the show will be next Thursday, 1-2. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">You can purchase a catalog via </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">this blog, </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">or contact me at mindelldubansky@gmail.com.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">The CBS Sunday Morning news segment about my exhibition <i>Blooks: The Art of Books That Aren't</i> is linked below for you to share or watch. Thank you for all of your letters and photos. If I haven't answered you already, I will. The outstanding response to the exhibition and the support you have given me are so much appreciated. Some of you are writing about exhibit logistics that you missed along the line. Here are some FAQs about the exhibition and catalog:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Location of exhibition:</span></b> The Grolier Club, 47 East 60th St., New York, between Park and Madison Aves. Open Monday-Saturday, here's a link to their site: <a href="http://www.grolierclub.org/">http://www.grolierclub.org</a>. There is no charge to visit this exhibition.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">Dates of exhibition: </span><span style="font-size: medium; font-weight: bold;">The last day of the show is </span>March 12. I will give free weekly tours every Thursday from 1-2 PM. I often come in spontaneously on Saturdays (2-3 PM) for extra free tours, email or ask at the Club, I'll let them know. For additional private tours (fee may apply) contact me at mindelldubansky@gmail.com.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Buy the catalog: </span></b>Yes, I have written, done the photography for and self-published a full-color catalog of the show. It is and may always be the only book written on the subject of blooks. I encourage you to buy it. The cost is (for US) $51 which includes postage. International buyers should contact me. You can purchase it here, on the <a href="http://aboutblooks.blogspot.com/p/lectures.html">NEW BOOK page</a> and at the Grolier Club through March 12. If you want to pay with a check, send $51 to Mindell Dubansky, 4-D, New York, NY 10128. Include the mailing address of the recipient please. You will see that I've also written a book about an early book cover designer, Alice C. Morse.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-size: large;">Donations:</span></b><b style="font-size: x-large;"> </b>Many people have donated funding towards this project and even contributed wonderful blooks to my collection. You will see them acknowledged in the Donor page of this blog, in the catalog and on the exhibition labels. If you would like to help to expand the collection and support related projects, please contact me at mindelldubansky@gmail.com.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Here is the CBS segment on my exhibition, aired yesterday on CBS Sunday Morning.</span><br />
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Mindell Dubanskyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05788551712981719342noreply@blogger.com15tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8871315675296253603.post-20421750979650581982016-02-07T06:52:00.002-08:002016-03-20T06:35:48.921-07:00Judith Leiber's Book Purses <br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Many fabulous and not-so-fabulous designers have been creating book purses for a long time, at least since the 1890s. Judith Leiber's crystal book purses stand out as the most luxurious, numerous and varied. (Olympia Le- Tan is another book purse designer of note.) As far as I have been able to determine, Leiber designed two types of book purses, a single and a three-volume, strapped variants. I'm creating this post as a way of collecting images and information on the purses. It's a work in progress and I'll add them as I find them. Check back now and then. Here is an <a href="http://jwa.org/encyclopedia/article/leiber-judith">article on Leiber</a> from the Jewish Women's Archive. </span><br />
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5.5" Width x 3" Height x 2.5" Depth</i><br style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #282828; font-size: 15px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #282828; font-size: 15px;">Minaudieres by Judith Leiber are a rare blend of art and utility. Testament to the flawless craftsmanship and creativity of these minaudieres, they included in the permanent collections of prestigious institutions such as The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, The Victoria and Albert Museum in London, and The Houston Museum of Fine Arts. This minaudiere shaped like a stack of books is done in a plethora of colors and accented with gold hardware. The interior is done in gold metallic leather. This bag includes a coin purse, a comb, and a small dustbag.</span></span></div>
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Mindell Dubanskyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05788551712981719342noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8871315675296253603.post-83906273716994081802016-02-05T08:46:00.002-08:002016-02-05T08:46:56.816-08:00Unplanned tour of Blooks: The Art of Books That Aren't this Saturday (2/6)Hello blook fans, just letting know that I'll be at the Grolier Club tomorrow for an unplanned public tour from 2-3 PM. So please join me if you are in the mood! <br />
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<br />Catalogs are available at the Club and through this blog.Mindell Dubanskyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05788551712981719342noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8871315675296253603.post-1365395296364815192016-02-02T03:13:00.000-08:002016-02-04T20:06:39.324-08:00Blooks: The Art of Books That Aren't opens at the Grolier Club (January 27)<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">"Wow" is the word I heard most often this week, since my show at the Grolier Club opened this past Wednesday. It's pretty much the most amazing week I've ever had, although I'm too dazed to appreciate it fully. At this moment my prominent emotions are gratitude to others for their support throughout the project and relief that everything worked out (next week I'll probably be walking around wearing sunglasses, giving autographs). By Saturday, the show had an <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2016/01/29/books/a-secret-in-every-tome-no-text-required.html?_r=0">astoundingly large review both in the New York Times</a> by Jenny Schuessler and an equally impressive but different one in the <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/books/2016/jan/30/blook-madness-inside-the-world-of-bogus-books">Guardian</a> by Rebecca Barry, and a charmingly written listing in the <a href="http://www.newyorker.com/goings-on-about-town/above-and-beyond/blooks-the-art-of-books-that-arent">New Yorker</a>. Tomorrow I'm being interviewed for CBS Sunday Morning on TV! I'm going to report more to you about it but I wanted to put something now on the blog to acknowledge how things are going for blog readers because you might be wondering why you haven't seen a post yet.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia";">For those of you who can't make it to my show, exhibitions manager <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/grolierclub/sets/72157663688151740">Jennifer Sheehan took photos and posted them on Flickr</a>. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Cara Schlesinger (editor of my book) took this picture of me looking tired and shellshocked when I opened the NY Times and seeing the article and my photographs on the front and back pages of the Weekend arts section. This was shot after we were screaming and jumping up and down for awhile:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Here is Jenny Schuessler, the author of the NY Times article. We are at the Grolier Club last Wednesday. Both she and her editor came to the opening, which was so nice.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Here are the blook chocolates I made as party favors for the opening. Spent Martin Luther King's birthday and the blizzard Saturday perfecting my technique, it was hard to stop the white chocolate at the end of the text block:</span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi96QPxGseft-9Vm7XH8K9KjyNVQa3T0HG3yTPCKaTf4MKn_hm4j1F1XxHEQznUKRDLW3FDQcR5I65Y0Hliv3C2WIst3U3FIag4oe1bh9pfMRpTpdhWdaEyXM7dYXwWFnJd6vH1VJcCyok/s1600/12631267_10209221576035380_4390507099091755443_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="500" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi96QPxGseft-9Vm7XH8K9KjyNVQa3T0HG3yTPCKaTf4MKn_hm4j1F1XxHEQznUKRDLW3FDQcR5I65Y0Hliv3C2WIst3U3FIag4oe1bh9pfMRpTpdhWdaEyXM7dYXwWFnJd6vH1VJcCyok/s640/12631267_10209221576035380_4390507099091755443_n.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">The installation for the hallway was challenging because of all of the little things that had to be carefully mounted. Mark Tomasko led the effort, here assisted by Mary Schlosser. Both of them also mounted my Alice C. Morse show years ago. Talk about loyal Grolier Club volunteers!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">The day my book arrived from Korea. It's doing well so far. Lots of individuals have ordered it, libraries are starting and it's for sale in several bookstores, including the Metropolitan Museum of Art bookstore and the Morgan Museum and Library store. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Since the show opened, I've gotten so many emails and letters with pictures of blooks, like this amazing sewing box sent by textile conservator Kathleen Kieffer:</span></div>
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Mindell Dubanskyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05788551712981719342noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8871315675296253603.post-4584097816923776532015-12-31T08:03:00.001-08:002016-01-08T11:00:08.151-08:00The Book Motif Illusion<div style="border-image: none;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">When it came to selecting a design for the cover of my new book <em>Blooks: The Art of Books That Aren't</em>, I immediately thought of the graphic device in which a two-dimensional image of an iconic or substantial book is used to give a piece of ephemera psychological and aesthetic clout. This motif has been frequently used since the nineteenth century for the design of menus, needle books, advertisements, invitations, greeting cards and pamphlets. You will see some of them in my exhibition at the <a href="http://aboutblooks.blogspot.com/p/blog-page.html">Grolier Club</a> this winter. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">The 2-D (usually closed) book motif has been used to represent many genres of texts and bookbinding formats. There are those that represent account books, reference books, literary works and memory books. In all cases, the iconic image of a book contributes a sense of importance, permanence and beauty. For the objects made in this form, the book motif is essential to their message and commercial success. The image of the book alone instills confidence in the buyer and inspires people to collect and save the objects. The examples below illustrate the use of this charming motif. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">This die-cut Calument Baking Powder advertisement shown represents a half-leather binding, the binding style most of us think of when we describe a "real book." This sturdy binding style was used internationally throughout the nineteenth and twentieth centuries by trade, edition and hand binders. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Sometimes, as seen on this Uncle Sam's Macaroni trade card, the book is represented as a portal. I've seen the book-as-portal device work both ways. Sometimes something is popping out of the book and other times, there is a portal into the book, that suggests you are entering into a special, transformative world of one kind or another. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">From the 1920s through 1950s, the book motif was often used for the design of greeting cards on many subjects, including get well messages, birthdays, anniversaries, religious rites of passage, and more. Many include bookish messages and puns on book-talk. They often focus on the anthropomorphic nature of books, comparing our lives to books, with the pages being the days, years the chapters and so on. These can be very amusing. A Book of Conundrums card, is a faux riddle book. If you visit my exhibition, you will see an entire case of book cards. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Occasionally, I come across the book motif used as a sales tag. This cardboard retail garment tag has an insert photograph of Shirley Temple wearing a "Shirley Temple Brand Cinderella Frock." On the back of the tag is stamped "3628," 1930s.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I don't own all of the objects illustrated in this post, but I did just purchase the Edy's <em>Character Study of Sweets</em> ice cream parlor (California, and yes, the Edy's we now know for their ice cream) menu shown below. I'm sure that the College Ice soda, listed on the first page would make us smarter. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I hope to see many of you at my exhibition. I'd love to meet you. Please consider attending one of the free lunchtime tours, every Thursday from January 28 through March 10 or the panel on February 2. </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Please consider supporting my work on blooks by purchasing this book trhough this website. </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Warm regards for a Happy New Year!</span><br />
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Mindell Dubanskyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05788551712981719342noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8871315675296253603.post-15378708528129275112015-11-04T04:59:00.000-08:002015-11-04T05:06:56.446-08:00Heckman Collection of Book-shaped Spruce Gum Boxes - Update<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">I wanted to let readers know that in October Bruce and Lynn Heckman published an extensive, illustrated <a href="http://www.maineantiquedigest.com/stories/spruce-gum-boxes-folk-art-for-sweethearts/5333">article</a> about their collection of North American spruce gum boxes. The article, "Spruce Gum Boxes: Folk Art for Sweethearts" appears in the Maine Antique Digest (October 27, 2016) and includes numerous color photographs of the best examples from their collection of over one-hundred nineteenth and early twentieth century book-shaped boxes.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">There are two other posts about Bruce and Lynn's extensive collection of blooks on this blog:</span><br />
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<a href="http://aboutblooks.blogspot.com/2014/08/guest-post-19th-century-trick-snake.html"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">http://aboutblooks.blogspot.com/2014/08/guest-post-19th-century-trick-snake.html</span></a><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Bruce and Lynn will be panelists during the <i>Blooks: The Art of Books That Aren't </i>colloquium, sponsored by the Grolier Club and Columbia University on the evening of February 2. The colloquium is open to the public but requires an RSVP to Maev Brennan at mbrennan@grolierclub.org.</span><br />
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<br />Mindell Dubanskyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05788551712981719342noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8871315675296253603.post-82119873391478604782015-10-29T14:07:00.001-07:002015-11-04T05:05:09.710-08:00The 2016 Blooks Wall Calendar<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I just finished this limited edition wall calendar which is the reward for a $50 donation to the <i>Blooks: The Art of Books That Aren't</i> exhibition and catalog. Details on ordering are found on the <a href="http://aboutblooks.blogspot.com/p/blog-page.html">Grolier Club exhibition page.</a></span><br />
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<br />Mindell Dubanskyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05788551712981719342noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8871315675296253603.post-64704451264752427382015-10-14T13:49:00.002-07:002015-10-22T03:10:30.432-07:00A Sample of "Blooks: The Art of Books That Aren't" <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Hello Readers, </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Since the New Year (2015) I've been doing all of the things necessary to raise the funds for, promote and prepare the exhibition and catalog <i>Blooks: The Art of Books That Aren't</i> (Grolier Club [NYC], January 28-March 12, 2016). It's taken all of my skills and pointed out the ones I don't have. Now that the illustrated catalog is at the printer, I can come up for a breath of air. I look forward to getting back to posting about interesting blook trends, but have patience. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Both the exhibition and its catalog follow a thematic arrangement that illustrates fourteen genres of book objects. In the exhibition, there will also be a miniature exhibit with a chronological arrangement of tiny blooks, to give visitors an impression of the developmental evolution of blooks in a nutshell. The exhibition illustrates about 250 years of blook history, from the eighteenth century to the present. There are 130 objects in the show that are also illustrated and described in the catalog. The exhibition will have additional objects, including in-depth looks into two blook genres and new acquisitions, including the 18th century Catholic portable book altar shown below. Here is a peek into the themes with an example from each: </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Catholic portable book altar, European. 18th century.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Stone memorial book. <i>In Memory</i>. American, 19th century.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Stone books. Souvenir of the Soldier's Home. Hot Springs, South Dakota. American. 1916.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Table lighter.<i> Book of Smoking Knowledge.</i> Ross Electronics Corp. American, 1960s. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Anya Hindemarch clutch bag. <i>Chelsea Husbands.</i> English. 1990s.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Book repair kit. <i>The Care and Feeding of Books</i>. American. 1947.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">TV or theatrical prop. <i>Manon Lescaut</i> and Les <i>Chinois de Paris</i>. American. Late 20th century. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Toy spy camera. <i>Secret Sam Camera Book</i>. Topper Toys. American. 1960s.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: x-large;">January 28 - March 12, 2016</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Grolier Club, 2nd floor member's exhibition gallery, </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">47 E. 60th St. NYC</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">2016 is the Year of the Blook! In January you are invited to the first blook exhibition ever to be held in the U. S. and only the second in the world. You will see over 100 objects of great diversity and ephemera which puts the objects into historical perspective. The exhibition is the result of two decades of collecting and research. I'm so looking forward to sharing this with you. </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">In order to produce (self-publish) the catalog and programs for your enjoyment, I need to raise $30,000. I would appreciate any donation you can make and there will be perks (see below). </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">$10</span> Your name and website link on the Blook Club page of this blog and in the exhibition catalog.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">$25</span> Your name and website link on the Blook Club page of this blog; your name in the exhibition catalog and two handmade greeting cards, made after vintage blook cards from my collection. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">$50</span> </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Your name and website link on the Blook Club page of this blog and</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> the 2016 </span><i style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Year of the Blook</i><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> wall calendar. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">$100</span> Your name and website link on the Blook Club page of this blog and a personalized copy of <em>The Art of Books That Aren't</em> catalog.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">$500</span> All of the above plus a choice of a copy of one of my books <em>Guess Who Died? Memories of Baltimore with Recipes</em> or <em>The Proper Decoration of Book Covers: The Life and Work of Alice C. Morse</em>; or an original felt flower pin by myself made to your specifications; or another perk that we can work out together. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">$1,000</span> A copy of <i>The Art of Books That Aren't </i>catalog and a u</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">nique book-lovers tours of the Metropolitan Museum of Art with me as your tour guide; or a private tour of the Grolier exhibition. Includes mentions on the Blook Club page and in the catalog. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">DONORS: </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">to know more about the over 130 contributors to this project, see the</span><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"> <a href="http://aboutblooks.blogspot.com/p/blook-club.html">Blook Club</a> </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">page of this blog.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">To subscribe to the <i>Art of Books That Aren't </i>catalog, please send your name and contact information. I will post the final price and specs to the exhibition page and email you as soon as I have them. </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>The Art of Books That Aren't</i> will be a paperback book, 9 x 11 inches, about 100 pages with about 150 color illustrations. I am on schedule now to have the book ready by mid-January 2016.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">There will be at least one symposium with speakers who are collectors, historians and makers of book objects. I am also planning a magic show with book effects and weekly public gallery talks. Please let me know if you would like to plan a private tour or lecture.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span>Mindell Dubanskyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05788551712981719342noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8871315675296253603.post-81317107804589316652015-04-05T08:42:00.000-07:002015-04-22T04:07:31.813-07:00Blook Game Boards<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I was surprised to come across this English book (1903) that depicts a book-shaped game board on its cover (see the lower left corner). While I haven't seen other titles from the Club Series and I don't know how many titles were included, I'm assuming that this was a popular game book series and that this binding design appears on all of its </span></span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">titles. It's the first time I've seen a blook as an illustration. </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Its prominent presence on the cover is obviously an indication of how familiar people must have been with book-like game boards at the turn of the twentieth century. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Perhaps you have seen book boards in antique shops and flea markets. </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">There are still quite a few about today, although many are worn and damaged from years of use and the degradation of materials. They often have catchy titles, I have one named </span><i style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Evening Pastimes</i><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">, Vols. 1 and 2. Once again the book form is a perfect vehicle for a container, adding interest and style to whatever it is applied. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Book game boards from this period (late 19th-early 20th centuries) are usually for the games of chess, checkers and backgammon. On the board above you can see what an example of a two-volume game boards for chess, checkers and backgammon look like. This is one of many different variations. With its gold-tooled leather binding, it could easily be mistaken for real books if it was placed on a bookshelf. I have also seen the boards covered in paper, printed in chromolithography and in rustic handmade versions carved from wood. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">This is a similar board, but a less expensive version, covered in printed paper (chromolithography), rather than leather. The title is <i>Life of Hoyle, </i>in two volumes<i>. </i>It is most probably a play on the popular book <i>Hoyle's Rules for Playing Fashionable Games</i>, published in many editions since the late eighteenth century. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">The <i>Games of Go Bang, Tivoli and Fox and Geese </i>is another example of a book game board, less common than the chess/checkers/backgammon version. I have a copy in black but you can see here that it was also made in a dark red paper version. You can see it in person if you attend my exhibition next winter at the Grolier Club. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I hope you will all send pictures and descriptions of similar boards or other titles from the Club Series that you may see or have. Many games and puzzle containers are still made in book form today, it's an abiding tradition that has lasted more than two centuries. For an example of an even older book game box, see this post about the <a href="http://aboutblooks.blogspot.com/2014/08/more-treasures-from-heckman-collection.html" target="_blank">Heckman collection</a>.</span><br />
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<br />Mindell Dubanskyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05788551712981719342noreply@blogger.com24tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8871315675296253603.post-70803374284433287872015-03-11T14:29:00.000-07:002015-03-11T19:30:00.306-07:00Honoring Patrice Warin, Trench Art, Book Object Advisor<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Patrice Warin has been a long-time advisor to me on the subject of Trench Art book objects and I'd like to honor him in this post. Patrice is an historian of Trench Art and has written several books on the subject, including one on writing- and another on tobacco-related objects. Since there are many book-shaped tobacco-related lighters and boxes, I've always written to Patrice for his opinion and he has helped to educate me about their manufacture, authenticity and use. </span></div>
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decorative and practical objects made by soldiers, civilians and prisoners of
war, during wartime. Beyond their significance as
military ephemera, the objects testify to the skill and determination of humans
under the extreme pressure of war and their need to create objects that reflect
their feelings of spirituality, grief, love and friendship. During World War I, book-shaped smoking paraphernalia was made in great variety. The 'bullet lighter', for example, was a common book object made from dicarded shell casings and driving bands. The lighters were easily made and their compact, flat format, fit nicely in pockets. Lighters were necessary, as matches could not be used in trenches because of humidity, and having a light could be a question of life and death. The images below are example of the Trench Art book objects that Patrice has sent me over the years. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Thank you Patrice for your generous advice! You can find Patrice Warin's books on Trench Art on Amazon.com </span><a href="http://www.amazon.com/objets-decriture-grande-guerre/dp/2846731497/ref=asap_bc?ie=UTF8"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">http://www.amazon.com/objets-decriture-grande-guerre/dp/2846731497/ref=asap_bc?ie=UTF8</span></a><br />
<br />Mindell Dubanskyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05788551712981719342noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8871315675296253603.post-10264214802073550522015-03-04T04:52:00.002-08:002015-03-09T10:58:56.396-07:00New Lectures: "BLOOKS for the Masses: Fantasy and Invention in Book Objects" and "The Art of Books That Aren't: A Survey of Historic Book Objects"<div style="margin: 0px; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">If you aren't able to come to my blook exhibition at the Grolier Club exhibition next year, but wish you could, this is the lecture for you. It is a thematic romp through the history of book objects made from the eighteenth century through today. This presentation will describe a wide variety of handmade and manufactured book objects and place them in historic context through discussing their inventors, marketing history and use -- and showing many beautiful images of book objects. This lecture can be shaped to address the specific needs of a particular audience, if requested. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">If there is a hero of the modern blook, it's Max Gunawan, inventor of the Lumio book light and Mini Lumio+. It would be hard to imagine a more elegant blook or a more engaging man. Lumio is a rechargeable LED light with about a long-lasting battery. Its covers are wood and magnets are embedded in the covers so that the 'book' can be attached to metal surfaces. The interior 'pages' are made of Tyvek. The Lumio book light is in octavo format. I asked Max why he made it that size and he said, it just felt right. That's bookness for you. Soon, the mini-Lumio book light will be out. It's a pocket-sized version modeled on a Moleskin notebook, which is a book that Max is familiar with and has enjoyed using. The Mini+has a removable, magnetized spine that hides a convenient phone charger. You can read all about Max and the lamps on the <a href="http://www.hellolumio.com/gallery/" target="_blank">Hellolumio website</a>. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Max has had an interesting and inspiring journey and it's been a great success. It wasn't long ago that Max quit his job in an architect's office to follow his dream of designing and manufacturing useful, simple and beautiful objects for us all to enjoy. Since then he has had a successful Kickstarter campaign, created TED talks, gotten financing through appearing on the TV show Shark Tank, and is selling the lamps in many Museum shops. I recently contacted Max to ask if he would consider contributing a lamp so that I could show it with it's historical precedents in my upcoming exhibition. He generously agreed and came in person to deliver and demonstrate it to the delight of the book conservation staff. If you want to read more about his journey, follow the links in this post.</span><br />
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<br />Mindell Dubanskyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05788551712981719342noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8871315675296253603.post-46865117462534843432015-02-09T10:31:00.000-08:002015-02-13T04:52:21.866-08:00Loving Blookish Valentines Day Thoughts<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"> Maybe these blookish Valentine's Day cards will inspire you to make Valentine cards or artist's books in time for the big day.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">There are book-shaped greeting cards for many occasions, but since we are on the brink of Valentine's Day it's appropriate to show a variety of images of vintage cards that I found over the last year and encourage you to explore love and the book. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">The foredge clasp makes <i>Love to My Teacher </i>appear to be a diary with a strangely narrow spine. I can see having given this to my first grade teacher Miss Alice Schill, who was very loving. I don't think I ever got in trouble for talking too much in her class. She always remembered me, even through high school. It makes me think of her now. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Next is a blook Valentine that is a <i>Telephone Directory</i> for the <i>Loveland-Heart Disrict,</i> in two binding variants. I like the straight-forwardness of it, with a twist of humility, and also the sub-district list of intense emotions. The promise of <i>bliss</i> is tempting. I might have left out <i>hate, freeze, despair and jealous </i>on a Valentine card. It's not very poetic and it might put the recipient in kind of a spot. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: small;">A traditional southern belle featured on a set of romantic novels (I assume from the heards and lace), waiting for her beau to arrive. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: small;"><i>I Want You For My Valentine</i>. Love can be tricky and it's best to go slowly, or know how to run fast. Watch out for predators, no matter how fuzzy or handsome they appear. I don't feel comfortable knowing that they hide in books! Does this mean the cat is smart but the mouse is notThis looks like a reference book, I hope the mouse can read.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: small;"><i>Your Face is Like a Book </i>postcard, by Fox. Hmn?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: small;"><i>"Leaf" Me Be Your Valentine</i> might be a stretch, I don't think it means anything, just a silly play on words. This indicates an unfocused or confused lover.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: small;"><i>My Heart's An Open Book </i>is a common sentiment or metaphor found on many blooks. Much more sincere than the fox or cat cards. I would like to be this kitty's Valentine.</span><br />
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<br />Mindell Dubanskyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05788551712981719342noreply@blogger.com18tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8871315675296253603.post-35672656894297971302015-01-12T07:26:00.002-08:002015-01-13T04:30:06.441-08:00Save the Date for a Grolier Club Exhibition "The Art of Books That Aren't"<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Someone made this tiny Bible box for Geneva LaToer in 1853, when she was 10 years old. The box pivots out from one corner and I'd say it was backwards, as the cross only appears on the back of the box. It's rare to find these humble folk art boxes with inscrptions. There are many book objects made for children and many specifically employed in educating them in the Bible. There will be others in the exhibition. <a href="http://aboutblooks.blogspot.com/2014/12/bible-book-blocks.html" target="_blank">See this earlier post.</a></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Support has been coming in many ways even before asking, so that's reassuring. I've received several wonderful donations of objects, a little donation of funds from a friend and an offer from Roni Gross to design the catalog. My photographer friends at the Met are training me to take better photographs, Stan Pinkwas contributed the title of the exhibition, my neighbor Pamela Morin drove all of my blooks to NYC from upstate, Aaron Salik at Talas has offered to provide refreshments at a special event and young magician Francis Karagodins will work on learning how to perform the book magic props! It will definitely take a village to get the blooks exhibit and events to fruition, so THANK YOU to all of you who have supported me now, in the past and into the future. It's not a simple thing to present and legitimize this wonderful subject, but we will have fun doing it. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;">Note: Many others have generously contributed in so many ways. Everyone will be thanked on the Blook Club page of this blog in upcoming weeks.</span></div>
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produced as gifts for the New Year in England and later in America. Their popularity and success as gifts for children and adults, caused a spin-off of a group of book objects made in their emulation. These objects include photograph cases, sewing kits and trinket boxes. The faux gift books were made in as many decorative binding styles and techniques as the real books. Examples are lacquer bindings, gold-tooled leather bindings, painted paper bindings and stamped cloth bindings. In general, the names of their makers are not known, but there are some exceptions.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><a href="http://commons.trincoll.edu/rring/category/lydia-sigourney/" target="_blank">Painted lacquer book-shaped daguerrotype case entitled "Friendship's Offering" for a portrait of the poet </a></span><a href="http://commons.trincoll.edu/rring/category/lydia-sigourney/" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;" target="_blank">Lydia H, Sigourney, 1852.</a></div>
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<span style="font-family: Cambria; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">New Year gift books had their roots in the
elegant French and German almanacs and friendship books that were characterized
by their beautiful bindings, a variety of contemporary literary material and
high-quality steel engravings. </span><span style="font-family: Cambria; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: ArialMT; mso-bidi-language: EN-US; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">These relatively expensive books were marketed
to middle-class families and their publishers took great care to ensure that
their appearance complemented the library, parlor, and boudoir. The gift books
were given sentimental titles such as <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Friendship’s
Offering</i>, <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">The Gem, The Token</i>, </span><i><span style="font-family: Cambria; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial-ItalicMT; mso-bidi-language: EN-US; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Forget
Me not, Keepsake, </span></i><span style="font-family: Cambria; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: ArialMT; mso-bidi-language: EN-US; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">and </span><i><span style="font-family: Cambria; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial-ItalicMT; mso-bidi-language: EN-US; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Literary Souvenir. </span></i><span style="font-family: Cambria; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: ArialMT; mso-bidi-language: EN-US; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Many
innovations in bookbinding technology were developed for and tested on the
literary annuals. Early volumes were bound in colored, glazed paper covers,
printed with decorative motifs. Later volumes were bound in silk fabric and
decorative leather bindings.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Cambria; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Sewing Kit<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">English, c. 1840</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Cambria; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Leather, silk moiré, book board portfolio
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I almost let Christmas pass, but the spirit (as far as<span style="background-color: white;"> blooks go) entered and I'd thought I'd take a moment to show you some of the classic Christmas blooks. First Noma lights. This is one of a number of brightly colored Noma
Christmas lights in book-style boxes. Noma</span></span><span lang="EN" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="background-color: white;"> was an American company be</span>st known for making
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Who doesn't remember or still know the wonder of Life Savers Sweet Story Books? This ad represents the very first Sweet Story box, marketed over a number of years, before the design changed and was modernized. This box from around 1947, is designed in the style of a silver fine binding with strap-work. Later boxes were more graphic and less historically-inspired. What is so amazing is that the Story Books are still being made today by a number of candy manufactures. They are much less bookish than the original faux fine binding. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">There are many, many Christmas cards in book form, mostly made in the 1940s and 1950s. I have at least thirty of them and they are very imaginative, and often use book puns in their messages.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">And of course, there are ornaments. Often, they are made as teacher's gifts or just for<span style="background-color: white;"> booklovers in g</span>eneral. There are book string lights too and animated Christmas props. This is just the tip of the Christmas blook iceberg. I can't say that I've seen any Chanukah blooks, but I do have a plush stuffed Torah. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">I wonder if any of you have seen book Bible block sets before. After collecting book objects for many years, I'm just starting to see Bible blocks emerge as a genre of book object. To date, I've seen approximately five variations. The sets I have seen are both handmade and manufactured (and patented). All are wood, some with printed paper covers and are stored in wood boxes that double for bookshelves. They are part of the tradition of teaching children to memorize the sixty-six books of the Bible. I don't know why it is important to memorize the books, especially if the book themselves are at hand, but I can see that it is a traditional tool for Christian education. Faux books of the Bible are still ingrained in our culture. For example, I saw a website that shows Bible book covers that can be attached to cereal boxes and used in Bible book memorization games. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">The <em>Block Book Library</em> seen below is a commercial set from the collection of the Museum of Play (Strong Museum) in Rochester, New York.</span><br />
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