Biosphere
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Description
Biosphere is contained within a 9.25 x 4.25 x 2.125" wooden hinged box. This box is separated into two sections by a wooden piece. Sections contain a Coptic bound book on the left side and four wooden spheres with accordion books on the right side. The contents of the book include 60 instructions on how to save the planet. Each different colored sphere is halved to contain an accordion-structure book and has a magnetic closure. Coptic-bound book: 64 pages, printed inkjet on Rives BFK paper, Dark Courier font, cloth-covered boards, patterned paper pastedowns.
Publisher
Midnight Moon Press
Subject
save the earth, save the planet, eco-conscious, environment
Extent
9.25 x 4.25 x 2.125" wooden hinged box. Coptic bound book: 4.5 x .25". Spheres measure 1.5" diameter.
Style
Coptic bound book. Spheres: accordion structure and magnetic closure
Material
Rives BFK paper, Dark Courier font, cloth covered boards, patterned paper pastedowns.
Technique
Printed inkjet
Date
2017
Recommended Citation
Burrell, Ginger, "Biosphere" (2017). Rollins College Book Arts Collection. 1.
https://scholarship.rollins.edu/book_arts/1
Exhibit Location
This work was featured in the Cornell Fine Arts Museum as a part of the exhibition “Common Ground: Selected Works from The Rollins Book Arts Collection” from September 18, 2021 – December 31, 2021.
Other Information
Standard edition of 25. Special edition of 5. Special edition includes the boxed set and a full-sized book dispenser filled with 200 wooden sphere books in plastic capsules and tokens for redeeming the books.