Canton, NY
Ravages of Time
$250
To Purchase Contact 23 Sandy Gallery
About this Book
The images are from original silver gelatin prints, scanned to digital at SUNY College at Oneonta. A limited edition of 30 was printed on Stonehenge paper in Canton, NY. The text was printed on a Universal Letterpress III at BluSeed Studios in Saranac Lake, NY and bound by the artists at St. Lawrence University in Canton, NY. The books are numbered and signed by the artists on the colophon. 8 x 8 x 1 inches.
Ravages of Time is an artist book project created in collaboration with paper and book artist Drew Luan Matott and Tom Lascell, a traditional black and white photographer from northern New York. It is comprised of a series of 24 black and white photographs, plus cover and end pages, depicting the power of weather and time on man made structures and artifacts. The hand crafted artist book features both accordion and gate fold pages designed to be viewed one page at a time in a traditional manner, or by pulling out one of four accordion arrays, to view a “gallery” or sequence of six images at a time. Viewers are also able to experience other arrays for viewing by selecting their own unique page fold options. The square format is meant to be viewed closely in hand; the tactile feel of the handmade book and the unique page turns are as important as the images themselves.
Artist Biography
Tom Lascell is a traditional black and white wet film photographer. His work has shown in several regional exhibits, ranging from natural woodland scenes to mechanical abstracts. Drew Luan Matott is a paper and book artist and founder of the Green Door Studio in Burlington, VT. He holds an MFA in book and paper arts from Columbia College of Chicago. His work resides in several permanent collections.
All images and text copyright the artist. All rights reserved.
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