Alicia Bailey • Denver, CO Raven Press




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Alicia Bailey January Limited Edition Miniature Book $80 Author Frances Horovitz. 8-panel accordion, intaglio print on rives lightweight with handpainted title page. Cover is lightweight Unryu with gold and silver flecks over museum board with handpainted title. Edition of 25. 3x3x.2 5inches, Opens to 3x27 To purchase contact Laura at 23 Sandy


Alicia Bailey *Alphabet of Desire Miniature* Limited Edition Miniature Artist Book $75 Text by Heidi Zednik. Digital output in millimeter style binding. Cover papers are hand-made by Ray Tomasso (InterOcean Curiousity Studio), end pages made by Katie MacGregor. Edition of 100. 2.75x2.75x.25 inches. To purchase contact Laura at 23 Sandy


Alicia Bailey Poised for Flight Limited Edition Miniature Artist Book $24 This triangular accordion book is folded so that it twists when opened, making it easier to read both sides of the book simultaneously than to read one side at a time. Etching from a copper plate on sized Sumi paper with transfer text and Unryu-covered museum board covers. Edition of 27. 3.5x3.5x.25 inches, Opens to 3.5x16 To purchase contact Laura at 23 Sandy


Alicia Bailey Ab Limited Edition Artist Book $250 Ink on sumi paper with laserprinting, millimeter style binding with red leather spine, cover papers hand-marbled papers (Pamela Smith), Buhgra endpapers in wrapper with book cloth and Smith marbled paper, Gocco gold printed on wrapper cover. This book compares the physiological workings of the heart (day and night, night and day, a pair of pumps works steadily inside our bodies) with Aubri Aleka Keleman’s poem Suggestions for Improving the Heart and Its Workings. The trouble comes in its shape, its obvious desire to split in two. Each page of this book is handpainted with ink on sumi paper over laserprinted text. Millimeter style binding with a leather spine and handmarbled cover and endpapers with wrap-around case. Edition of 12. 4.5/8x31/8x.5 inches. Wrapper opens to 4.75x10.75 To purchase contact Laura at 23 Sandy


Alicia Bailey *Ab (miniature version)* Limited Edition Miniature Book $60 Color Xerox from original watercolors on Mohawk superfine text using modified butterfly binding, open spine. Covers are board covered with laser printed/handpainted title & illustration on paper made by Ray Tomasso (Interocean Curiousity Studio). 24 pages, plus endpapers of papers hand-marbled by Pamela Smith. Text block edges painted with graphite/acrylic medium. Edition of 25. 3x2 3/8x3/8 inches To purchase contact Laura at 23 Sandy


Alicia Bailey *Haiku Box* Open Edition Aritst Book $75 Traditional Haiku poetry refers to the rhythms of the natural world, quite often making explicit reference to the four seasons. Each wall of this box has a small book with Haiku poems for each season. The text is laserprint on pastepaper. The lid is adorned with beads and the box is handstamped and embossed. 3x3x3 inches To purchase contact Laura at 23 Sandy


Alicia Bailey Jump Limited Edition Artist Book $125 Includes text by Annie Dillard, Aubri Aleka Keleman and Heidi Zednik. French-door book, bound with three brass rings on each side. Images and text are black-and-white and color copies on transparent stock, color inkjet on Arches 90 lb. rough watercolor, 90 lb. cover and transparency, laserprint on a variety of text-weight papers and hand-painted Arches cover. Edition of 25. 8x8x.25 inches To purchase contact Laura at 23 Sandy


Alicia Bailey *Mexico Stories* Limited Edition Artist Book $36 Three short stories, Esmerelda, Reader of Palms & Thorns, written by Colorado writer Carolyn Hull during a retreat in Mexico, in the sultry magic realism style often associated with that geography. The stories are bound in a dos-a-dos-a-dos pamphlet stitched wrap around cover. Cover and chapter head illustrations are inkjet prints of photographs by Alicia Bailey. Pages are laserprint with hand stamping. Edition of 100. 5.75x4.5x.25inches Opens to 5.75x22 inches. To purchase contact Laura at 23 Sandy


Alicia Bailey *October* Limited Edition Artist Book $60 Book cover: birds nest paper, book cloth, handwritten spine, ribbon. Text pages: color copy on Mohawk Superfine text with handpainted/stamping on backside. Box is covered with pastepaper and is adorned with glass/metal bead sculpture. 28 pages, each page illustrated. Edition of 29. 2.5x1.25x1.25 inches. Susanna Roxman © 1995 To purchase contact Laura at 23 Sandy


Alicia Bailey *Tongue Tied* Limited Edition Artist Book $140 The poem ‘Tongue Tied’ by Patricia Beers describes the almost unbearable results of a lifetime of keeping silent. The two-sided accordian book is hinge-bound with 16 penny nails and housed in a nail/mesh and wood structure. Unless handled carefully this book can easily cause physical injury and pain. Text is laserprint on lace paper. Alicia Bailey’s photographs, which allude to bondage and repression, are inkjet printed on sumi paper. Objects and text initially hidden by the photographs are revealed as the reader interacts with this book. 4.5x3.5x2.5 inches. Opens to 18x3.5. Edition of 25. 1999. To purchase contact Laura at 23 Sandy



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Artist Statement

Born in Denver, I have always lived in Colorado, currently maintaining a studio and residence in the Denver metro area. I received my BFA in Studio Arts with an emphasis in printmaking and photography from the University of Colorado. I have worked as a studio artist since then in a variety of two- and three-dimensional media.

For the past twelve years, I have focused on the book form. A familiarity with many materials is invaluable to my approach to the book as interactive sculpture. Expanding the conceptual definition of 'book', I often work with non-traditional materials such as glass, porcelain and steel, although for practical purposes most of my limited edition work relies on more traditional book materials and structures. I have achieved national recognition in this field and work as a visiting artist and instructor throughout the United States. My work has been exhibited in 35 solo and over 100 group exhibitions in the US, Ireland, Austria, Mexico, England and Canada.

This exhibit features a mini-retrospective of Ravenpress editions. I created the Ravenpress imprint in 1995. Ravenpress books are known for their use of contemporary structures based on historical models, erotic content and miniature scale. They are held in dozens of public, private and special collections worldwide.

Unless otherwise stated all artwork, design, binding and text is mine.

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Alicia Bailey • Denver, CO
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Artists in Inventory

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Alicia Bailey • Denver, CO Raven Press

Artist Statement

Alicia Bailey • Denver, CO
Raven Press