Nights, the Cosmos, and I

Nights, the Cosmos, and I is about the geometry of the cosmos. It investigates the aesthetic quality of the sewing thread as a graphic resource, using embroidery to illustrate an original poem about nighttime and its wonders.

Using the principles of subtlety and minimalism, three colors of thread merge with silkscreen-printed lines, encouraging you to take a more attentive look at the details, thus revealing their texture and tactical quality.

The binding choice – an open accordion book cased in a hardcover – makes it possible to keep the thread ends out of sight, but still not completely hidden, for the process counts here as much as the result itself.

Out of print.

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Harvard University, Bucknell University, Virginia Commonwealth University, Ohio State University, Vassar College, New York Public Library, Indiana University Bloomington, Rochester Institute of Rochester Institute of Technology, University of Delaware, Yale University, University of Michigan, Baylor University, California Polytechnic State University, Mount Holyoke College, Indiana University - Purdue University Indianapolis-IUPUI, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Library of Congress, Wesleyan University, Brown University, University of California (Santa Barbara), Maryland Institute College of Art, Cornell University, Michigan State University

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Metadata

Title:

Nights, the Cosmos, and I

Date of publication:

2015

Place of publication:

Rosendale, NY

Publisher:

Women's Studio Workshop

Subjects:

cosmos, night sky, poetry

ISBN:

978-1-893125-96-4

Dimensions:

47 x 16.5 cm.

Number in edition:

60

Paging:

[19] p.

Paper:

Astrobright 216 grm

Printing method:

Screen print

Binding:

Accordion fold book

Structure:

Throw out accordion

Funding source:

National Endowment for the Arts, Windgate Charitable Foundation, Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts

Signature:

yes

Writer:

Natalia Zapella

Printer:

Natalia Zapella, Ellen Prosko, Chris Petrone

Binder:

Natalia Zapella, Ellen Prosko, Danielle LaCasse, Chris Petrone