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2024 Edition of 100 Folded broadsheet 16 pages / 8 posters 27.5 × 19.7 in (flat) Digital on newsprint Drawings by Brett Westfall and Moon Westfall Available at These Days, Los Angeles |
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Diamond Days 2024 Embroidered patches on repurposed shopping bags |
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Herbert & Joella Bayer According to Todd Weikel 2024 Edition of 30 20 pages 7 × 8 in Stitchbound digital offset with tipped-in plates Interview with Santa Barbara carpenter Todd Weikel on working for artist and Bauhaus master Herbert Bayer and his wife and business partner Joella Bayer at their home in Montecito during the last years of their lives. Introduction by his son, Henry Weikel; interview conducted on June 1, 2024 by Henry and myself. Order (USA) Order (Intl) Order (Intl tracking) Terms |
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Today the Garden, Tomorrow the World Over Land and Sea Learning to Look, Looking to Learn 2024 Edition of 30 3 volumes 300 pages each 4.25 × 6.875 in Softcover digital print Collected image history Order (USA) Order (Intl) Order (Intl tracking) Terms |
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Delphi 2 2024 Edition of 25 + 4 AP 7” flexi disc 45 rpm Hand silkscreen and watercolor on paper sleeve, each unique Cover artwork by Nathan Rickard Franz Schubert, Ständchen, arrangement for piano by Franz Liszt, played by Sergei Rachmaninoff. Order (USA) Order (Intl) Order (Intl tracking) Terms |
2024 Institute of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles February 10–March 10 (extended through April 7) The exhibition is organized by Wendy Yao as part of the museum’s Ooga Booga residency, and presents editions and ephemera from the past decade of the imprint. Installation photos: Hannah Mjølsnes |
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Public Type 2024 Available to license from Public Type, with additional symbols and alternates and updated type table of over 10,500 glyphs. K.73r is both functional and experimental, and can be set as body or display type. Included in the font are upper and lowercase letters, lining and oldstyle figures, basic punctuation, math symbols, currency, diacritics, and ligatures. If there were an ideal typesetter for it, they would tightrope what it can do in terms of legible writing with its potential to work as graphic art. |
Cultural History 2023 Edition of 40 28 × 28 in flat 9.5 × 14 in folded Silver and black 2-color silkscreen on newsprint 28-year perpetual calendar set in K.73r. Order (USA) Order (Intl) Order (Intl tracking) Terms |
2023 Silkscreen on vinyl sticker for Kima ten year anniversary |
K.73r 2023 Started in February 2021, K.73r is a geometric sans type family in 5 styles. Continuing early Modernist exercises about modular typography, it is constructed of square, circle, triangle in counterpoint. Unlike those types, and as a working font file created a full century later, K.73r’s ultra-expansive type table is made up of 9,989 glyphs, with up to 100 alternates per character. K.73r is both functional and experimental. Its highly legible base style should interact with its stylistic counterparts to affirm the poetic and practical potential of all intelligently designed language. Edition of 30 44 pages 9 × 12 in Stitchbound digital print Order (USA) Order (Intl) Order (Intl tracking) Terms |
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Butterfly Impressions 2022 Edition of 20 + 5 AP 32 pages 9 × 12 in Stitchbound digital offset with tracing paper dust jacket Stamp drawings by John Bortal. Each dust jacket is unique, with drawings hand stamped by the artist. Order (USA) Order (Intl) Order (Intl tracking) Terms |
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5×5=25 2022 Edition of 100 15 mm width Custom gold foil washi tape in hand stamped glassine bag Pikake lei drawn after the early Cubo-Futurist still lifes of Liubov Popova. Order (USA) Order (Intl) Order (Intl tracking) Terms |
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Vapor Trail 2022 Edition of 4 + 2 AP Tag 2.5 × 11 in Bell diameter 1.625 in Nambu cast iron wind chime with 2-sided hand silkscreened cotton tag Opening melody of Joe Hisaishi’s “A Town with an Ocean View.” |
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Mantis 2022 Short film 18 min 10 sec Nathan Rickard Art director Lauren Graycar Cast Tracy Nguyen Trang Nguyen Over a series of trips to visit Nathan’s father in Arizona, we filmed a portrait of daily life with his step sister and her mother. Over time, we observed their relationship and documented the environment surrounding their intersecting family ties. |
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The Home and the World 2022 Edition of 20 + 2 AP 19 × 22 in Hand silkscreen on CAD print Books 1–99 between trompe-l’oeil White Rabbit bookends. Order (USA) Order (Intl) Order (Intl tracking) Terms |
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Cha Cha 2022 Edition of 25 8.5 × 11 in Hand silkscreen on flat paper bag Order (USA) Order (Intl) Order (Intl tracking) Terms |
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From Abroad 2021 Edition of 19 24 pages 5.875 × 8 in Stitchbound digital offset John Millington Synge, Heinz Edgar Kiewe, and the myth of the Aran sweater. |
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Chinese Supper 2021 Edition of 25 52 pages 6 × 8 in Stitchbound digital offset with hand silkscreened cover Images of vintage Chinese packaging, mainly sweets, collected and archived by Tooly. |
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Lovable You 2021 Edition of 20 64 pages 5.25 × 8.75 in Stitchbound digital print with foldout plates Stories from Pai Hsien-yung’s Taipei People (2000, The Chinese University Press). Film stills from Lin Tuan-chiu, Liang Zhefu, Hsin Chi, Hou Hsiao-hsien, Wang Tung, and Lin Cheng-sheng. |
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Luka’s Garden 2021 10.5 in diameter Phenakistoscope disc, digital print Isolated floral ornaments of Killarney capitals looping A–Z. |
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Killarney 2021 Edition of 25 26 pages 8 × 11 in Digital print in handmade encasing Typographic specimen of custom drawn decorative capitals with ornamentation based on the floral patterning of Killarney inlaid wood furniture. Order (USA) Order (Intl) Order (Intl tracking) Terms |
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Panorama 2021 Edition of 30 Canvas tote bag 15 × 16.5 in 2-sided hand silkscreen on 100% organic carbon neutral cotton Order (USA) Order (Intl) Order (Intl tracking) Terms |
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Things I Learned 2020 Edition of 16 12 pages 7.375 × 10.75 in Hand silkscreen each page on stitchbound high gloss digital print Cover lettering from Johann Schönsperger the Younger’s 1529 edition of Ein new getruckt model Büchli: earliest known textile pattern book and first printed fashion publication. Order (USA) Order (Intl) Order (Intl tracking) Terms |
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New Generation 2020 Hand embroidered vintage Prada shirt Kraft box custom drawn numerals after Wodan, Schelter & Giesecke. |
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3DX 121 To The Birds 2020 Edition of 20 + 4 AP Cotton sweatshirt US small & medium only Hand silkscreen With Harsh Patel A portion of sales were donated to the National Audubon Society |
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Simple Chinese Home Cooking 2020 Edition of 30 20 pages 6.5 × 9.5 in Stitchbound digital print with tipped-in cover photograph Recipes and photographs by Cao Di |
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Chinese for European Market 2020 Edition of 18 32 pages 5.85 × 8 in Stitchbound digital print on alternating uncoated and satin coated stock with woven twill cover 18th century Chinese painted and embroidered pictorial silks and wallpapers for export to Europe. Josef Mysliveček Divertimento in F. Excerpts from Fanny Burneyʼs Evelina, or the History of a Young Lady's Entrance into the World (1778). |
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Lilikoi and lychee, vanilla ice cream, azuki bean 2020 Hawaiian heirloom engraved plumeria scroll-around bangle |
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Kroj 2020 Edition of 7 Cotton mock neck shirt US medium only Custom embroidery Ornamentation drawn from the Hawaii State Public Library System motif. Clothing tags include section of traditional Slovak kroj ribbon made in the Czech Republic. |
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Places to Visit 2020 Edition of 24 12 pages 6.5 × 10.125 in book 12 × 7.5 in poster Stitchbound digital print with newsprint poster insert 2019 in movies and snacks. Poster still from Hong Sang-soo’s Grass, 2018. |
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Yoona Cooking 2020 Edition of 25 20 pages 6 × 8 in Stitchbound digital print Recipes from Yoona of Girls’ Generation compiled from Hyori’s Homestay, her 2016 Chongqing fan meeting, and Weibo. |
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Ulice před domem 2020 Edition of 3 7 × 4 in Enamel nameplate My grandfather’s original Slovak last name in custom drawn type after the work of Martin Benka (b. 1888, Kostolište, Slovakia). Made in the Czech Republic. |
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For NRG 2019 Edition of 50 + 10 AP 28 pages 7 × 10 in Stitchbound digital print with glassine endsheets Photographs by Zoë Ghertner |
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How We Used to Live 2019 Edition of 20 20 pages 5.75 × 9 in Stitchbound digital print Collected interviews with Sarah Cracknell of Saint Etienne on being young, going on benders, and loving David Essex. |
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Cigarette, a cup of tea, a bun... 2019 Edition of 50 1 in enamel pin 8.5 × 10.5 in poster Enamel pin in sketch paper poster |
Book release & opening 2019 August 17, 7pm Mrs. Wong’s 2850 ½ Sunset Blvd Los Angeles, 90026 |
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2019 July 12–15 Museum of Contemporary Art |
Staffordshire Dogs 2019 Edition of 18 + 3 AP 20 pages 9 × 12 in 8 × 10 in C-print Stitchbound digital offset print and single C-print in hand silkscreened butcher paper wrapping Paintings by Miles Jopling |
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Cabinet Doré 2019 Edition of 20 5 prints 5.5 × 9 in Tipped-in digital prints in handmade portfolio With Carmel Ni |
LA Art Book Fair 2019 April 12–14 Preview April 11 MoCA Geffen |
Palettes II 2019 Edition of 45 + 7 AP 32 pages 7 × 9.5 in Stitchbound digital print By Jessica Williams |
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Summer Romance 2019 Edition of 20 16 pages 6.25 × 9 in Stitchbound digital print |
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Almost No Memory 2019 Edition of 12 + 4 AP 8.5 × 12.5 in Digital offset prints in hand silkscreened portfolio 9 digital offset prints (8 × 12 in) 1 newsprint poster (12 × 16 in) Photographs by Nathan Rickard taken in Los Angeles and Taiwan |
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Avenue 2019 Edition of 15 12 pages 6.1875 × 9 in Stitchbound digital print Journey to Italy, Roberto Rossellini, 1954; Theorem, Pier Paolo Pasolini, 1968; La Danse, Frederick Wiseman, 2009; A Good Marriage, Éric Rohmer, 1982; Secrets of Women, Ingmar Bergman, 1952. |
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2018 Edition of 15 Hand-silkscreened 100% silk handkerchief and vegetable-tanned leather box Handkerchief 17 × 17 in Box 3.5 × 4.25 in |
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Shasta 2018 Edition of 30 12 × 18 in Digital print |
Taiwanese Cinema Since 1982 October 13, 2018 8pm Screening organized by Lauren Graycar and Nathan Rickard Folder Studio 1031 N Broadway Los Angeles |
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New York Art Book Fair 2018 September 21–23 Preview September 20 MoMA PS1 |
SNSD04 2018 Custom embroidered vintage Tricot Comme des Garçons shirt |
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Anna Magdalena Bach 2018 Edition of 15 20 pages 6.5 × 8.5 in Stitchbound digital print The Chronicle of Anna Magdalena Bach, Jean-Marie Straub and Danièle Huillet, 1968. “Anna Magdalena as Bach’s Copyist,” Yo Tomita, 2007. |
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Delphi 1 2018 Edition of 20 + 5 AP 7” flexi disc 45 rpm Handmade cover with tipped-in C-print Cover photograph by Mitch Brown Debussy, La Fille aux Cheveux de Lin, Préludes 1, no. 8, played by Jascha Heifetz. |
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Linguiça 2018 22 × 30 in Poly crêpe de chine flag |
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C Files Taiwan, Hong Kong 2018 Edition of 20 24 pages 9.5 × 13 in Fastener bound digital print Document on street style |
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Red White Blue “K” 2018 Edition of 45 Postcard 4 × 6 in Digital print |
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Real Love 2017 Edition of 25 Canvas tote bag 14 × 15 in 2-sided hand silkscreen on cotton The Beatles’ final live concert, Candlestick Park, August 29, 1966. |
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Ritan Park 2017 C-pop, HK-pop, and cha cha compilation by James Elaine, artist and curator in Beijing. |
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A few steps ahead, a cherry stone. In my mouth, the taste of cherry. A few steps behind, the cherry tree. 2017 Edition of 25 16 pages 5.25 × 8 in Stitchbound digital print with cover tipped-in plate Films from verse. Featuring Address, Sohrab Sepehri (Where is the Friend’s Home?, Abbas Kiarostami), Book of Revelation 8:1, 6 (The Seventh Seal, Ingmar Bergman), Age of Bloom, Zhou Xuan (In the Mood for Love, Wong Kar-wai). |
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Monterey Park 2017 Edition of 20 Cotton t-shirt US medium & large only Hand silkscreen Originally designed by Harsh Patel in 2006 for Raymond Tseng’s store Lion’s Den. Cities was a series of shirts marking Chinese suburbs in greater LA. They were given to friends and family. The original colorway was yellow and black. |
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C.Z. 2017 Edition of 15 + 3 AP 4 prints 6 × 8 in folded Suite of prints in envelope, various sizes Photographs by Ami Watanabe |
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Golden Days 2017 Edition of 20 28 pages 6 × 8.5 in Stitchbound digital print |
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Sketchbook 2017 Edition of 10 102 pages 8.5 × 11 in Digital print with hand tape binding Decorative borders drawn from the illustrations and sketches of neoclassical French architect, interior decorator, and designer Charles Percier (1764–1838) |
Berlin Art Book Fair 2017 July 14–16 Haus der Kulturen der Welt |
Chamomile 2017 Arrangement by Paul Forney |
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Vaganova Ballet Academy 2017 Edition of 15 Cotton sweatshirt US small only Hand silkscreen |
2017 Ditch Projects Springfield, OR May 20–June 17 Oh! presents a selection of work from Kima. Also included is an “exhibition within an exhibition” with works by friends/collaborators Theresa Guntli, Miles Jopling, Harsh Patel, and Jessica Williams. |
Two Texts on Wanda 2017 Edition of 15 36 pages 7.75 × 10.125 in Stitchbound digital print book with CAD poster jacket French and English Two texts on the film Wanda (1970) by Barbara Loden. Marguerite Duras and Elia Kazan in conversation, Cahiers du Cinéma, December 1980. Stéphane Delorme on Wanda, Cahiers du Cinéma, July–August 2003. |
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Film Drawings 2017 Edition of 20 + 10 AP 5 pages 9 × 11 in Stitchbound digital print Drawings by Theresa Guntli Interiors from An Autumn Afternoon (Yasujirō Ozu), A Tale of Springtime (Éric Rohmer), Picnic at Hanging Rock (Peter Weir). |
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AB 1910 2017 Willi Wegener (Magdeburg) designed Alpha and Beta in 1910 for the Frankfurt type foundry Flinsch. This revival was created between 2016 and 2017 in Mar Vista, Highland Park, and Altadena, California. The letterforms and their alternates are drawn near-exact to his originals, and the ornaments are culled from different sources and time periods. As little is known about the original author, the gap in history is filled by interpretation. $10 Order Inquire for licensing |
2017 Craft Contemporary Group exhibition January 29–May 7 51 with Harsh Patel |
Polichinelle 2017 Edition of 12 3.5 × 6.5 in 5 candles in hand silkscreened Shikoku paper package |
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Jueju 2016 Edition of 10 12 pages 6.5 × 9.5 in Tipped-in digital prints on rice paper, stitchbound Poetry by Du Fu, Chengdu, 759–765 |
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Yunnan 2016 Edition of 15 28 pages 6 × 8.5 in Stitchbound digital print interior; fabric cover with grosgrain ribbon weaving Yunnan province, summer 2016 |
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2016 Suite of 3 prints 14 × 17 in (prints) 16 × 20 in (portfolio) Gold leaf on board in handmade encasing with twill closures With Harsh Patel |
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Madeleine 2016 Edition of 6 Handkerchief 18 × 18 in Hand silkscreen on cotton |
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Bolschoi Drill Ein Jahr an der Moskauer Ballettakademie 2016 Edition of 20 40 pages 6.5 × 9.75 in Stitchbound digital print Transcribed subtitles from the documentary |
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Sunday 2016 Edition of 10 Cotton sweatshirt US medium only Hand silkscreen Typography from One Wonderful Sunday (Kurosawa) |
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Palettes 2016 Edition of 20 28 pages 8 × 10.75 in Stitchbound digital print with postcard insert By Jessica Williams |
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Carnaval 2016 Edition of 15 Suite of 3 prints 7.5 × 9 in Digital print |
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Mei Hua 2016 Edition of 30 5 × 5 in Compilation CD with digital print cover and insert Chinese pop songs from the late 70’s to 90’s Artists include Teresa Teng, Tsai Chin, Delphine Tsai, Sylvia Chang, Yawei Hong, Helen Wang, Ying-ying Yu, and Waken Chau Cover calligraphy by Sum Cheung $20 Order |
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Светлана 2016 Edition of 20 20 pages 5.5 × 8.75 in Stitchbound digital print Svetlana Zakharova in Vaganova Academy 1996 final exam; Russian translation of Depeche Mode’s “Strangelove” Special thanks to Viktor Alekseyev for his help with the translation |
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Constance 2016 Edition of 20 11.6 × 16.5 in Digital print on sketch paper |
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Opoponax 2016 Customized Times New Roman |
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Popina's 2016 Edition of 20 Canvas tote bag 15 × 16 in Hand silkscreen, 2-sided |
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Anthem Part Two 2016 16 × 24 in Silk crêpe de chine flag |
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The Wedge 2015 Edition of 10 + 3 AP 10 × 15 in Digital and CAD prints in hand silkscreened, handmade portfolio 3 CAD prints (18 × 27 in) 4 posters (8 × 12 in) 2 postcards (4 × 6 in) By Stephen Aldahl |
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U.A.T.W. 2015 Edition of 25 11.6 × 16.5 in Digital print on sketch paper Poster by Harsh Patel |
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All Summer Long 2015 Edition of 20 24 pages 7 × 9.5 in Digital and inkjet print with marble-marbled cover and satin ribbon binding Texts by Ingmar Bergman and Amy Sherman-Palladino |
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Empress 2015 Edition of 5 Pocket square 16 × 16 in Hand silkscreen on silk |
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Pearl 2015 Edition of 25 24 pages 7.25 × 9.25 in Stitchbound digital print with tipped-in photographs Text and images from Chinese Flower Arrangement: Literati Style by Pearl W. Hsu |
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Hawaii of China 2015 Edition of 35 24 pages 8 × 10 in Stitchbound digital print with tipped-in photograph Text by Jeannette Graycar (stories by my mother of growing up in the Philippines and Hawaii) |
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The Dying Swan 2015 Edition of 30 24 pages 6.25 × 9.5 in Stitchbound digital print Poem by Alfred Lord Tennyson, music by Camille Saint-Saëns |
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Wayside Flowers 2015 Edition of 20 9 photographs 7.5 × 10 in Digital and inkjet print Photographs by Suzanna Zak |
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Mary 2015 Edition of 50 Canvas tote bag 15 × 17 in Hand silkscreen |
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Perfume Bottle I 2015 Edition of 500 Postcard 4.25 × 6 in Offset print Photograph by Miles Jopling $3 Order Set of 5 $10 Order |
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Mei Mei 2015 Edition of 20 32 pages 9 × 11.5 in Stitchbound digital print with parchment paper jacket Taiwanese style from the films of Edward Yang |
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Parade 2015 Edition of 20 16 pages 7.5 × 9.5 in Digital offset, stitchbound |
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Please 2015 Edition of 50 0.75 in Enamel pin |
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Narciso 2015 Edition of 50 11 × 15 in Letterpress |
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Folly Promise Bagger 2015 Edition of 20 16 pages 8.5 × 12 in Stitchbound digital print Photographs by Johann Mun |
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Sweet Dew 2015 Edition of 30 8 pages 7.25 × 10 in Stitchbound digital print Poem by Richard Brautigan |
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Zhang Da 2014 Edition of 30 16 pages 9 × 12 in Stitchbound digital print Chinese and English Interview with the fashion designer fromView International Fashion & Fabrics, 2008 |
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Tulips 2014 Edition of 35 16 pages 8 × 10 in Stitchbound digital print Text from the poem by Sylvia Plath |
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Nocturne 2014 Edition of 7 12 pages 12.5 × 15 in Stitchbound digital print |
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Grace 2014 Edition of 40 11 × 15 in Letterpress |
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Specimen Drawings 2014 Edition of 30 24 pages 7.25 × 10.75 in Stitchbound digital print Drawings by Marinna Wagner |
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Life's a Ball (for Alex) 2014 Edition of 20 12 pages 9 × 12 in CAD print Photographs by Harsh Patel |
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Endless Everywhere 2014 Edition of 20 44 pages 8.5 × 11 in Stitchbound digital print Poetry and notes from the archive of Dr. Shea Zellweger |
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Strangelove 2014 Edition of 8 15 × 17 in Inkjet print on silk crêpe de chine |
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Anthem 2014 Edition of 4 Canvas backpack 13.5 × 18 in Hand silkscreen |
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Delta 2014 Edition of 10 12 pages 8.5 × 14 in Stitchbound hand silkscreen |
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Paradise II 2014 Edition of 3 Short pants Hand sewn inkjet print on silky faille With Anna Reutinger |
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Morning 2014 Edition of 30 10 pages 7.5 × 10 in Digital and inkjet print |
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Paradise I 2014 Edition of 20 7 × 5 in Set of 4 postcards Digital offset |
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Niu 2014 Edition of 8 17 × 25 in Inkjet print on cotton voile |
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Husky 2014 Edition of 25 12 × 16 in Letterpress |
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Calligraphy 2014 Edition of 30 24 pages 9 × 11.75 in Stitchbound digital print Common forest trees of Hawaii |
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The Gorgonic Aura 2014 Edition of 50 28 pages 9 × 12 in Stitchbound digital print Croatian and English Text by Radmila Iva Janković, Museum of Contemporary Art, Zagreb Download PDF |
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For Ann Demeulemeester 2014 Edition of 15 6 pages 10 × 12 in (folded) 60 × 12 in (flat) CAD print and hand silkscreen French and English Poetry by Stéphane Mallarmé |
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Flora 2014 Edition of 20 7 pages 10 × 13 in Digital and inkjet print Flowers from the prints of Prada Resort 2008 |
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Animals and Man in Space 2014 Edition of 10 40 pages 8.5 × 10 in Inkjet print and acetone transfer Text from US naval report; images of Laika and Belka, Soviet space dogs |
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In Watermelon Sugar 2014 Edition of 10 164 pages 5 × 8.5 in Stitchbound digital and inkjet print Text by Richard Brautigan |
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Marni ss11 2013 Edition of 10 24 pages 9.5 × 11 in Stitchbound digital print with custom embroidered ribbon Images from Marni Spring/Summer 2011 |
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The Logic Alphabet 2013 Edition of 10 26 pages 8.5 × 10 in Stitchbound inkjet print and hand silkscreen From the Logic Alphabet of Dr. Shea Zellweger |