{"id":1201,"date":"2012-09-24T14:37:36","date_gmt":"2012-09-24T14:37:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/speccoll\/?p=1201"},"modified":"2016-12-02T20:36:27","modified_gmt":"2016-12-02T20:36:27","slug":"monumental-ideas-in-miniature-books-ii","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/speccoll\/2012\/09\/24\/monumental-ideas-in-miniature-books-ii\/","title":{"rendered":"Monumental Ideas in Miniature Books II"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Monumental Ideas in Miniature Book Making&#8221; is a traveling exhibition of more than 100 artists&#8217; miniature books from eight countries\u00a0curated\u00a0by Hui-Chu Ying, Professor of The Myers School of Art, at the University of Akron. These small treasures by nationally and internationally recognized book artists explore epic tales, poetry, and storytelling using diverse book and printmaking techniques.\u00a0 Emily Martin and Jill Kambs from the University of Iowa Center for the Book have works featured in this exhibition.\u00a0 This visually stunning and dramatically eclectic collection demonstrates in stunning miniature the breadth and variety of contemporary artist&#8217;s books.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The books will be exhibited outside Special Collections and University Archives on the third floor of the Main Library for just\u00a0four more weeks until October 22nd, 2012.<\/p>\n<p>For exquisite photographic views of each of the works, visit the MIMB2 Flickr page:\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/mimborg\/\">http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/mimborg\/<\/a><\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-1201 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/speccoll\/files\/2012\/09\/Emilymartin.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/speccoll\/files\/2012\/09\/Emilymartin-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-1360\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/speccoll\/files\/2012\/09\/Emilymartin-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/speccoll\/files\/2012\/09\/Emilymartin-36x36.jpg 36w, https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/speccoll\/files\/2012\/09\/Emilymartin-115x115.jpg 115w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-1360'>\n\t\t\t\tArtist: Emily Martin\r\nTitle: Unsupervised\r\nMedium: inkjet\r\nSize: 4 \u00bc\u201dx2 1\/\/2\u201d\r\nWeb site: www.emilymartin.com\r\n\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/speccoll\/files\/2012\/09\/JillKambs.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/speccoll\/files\/2012\/09\/JillKambs-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-1361\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/speccoll\/files\/2012\/09\/JillKambs-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/speccoll\/files\/2012\/09\/JillKambs-36x36.jpg 36w, https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/speccoll\/files\/2012\/09\/JillKambs-115x115.jpg 115w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-1361'>\n\t\t\t\tArtist: Jill Kambs\r\nTitle: Cord\r\nMedium: hand-cut pigment inkjet prints with decorative sewing on arches cover paper, commercial book cloth on cover with handmade polymer plate imprint\r\nSize: 3 \u00bc\u201dx3 \u00bc\u201dx1\/2\u201d\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/speccoll\/files\/2012\/09\/mini-books-exhibit-postcard-1.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/speccoll\/files\/2012\/09\/mini-books-exhibit-postcard-1-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Selection of Books from the exhibition\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-1372\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/speccoll\/files\/2012\/09\/mini-books-exhibit-postcard-1-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/speccoll\/files\/2012\/09\/mini-books-exhibit-postcard-1-36x36.jpg 36w, https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/speccoll\/files\/2012\/09\/mini-books-exhibit-postcard-1-115x115.jpg 115w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-1372'>\n\t\t\t\tJust a few of the 106 books on display.\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Monumental Ideas in Miniature Book Making&#8221; is a traveling exhibition of more than 100 artists&#8217; miniature books from eight countries\u00a0curated\u00a0by Hui-Chu Ying, Professor of The Myers School of Art, at the University of Akron. 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