Zoology Education presents an extracted text from a mid-20th century educator’s notes on using zoology for youth education. Images are digital reproductions from my family’s photographic archive and date from 1935 – 1974.

The text is hand-written with India ink on parchment. The pages are rag printmaking paper hand-printed from copper engravings. End pages are handmade paper Covers are vellum; the text block laced in with soft leather strips.

Housed in a custom, drop-spine box with a recessed tray. The tray bottom is lined with sheepskin on which rests a sea turtle bone. The case is covered with book cloth that has been airbrushed with metallic acrylic. Case labels are laserprint on treated paper.

Materials:

vellum, paper, etching ink, india ink, walnut ink, leather, thread, photographs, pencil, sea turtle bone, sheepskin, plexiglass, book board, book cloth with surface applied color