About this piece:

This three album set, printed in a limited edition of four, is an arranged collection of photographs and copied out poems from the archive of Ruth Wheeler. Each album has 16 pages, bound as a photo album with window cut outs in some of the pages, bound with tyvek pleats in a style learned from Hedi Kyle. The pages are cased into leather covers with a variation on a split board technique. Each album is housed in a chemise; the chemises are bound and held together with a wrap around cover with magnetic closure in a style adapted from Hedi Kyle’s multiple chemise structure. Each set includes a different original photograph (hence the variation in the edition) and paper label on the outside cover.

The text is from Ruth Wheeler’s journal and was scanned in her handwriting; sources have been noted as they appeared in her journal. Photographs are scans from original photographs taken by Ruth Wheeler during the years 1946-1951.

Materials:

Printed, embossed and laseretched leather, 10 pt Bristol with surface applied color and laser printing, photographs, mylar, book board, shellac, acrylic, book cloth, steel and magnets.