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Adelman

Title

Subject

bookbinding proposal

Description

A French style binding with laced-on boards. The top edge is graphite with hand sewn silk endbands, covered in "coke" gray buffalo leather with onlays of emery paper and aluminum screen. The book would be housed in a matching leather clamshell box. The aluminum screen representing the source of the disappearance is depicted on the back board, dwindling around to the front board. "Goodbye" tooled on the spine, too late to save the river. The design is as "simple" as the age old problem of balancing contemporary needs for dwindling natural resources and preserving those resources for future generations.

Creator

Publisher

Bridwell Library Special Collections

Date

Rights

This work is protected by copyright law. No commercial reproduction or distribution is permitted. This file may be used for educational uses only, provided it is not altered in any way, and the copyright line is cited. (Bridwell Library Special Collections, SMU).

Format

Displayed as .jpg

Language

Type

Book

Collection

The 5th DeGolyer Competition

Citation

Adelman, Cathy, “Adelman,” Bridwell Library Special Collections Exhibitions, accessed April 25, 2025, https://bridwell.omeka.net/items/show/2162.