Yale Center for British Art

Creator:

King, Ronald, 1932-

Title:

Termite grid / Ron King ; cut by Anthony Hyde.

Alternate Title(s):

Log book 5

Published / Created:

[London] : [Circle Press], 1998.

Physical Description:

1 art original : wood ; 11 cm high, 8.5 cm in diameter

Holdings:

Rare Books and Manuscripts
N7433.4.K55 T47 1998 Flat
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

Copyright Status:

Classification:

Three-Dimensional Artifacts

Notes:

Imprint and author statement cut into bottom of log. Title cut into last leaf.

"Log books. An on-going project, begun in 1995, for a series of book-works which explore the possibilities of sawing a log of wood into book sections, or pages, which can be re-assembled into their original log form. There are variations in size for three main designs."--Cooking the books.

Cooking the books : Ron King and Circle Press, p. 176

Of green leaf, bird, and flower: artists' books and the natural world, p. 130

Selected exhibitions: “'Of Green Leaf, Bird, and Flower': Artists' Books and the Natural World" (Yale Center for British Art, May 15 - August 10, 2014).

"Termite grid. Inspired by the wood-worm track on the outside of a log, with finely sawn pages, codex-bound in linen, and a grid of holes drilled right through the thickness of the book block."--Cooking the books.

Exhibition History:

"Of Green Leaf, Bird, and Flower" : Artists' Books and the Natural World (Yale Center for British Art, May 15, 2014-August 10, 2014)

Subject Terms:

Trees. | Wood-carving -- Great Britain. | Artists' books -- Great Britain. | Circle Press -- Publisher.

Form/Genre:

Artists' books -- Great Britain. | Carvings (visual works)

Contributors:

Hyde, Anthony, fl. 1998. | Circle Press, publisher.