Ce’

Inspired by a Chinese legend that the gift of giving comes from studying the objects of nature, the images of Ce’ were created from collected found organic material and arranged into “sentences” to read as visual language. Ce’ is about reading nature’s form, gestures, and movements as a written language. This series of books takes the reader through an experience much like a Taoist philosophical journey.

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Images

Holdings

Rochester Institute of Technology, Duke University, University California (Santa Barbara), University of Colorado (Boulder), Syracuse University, Smith College, University of Delaware, Walker Art Center, Virginia Commonwealth University, Yale University, Cleveland Institute of Art, University of Kentucky, University of Rochester - River Campus, Reed College, Center for Women's History, Columbia College (Chicago), University of California (Santa Barbara), Wheaton College, Temple University Libraries, University of Louisville, University of Utah, Maryland Institute College of Art, Vassar College Library, Vernon R. Alden Library Ohio University, School of the Art Institute of Chicago SAIC Library, University of Colorado Library, University of Rochester Library, University of Miami, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Bucknell University Bertrand Library, Savannah College of Art & Design, Indiana University - Purdue University Indianapolis-IUPUI, Indiana University, University of Michigan, Library of Congress, Scripps College

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Metadata

Title:

Ce’

Date of publication:

1998

Place of publication:

Rosendale, NY

Publisher:

Women's Studio Workshop

Other publishing info:

Ch'an Press

Dimensions:

20 x 33 x 3 cm.

Number in edition:

70

Paging:

1 book object ([19] p. pamphlet, 2 origami folds, 1 with folded strip ([5] leaves))

Paper:

Recycled plastic fibers, post-consumer waste, Lupa Herb handmande, moss and grass handmade, Japanese Mingei Glassine handmade

Printing method:

Silkscreen

Binding:

Handmade Chinese seedpod paper purse with drawsting closures

Structure:

Fold book; book object

Funding source:

National Endowment for the Arts, New York State Council for the Arts, Women's Studio Workshop

Signature:

Signed by the artist

Printer:

Irene Chan

Binder:

Irene Chan

Other notes:

"Organisms directly projected through a photographic enlarger to orthographic film and screenprinted." Small origami fold contains dried plant matter.