A Hemline of Sky, Forest, and Water Through Smoke, 2020 Gracia Haby & Louise Jennison

A Hemline of Sky, Forest, and Water Through Smoke, 2020 

Gracia Haby & Louise Jennison    

A set of three unopened artists’ books

Edition Number: 50/100

18.7cm x 12.2cm x 1.4cm

The [artists’ books] began with a picture which began with a catastrophe. [From fire service updates and images and videos posted from on-the-ground and at-the-scene in a still-ongoing-at-the-time-of-publication series of bushfires, read on twitter in the summer of 2019–20, assembled under the hashtags #AustraliaBurns and #ClimateCrisis. At the time of making these artists’ books,] the full impact on tree species and wildlife will not be known until more assessments are done as fire grounds become accessible. This is climate change in its most fundamental form. [Collages pulled from] the snare of words [read at the time, and belonging to other people, in news articles, and a collection of books on the bedside table].

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Material details about the artist books: 12 double-sided Indigo Digital CMYK pages with perforated fore-edge and 8 double-sided Indigo Digital CMYK and black pages on 118gsm Mohawk Superfine Smooth Ultra White, with Indigo Digital CMYK covers on 148gsm Mohawk Superfine Smooth Ultra White. Including a waistband on 118gsm Mohawk Superfine Smooth Ultra White, and paper knife on 1400gsm boxboard.