Artist Books by Vicki Milewski
Questioning
Success
I make artist books to move forward the way we read, process information and communicate. The architecture of the book can lead to other ways of understanding text, language and our sense of self.
I see making artist books as a path toward a new future of reading, just as the internet changed our way of reading so too can artist books.
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Below are a selection of my artist books; Click on the titles or Images to see more.
One Sacred
Moment...
with You
Above is an Artist Book artwork bringing the poem slip idea into the 21st Century. Each poem slip has half the 24 part poem on it so it takes two poem slips to read the entire poem just as it took two people to inspire the writing of the original poem
Shown: One Sacred Moment...with you
Artist: Vicki Milewski
Dimensions for each poem slip: Height 17" Width 4"
Materials Used: Paper, ink, Plastic, Silk Thread
Reign
This is a view of some of the canvases that comprise the Artist Book artwork called Questioning Success. This book comes from the Inner Book of Reign Questions contemplating the 21st Century state of education and how we need to redefine success and in that redefinition find a way forward for our educational systems.
Shown: Questioning Success
Artist: Vicki Milewski
Materials Used: Canvas, Paint, Handmade, antique lace circles, paper, silk thread, dye
Dimensions of each canvas: Height 20", Width 16", Depth 2"
The full title for this Artist Book artwork is
Reign: Thinking About Opening a CPS Charter School—should I play at their games again? Or Sierra Nevada Mountains with Gloria. This Artists Book is my first done on canvas with each of the poem's Four Parts on one canvas.
Shown: Reign
Artist: Vicki Milewski
Materials Used: Canvas, Paint, paper, silk thread, antique crochet pieces, elk skin, deer skin, red prayer tie felt, turquiose, glass beads
Dimension or each canvas: Height 20", Width 16", Depth 3"
Above is the cover of my Artist Book artwork, Flowers I Have Known and the Secrets They have Shared with Me. The three flowers are made from organic cotton, dyed with rose petals from three different roses that men I have loved gave to me. Text is integrated into each flower that has been printed on handmade paper, dyed again with those 3 roses. The different colors that occurred from each dying batch seemed to match those 3 different relationships.
Shown: Flowers I Have Known and the Secrets They Have Shared with Me
Artist: Vicki Milewski
Dimensions: Height 8", Width 5.5" Depth 4"
Materials Used: Paper, organic cloth, Rose petal dyes, Watercolor, Ink, glue, silk thread, glass beads