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Filename: 
Chen_The Veil_3.JPG
Identifier: 
Chen_The Veil_3
Artist: 
Chen, Julie
Other contributors: 
Sacremento, Anne
Title: 
The Veil
Publisher: 
Flying Fish
Edition: 
22 of 100
Year: 
2002
Creation Decade: 
2000-2009
Creation Century: 
21st Century
Dimensions: 
32x21 cm
Description: 
cloth covered case opens into three panels with inlaid area for half-circle artist book at center; book can be opened and displayed standing up by curving the front and back cover until they touch and are held together by a magnet; Book is a nested accordion structure; each folded page holds together layers of paper with hand sewn binding; intricate paper cutting displays many layers including image of the world and text from the preamble to the Charter of the United Nations from 1945;
Illustration processes: 
letterpress printed using combination of photpolymer plates and collagraphic blocks on Wyndstone Marble paper. Cut using Universal Systems Lasercutter
Call number: 
N7433.4 C44 V44 2002