DANIEL ESSIG
Centipede Book

$650.00

Daniel Essig
Centipede Book
Mahogany covers, milk painted handmade paper surface, mica window with Ammonia fossil and 19th century text, handmade paper end sheets and spine guards, Frankfort cream text block, leather and brass closure; Ethiopian, Coptic and Centipede bindings
4H x 3W x 2.5D inches
Item #84-06

1 in stock

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ARTIST INFO

DANIEL J. ESSIG
Penland, NC

BOOKS | Sculptural books

Penland Affiliation | Penland Instructor 1999, 2001, 2003, 2009. 2014, 2016, 2022, Penland Core Fellow 1992-1994

Artist Information | Studio artist; teaching: Anderson Ranch (CO), Arrowmont (TN), University of Georgia Cortona Italy Program, Grampian Textures (Australia), Sievers School of Fiber Arts (WI); North Carolina Artist Fellowship, Penland Core Fellowship; collections: Renwick Gallery (DC), Mint Museum (NC), University of Iowa Special Collections, University of California–Santa Cruz McHenry Library, Vanderbilt University Special Collections (TN)

Artist Statement | I am interested in traces of the past, ancient binding styles, altered books, distressed finishes, and found objects. Since I was six or seven years old, I’ve been collecting small objects. I have seashells and interesting rocks that I collected at the beach on childhood vacations. I also have my grandfather’s arrowhead collection. I’ve stored up seed pods, rocks, bones, shells, bits of rusty metal, nails, animal teeth, fossils. They represent periods in my life, even just days or moments. I keep my collection of objects in drawers, bottles, and boxes within a single small room in my house. The space has the feel of a German Wunderkammern, a “cabinet of curiosities”. I often sit in the room and scan my collection, seeking just the right object to inspire a new book or sculpture.

Technical Information | Wood-covered artist books and book-based sculptures using Ethiopian-style Coptic binding, mixed-media