2022
Edition of 20
Copepodilia Collectanea presents an imaginary menagerie of copepods – minuscule aquatic crustaceans – created using seaweed pressings. High resolution pigment prints of the pressings retain the textures and dimensionality of the original pressings.
The book is structured as an accordion in a paper wrapper, housed in a clamshell box. With seventy-eight pages, the entire book stretches to nearly ten meters. Text by Melanie Stiassny, ichthyologist at the American Museum of Natural History, introduces the fundamentals of copepod life.
The archival pigment prints are on Canson Infinity Aquarelle, and the letterpress pages at the beginning and end of the book are printed on Rives BFK with mulberry hinges. The clamshell box is constructed of archival book board covered with pigment prints on Moenkopi kozo, and each box contains a unique piece of seaweed from the Pacific coastline in northern California.
- letterpress & pigment prints
- accordion in paper wrapper
- sectioned clamshell box
- book
- box
- 80 pages
- $1800 purchase