Unique miniature two volume set of 154 yellow periwinkle shells with 154 drawings periwinkle shells, bound in alum-tawed goat leather. The shells are from Casco Bay, Maine. The pages for the book are a single sheet of Twinrocker handmade paper, 22” x 30,” painted with acrylics to evoke the ocean, then cut and folded and sewn onto cords with sewn two-color headbands. A blind stamp of a shell-like spiral finishes the cover. Each shell in the box is drawn in the book using a micron archival ink pen. Book is signed and dated at the The book and the shells are housed in separate archival green clamshell boxes made by the artist.
Littorina Obtusata
2021 Unique volume Book with 154 Yellow Periwinkle shells 2 1/8” x 2 1/8 ” x 1 ¼”