Primordial Forms by Elizabeth Castaldo

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“Primordial Forms was designed, printed and bound by Elizabeth Castaldo at the Savannah College of Art and Design in Atlanta GA in December 2012. This limited edition artists book is printed with silkscreen and inkjet and handbound”–Colophon.
“4 x 5″ closed; 12 pages. Three layer star carousel structure. Silkscreen and inkjet on paper and vellum. Papercutting. Bound in paper over boards. Signed, dated, and numbered on the colophon.”–(Publisher’s description).

“While pattern is a large aesthetic component of all of my work, I have made some artist’s books that purely explore pattern as an independent element. The book Primordial Forms, the least narrative of my artist’s books, is a star accordion made of three layers, each adorned with an evocative form associated with life. The outermost surface is screenprinted with yellow honeycombs. Hexagonal cut outs reveal the layer beneath. On the middle layer is a pattern of seeds and pigs’ hoofs screenprinted on translucent vellum. Behind this is a third layer of swirling text printed on green paper. These patterns represent forms that I see as fundamental to birth, life, and growth, hence primordial forms. The star accordion structure allows the forms to be discovered as the viewer walks around the book, rather than flipping pages.”–(Author).

Link to Library Catalog