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This body of work expresses my love of the narrative. Each book is a compressed novella, telling a dense little story through unconventional images and text.

All of the books shown below are one-of-a-kind constructions, with one exception -- the new edition of Leviticus, just published in October 2007.

For more about Leviticus, click here.

All works copyright 2007 Sue Sommers. May not be reproduced without permission of the artist.

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Hymnal (2003)
8x8x1"
Sewn binding with exposed spine, synthetic stucco covers, pages made from acrylic paintings on paper, rubber stamp text
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Blind Spot (1997)
15x68"
Scroll with acrylic ink,
mixed media, collage
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The Heart is a Beacon (2003)
7x10x1"
Folding screen with mixed media, collage, handwritten and rubber stamp text
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Lament of the Virgin (1996)
12x102"
Scroll with acrylic ink, mixed media, collage, handwritten text, handmade storage box
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Name of God (2000)
10x120"
Folding screen of 12 panels, each 10x10" with acrylic ink, collage, handwritten and rubber stamp text. May be displayed in the shape of a six-pointed star.
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Book of Days (1997)
7x10x1"
Sewn binding with found vintage postcards suspended in window mats. Postcards are from one traveling businessman to his mother. Calendar inscribed in acrylic ink on deerskin endsheets.
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For the Sojourner: A Guide to Natural Resource Management (1997)
13x88"
Folding screen of 7 panels, each 13x13" with found images from Yellowstone National Park, collage, acrylic ink, handwritten text.
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Leviticus (1997)
7x10x1"
Sewn binding with found vintage postcards suspended in window mats. Postcards are from different people suffering from illness. Passages from Bible dealing with purification from disease inscribed in acrylic ink on paper endsheets.
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Impurities (1997)
7x9x1"
Folding screen with handwritten and rubber stamp text, acrylic ink, collage, dirt
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The Snake of Strangeness (1995)
11.5x113"
Scroll with acrylic ink, mixed media, collage, handwritten text, handmade storage box

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Sonatinen (1997)
9x12x1"
Found & altered music book, mixed media, handwritten text and collage
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The Street I Grew Up On (1996)
10x65"
Scroll with acrylic ink, handwritten and rubber stamp text, handmade storage box
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Leviticus: contemplating illness, fear and shame

8-page full-color artist's book published in an edition of 1000.
Free upon request.

For your copy, email the artist

To find out more about this publication, click here.
To view a pdf version (360k) of this artist's book click here.

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Artwork by Sue Sommers
www.suesommers.com • sue@suesommers.com

All works copyright 2007 Sue Sommers. May not be reproduced without permission of the artist.