{"id":5694,"date":"2013-05-20T01:00:46","date_gmt":"2013-05-20T05:00:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.herringbonebindery.com\/blog\/?p=5694"},"modified":"2025-09-15T16:22:51","modified_gmt":"2025-09-15T20:22:51","slug":"book-artist-of-the-month-susan-collard-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.herringbonebindery.com\/blog\/2013\/05\/20\/book-artist-of-the-month-susan-collard-3\/","title":{"rendered":"Book Artist of the Month: Susan Collard"},"content":{"rendered":"

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In 2010, Susan Collard<\/a> created her smallest book to date with a wide range of materials including birch aircraft plywood, basswood, slate, various metals, mirrors, linen thread and a shell.\u00a0Small Museum of Nature and Industry<\/em><\/a> is a bit fatter than a perfect cube with dimensions of 2″ x 2″ x 2\u00bd”. This tiny structure opens up to a series of compartments to reveal a set of building blocks and concealed brass rods, as well as wooden and aluminum pieces. The unraveling architecture and hidden components of this book are quite surprising.<\/p>\n

Once the materials and title were determined, Susan set out to create a book with the open-ended complexity of a miniature museum. This artist book received a Juror’s Award during the Pop-Up Now!<\/a> exhibit at the 23 Sandy Gallery<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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In 2010, Susan Collard created her smallest book to date with a wide range of materials including birch aircraft plywood, basswood, slate, various metals, mirrors, linen thread and a shell.\u00a0Small Museum of Nature and Industry is a bit fatter than a perfect cube with dimensions of 2″ x 2″ x 2\u00bd”. 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