Katherine Ng SPIRIT VESSEL is letterpress printed artist book produced through a Brody Arts Fund Grant. The hand set type was printed on two sides of the paper, then cut into strips (pages) and woven into the shape of a gourd. The text lists the uses of gourds from different cultures and so does the title of this piece. In the Chinese culture, the gourd is used as a container to capture evil spirits, whereas in the Japanese culture, the gourd is used as a vessel for intoxicating spirits.

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Vol. 1, No. 3

February 2000

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image of an experimental art book, made from strips of letter press printed paper

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Image of Jen Bervin's 'Bird' collage. Made of stitched paper and typewriter text

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black and white scan of a collaged poem by Wendy Tronrud

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