Number 1 of 5 copies, signed by the artist on limitation leaf. Artist’s book formed of 5 paper leaves plus the limitation leaf with letterpress type in black printed on capillary dyed paper, these leaves pasted down to a strip of capillary dyed cloth reinforced with rigid panels allowing the whole to fold into a closed state, with an additional central capillary dyed cloth box containing a dyed gauze bandage, upper panel with dyed paper label titled in black. California, Society of Hermits.
Fine.
An artist’s book by Heather Peters at the Society of Hermits. Combining capillary dyed paper and cloth bound in gauze, Bruises is a deeply moving work exploring the relationship between the book and the body, suggestive of both the healing power of literature and the capacity for paper, like bandages, to absorb trauma both literally and metaphorically.
