Six Endings and Some Beginnings is an edition of forty two handbound artist books responding to the environmental crisis through myths.
The book includes six original stories inspired by ancient tales of the destruction of the world by the elements, as well as illustrations and photographs by Rachel TonThat, Édouard Riou, Jules Férat, Katsushika Hokusai, and Utagawa Kuniyoshi. Two booklets with the original myths are included for reference.
Six Endings and Some Beginnings is an edition of forty two handbound artist books responding to the environmental crisis through myths.
The book includes six original stories inspired by ancient tales of the destruction of the world by the elements, as well as illustrations and photographs by Rachel TonThat, Édouard Riou, Jules Férat, Katsushika Hokusai, and Utagawa Kuniyoshi. Two booklets with the original myths are included for reference.
Made of German Zerkall book paper, Japanese bookcloth, and Vietnamese Zo paper booklets, each book is one of a kind.
Six Endings has been collected in the Franklin Furnace Artists’ book collection, the SMFA Artists Book Collection at Tufts University, and the Volumes Zurich Archive.
