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Collection	Otis Library's Artists' Books
Author(s)	Chamlee, Rebecca
Title	Where stucco meets chaparral
Press(es)	Pie in the Sky Press
Physical Description	96 unnumbered pages: illustrations, map; 24 cm
Subject(s)	Corriganville Regional Park (Calif.) Endemic plants -- California, Southern Landscape -- California, Southern Plants -- California, Southern Simi Valley (Calif.) Walking in art
Description	"The Regular Edition, numbered 1-25, is printed on Somerset Book Wove cotton mouldmade paper and is a French simplified binding with printed abaca-covered boards. The Special Edition, numbered 16-60, is printed on Katie MacGregor's custom handmade abaca, the same Somerset and handmade kozo papers, all bound together in a Twinrocker rough abaca cover, sewn through a goat parchment spine.... The type is handset California Old Style cast by M&H Typefounders and Gothic XX Condensed wood type, with photopolymer plates and hand-carved Gomuban relief plates"--Colophon . "'Where Stucco Meets Chaparral' explores the trails through the sandstone formations, chaparral, and oak woodlands that surround my home in an arid inland valley in Southern California and my connection to the landscape. "[The book] is a printed herbarium of local California native plants with stories of local and natural history and personal observation gathered during many years of daily walks. Detailed images of seven indigenous plants are letterpress printed in multiple colors in tight registration through their seasonal life cycles that contrast hand-carved representations of the environmental context where they prevail"--Prospectus . Library's copy is no. 35 of the Special Edition numbered 26-60, signed by the artist . Letterpress printing (handset type and polymer plates) Handmade paper.
Book Type(s)	Artists' books Maps Typefaces (Type evidence)
Binding	Sewn fold binding (long-stiched sewn) Sewn fold binding - paper cover
Process/Technique	Handmade paper Letterpress printing (handset type and polymer plates)

Collection	Otis Library's Artists' Books
Author(s)	Chamlee, Rebecca
Title	Where stucco meets chaparral
View	Cover
Image Description	The book tied closed with images of leaves.
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Where stucco meets chaparral

Where stucco meets chaparral

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Where stucco meets chaparral

Where stucco meets chaparral