Charlene Matthews Bindery


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TRIP
A hollowed out book housing three pairs of pasties. Made for Jeanine Steins book, Recycled books.


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Loaded (Dream Holes/Faye in L.A.) 2009
Covered in black goat. Pin hole and window screen onlays, blind tooled. Pin holes images altered Digital, silkscreen, spray paint, darkroom applications.) 10 window screen signatures and 10 hand typed text signatures. In an edition of 5.


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Queen of the Damed. Anne Rice. First edition.
Loose sheets bound by Charlene. Velum covers, with cross cut-out, laced with
plastic thongs. Concave spine, inner leather paste downs and marbled paper,
rhinestone head bands, edges sewn with leather thongs, silver thread corner
edging. See additional picture for insides.


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Correspondence with Faye
Three mylar books, with postage stamps and a short dialogue of the letter
contents. Housed in a clamshell box covered in vintage deco paper.


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Non sewn signature book
Book board binding. Allows the book to lay flat.


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VIRUS
By Charlene Matthews.
Collage covered wood boards, kangaroo leather concave spine. Fish eye lens,
front and back. Concentrical circles cut through the book. Text, collage, paste
paper, all by the artist.


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VIRUS
Another view.


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The Clouds Are Diving. 2008
Hand typed text, long-stitch binding, covers of window screen and masa paper, titles typed. One artist copy, in a facsimile edition of 10. Housed in clam shells.


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Transformer Man (how to handle a criminal proceeding)
Tightback binding. Window screen woven covers, kangaroo trim. Journal-
incomplete.


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Word Finder - A Study in Volvelles
By Charlene Matthews.
Exposed spine binding, ledger paper covered boards. Inner pages and volvelles
made of mylar. In an edition of 10. 2005. The second picture is Word Finder -
Inside.


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There's a Mad Man Chasing Me
Journal, 1998-2003. Tightback binding, self made paste paper woven covers,
violin hardware spine attachments. Contains 3-D glasses for some vague 3-D
artwork.


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White Heart of the Mohave. Charlene Matthews. 2008.
Part of the Faye series. Artist proof. Six foot long typed manuscript, bound in
with an exposed spine with fabric. Six fabric framed pin hole manipulated
photographs sewn in on the corners. Laced into vintage scrap album boards
found in the desert. French marble paste downs. In a custom slipcase.


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Word Finder - A Study in Volvelles (view 2)
Exposed spine binding, ledger paper covered boards. Inner pages and volvelles
made of mylar. In an edition of 10. 2005. The second picture is Word Finder -
Inside.

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