Blocker Mare (9 results)

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Unknown. Condition: Fine. Limited Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Signed and numbered limited edition of 88 copies; this being #52. Letterpress printed to celebrate the fourth anniversary of the M. Kimberly Press. Illustrations are linoleum cuts with both image and text. Non-adhesive unsupported sewing structure in an Astralux letterpress printed cover.

Spiral Bound. Condition: Fine. First Edition. Copy #15 of 100 numbered copies signed by artist Mare Blocker. Illustrated with twenty b/w linoleum cuts printed on Magnani Pescia, mounted on black stock paper with silver letterpress text. Double loop wire bound, with tan paper covered boards and mounted title label on front cover. A Fine copy.

Condition: Fine. First Edition. Artist's book made of 20 single-page short stories, printed letterpress in silver ink on black paper. Each story is illustrated with a linoleum block print mounted like a photograph using paper corners above the story. The form of the book is a spiralbound album that was disassembled, printed, and reassembled. The colophon reads: "I have always loved to tell stories. This book celebrates twenty years of mining my loved ones for material for my work. Quite simply, thanks to my sixty-three first cousins, my bazillion other cousins, my friends, and of course my immediate family. Now the facts-The acid-free recycled paper 'memory books,' were printed with silver ink and Century Schoolbook type. The linoleum cuts were printed on Magnani Pescia. Much appreciated technical assistance provided by Kelly Roberge, George Glassman, and Buzz White." 23 leaves. 7-1/2 by 10 inches. A fine copy, issued without a dust jacket. A fine copy. Number 16 of 100. Signed by the author/artist on the colophon.

Condition: Fine. Mare Blocker (illustrator). Limited Edition. 4to (7 x 10 inches). Unpaginated (20 leaves, followed by colophon). Printed recto only, with story-caption printed in silver beneath a mounted linocut printed in black. Khaki-colored boards bound with metal spiral, printed paper title label mounted on front board. Signed by Blocker in silver ink at the colophon. Of an edition limited to 100 copies, this copy is hand-numbered 14. The Seattle-native's graphic narrative of humorous and occasionally disturbing anecdotes from her youth. Presented in a functional notebook binding from her M Kimberly Press. A charming production. Boards with Metal Spiral Binding.

This book was modeled after the popular Victorian parlor game, the Exquisite Corpse. It was played by a number of people, each drawing one segment of a "corpse" on an accordion-folded piece of paper. Each segment was drawn without seeing the rest of the corpse. That was how Separated at Birth was written and illustrated. One of the authors wrote a paragraph and sent a sentence to the other, which then became the first sentence of their paragraph Octavo. Unpaginated. Ten woodcuts in blue, black, and red by the authors. Printed on Rives Heavyweight in Times New Roman and Futura types. Taupe cloth with red lettering on the front cover in an accordion-style binding. Lower back cover slightly bumped and slight staining on the lower front cover. A near fine copy. Of 35 copies, this is number 28, signed in ink by the authors on the colophon. Mare Blocker founded the M Kimberly Press is 1984 and specializes in printmaking, book arts, and drawing. She worked as the Visiting Instructor of Art at Whitman College and a Workshop Instructor in bookbinding at the Missoula Art Museum.

Condition: Fine. First Edition. First edition and only edition. A truly unique and hand-made artist's book, signed by Mare Blocker. Four panels bound in accordion-style, with original artwork on six sides created with ink and gouache, with four contiguous sides showing a lively bar scene inhabited by anthropomorphic creatures. Housed in a black cloth-covered folding case with vivid titles on the front panel. According to Blocker, this work is a cross between her days of owning a biker bar and her Lutheran upbringing. Fine. A charming and one of a kind book by the Seattle native, published on her own M. Kimberly Press. A prolific artist, Blocker has been making books since the late '70s, and has collaborated with the beloved late Portland author Katherine Dunn on several projects. Accordion-style in Folding case.

Center for Book Arts (illustrator). 11" x 11" Round shaped, case bound concertina, with printed navy Iris cloth on both the book covers and lidded clamshell box. n.p. Limited to an edition of 50 signed and numbered copies. Istoriato is an Italian narrative style of pottery decoration which uses the pottery body solely as support for a purely pictorial effect. Originating about 1500 in Faenza, Italy, paintings comparable in seriousness to Italian Renaissance easel paintings were applied to Maiolica ware. The subjects, biblical, historical, and mythological scenes, are executed with a realism (including the use of perspective) quite unlike any previous pottery decoration. Although violating aesthetic rules in their subordination of shape to decoration, such wares remain works of great skill, as well as beauty. During her Sally R. Bishop residency at the Center, Mare Blocker explored how the design of this pottery changed with the invention of the printing press. Multiple color linoeleum blocks and type were printed on Magnani Pescia. Produced at the Center for Book Arts, each boxed set also includes a unique plate decorated in the style of Maiolica pottery. Round shaped, case bound concertina, with printed navy Iris cloth on both the book covers and lidded clamshell box.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. First Edition. An artist's book from the author of Geek Love, illustrated exuberantly with original color prints by Mare Blocker. The book was published in an edition of just 125 copies in conjunction with the National Museum of Women in the Arts. The late Katherine Dunn is best known for her circus novel, Geek Love. "This limited edition artist's book was inspired by circus route books, popular in America at the turn of the century. The book chronicles the exploits of an imaginary circus during its spring/summer season. Letterpress printed, illustrated and bound by Mare Blocker, text by Mare Blocker and Katherine Dunn. Illustrations are color linoleum and magnesium cuts representing circus performers, one fold-out color lithograph of performing lions and tigers, and two die-cut pages in the shape of animal heads. Book is numbered on the last three digits of the pink ticket on the colophon page. This book was .selected by the NMWA Library Fellows as a winner for the 1991 Artists' Book competition." [56] pages, with a large fold-out plate. A fine copy. This is no. 061 of 125, signed by author and artist below their portraits at the front of the book. A really lovely book.