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Syracuse University Library – Special Collections Research Center

Pause by Nicole Blum

Junior, Wells College, Aurora, NY

This is a miniature three-part box made of binder's board covered in Japanese bookbinding cloth, containing three books: the first is a tunnel book of paper cutouts; the second is a letterpress printed book with piano-hinge structure using twigs as the hinge; the last is an envelope containing found natural objects that correspond to the other books. Created 2005 in an edition of six.

Nicole is a third year student at Wells College majoring in visual arts with a concentration in studio art, and a minor in book arts.