Thomas Parker Williams
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Thomas Parker Williams lives and works in Philadelphia. His primary areas of work include hand-made artist book editions, printmaking, and painting. Some of his artist book editions contain an audio element music or sound work composed, performed, and recorded by the artist. Tom's artist books, paintings and prints, have been exhibited in Philadelphia, New York, and throughout the country, and are in numerous private and public collections.

Website: thomasparkerwilliams.com

Traveler No. 1, 2011

Traveler No. 1 is a book object with a unique scroll drawing viewed through the window and moves as the hand wheel is turned. The viewer travels through an imaginary landscape as if in a moving vehicle, viewing an ever-changing horizon. The journey starts in a wooded area, moves over land, mountains, and into the sea, passes an island and comes to rest on a shore. If desired, the journey can be viewed in reverse. The continuous image for Traveler No. 1 was drawn directly on the scroll without preparatory studies or photographic reference.

For a video demonstration, visit Traveler No. 1

Dimensions: 6.75 x 10.25 x 4.25 inches; 17 x 26 x 11 centimeters

Original scroll ink drawing 3.5 x 140 inches, 9 x 356 centimeters Tyvek, wood, aluminum, mechanical reel system and hand wheel