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Alicia Bailey
Aurora, Colorado
December 1: The Hunt
December 1: The Hunt is a twelve-panel accordion housed in a functional wind-up metronome case fitted with a custom lid of wood and leather. The text block
is laser print transfer on tinted Tyvek with covers of paper-wrapped steel. The steel enables magnets to hold the book vertically inside the lid when
closed. The outside cover is adorned with mica and a hand-painted label. Threaded posts and nuts hold the lid in place when closed. Text by Cole Swensen,
design and fabrication by Alicia Bailey. 9 x 4.5 x 4.75 inches, 23 x 11.5 x 12 centimeters. Created 2009.
Alicia Bailey is a studio artist working across multiple disciplines. She has focused on book arts and assemblage for the past fourteen years, producing
artists’ books, sculptural books, and limited-edition books. Her work embraces a wide variety of methods and materials. Alicia’s emphasis is consistently
a treatment of book as interactive sculpture. Her work has been featured in dozens of solo and group exhibits throughout the world and is held in numerous public,
private, and special collections. Website at www.aliciabailey.com  | 