When you open this book, a large wooden library with an intricate parquet floor pops up. Beginning on the cover, a series of cloth footprints leads up to the steps of this library.

The space in this book references a rare book library in Baltimore Maryland. This library was the first place I was allowed to handle John James Audubon’s double elephant folios; thus, the scale of the book is a reflection of the awe I felt in the presence of that particular masterpiece.

detail of open book

A partially leather bound book, with translucent Plexiglas covers filled with earth.
Inside the book contains a 1” scale wooden model of Thoreau’s cabin on Walden Pond that can manually be popped up.

A scale model of the rare book library, at the Evergreen House, an Italianate mansion/museum owned by Johns Hopkins University. The exterior resembles an old leather-bound book, similar to the incunabula owned by the library. In the summer of 2003, I received a grant and spent two months there as the artist-in-residence.

A scale model of the rare book library, at the Evergreen House, an Italianate mansion/museum owned by Johns Hopkins University. The exterior resembles an old leather-bound book, similar to the incunabula owned by the library. In the summer of 2003, I received a grant and spent two months there as the artist-in-residence.

detail of interior

Four "books" sitting on steel scaffolding. When opened up, shows a scale model of the G line apartments in a building in Brooklyn.

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detail of interior

Manual pop-up of train station with 3 books: Bears, Trains, Marmalade, and a bibliography.

Miniature reproduction of the Shaker Room at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, NY, with 2 books: Shakers, Shaker Objects, and a bibliography.

Miniature reproduction of the 18th-century New England bedroom at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, NY, with 1 book and a bibliography.

3-dimensional cross section of tower with 3 books: Hair, Castles, Rampions, and a bibliography.

books Edition of 2: a set contains 9 books each. When all the volumes are placed on top of one another, it creates a scale model of the Plaza Hotel. Each volume contains an imaginary room from the hotel or a manmade object, that is mentioned in the fictional children’s book “Eloise”. The companion essays included are about the objects or a factoid about the Plaza Hotel.

Artist books Edition of 2: a set contains 9 books each. When all the volumes are placed on top of one another, it creates a scale model of the Plaza Hotel. Each volume contains an imaginary room from the hotel or a man-made object, that is mentioned in the fictional children’s book “Eloise”. The companion essays included are about the objects or a factoid about the Plaza Hotel.

Detail of inside Frank Lloyd Wright's interior book.