Dautricourt has drawn made-up, simulated Arabic letters in white ink on a black paper background. The opened facing pages are the only visible part of the book; the other pages are glued together. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Commissioned for "The Beauty In Breathing" exhibition. Each sculptural element consists of a single letter of the word "BREATH." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

This work was purchased from the exhibition "Textiles/Fibers/Threads: The Book Show" at The Center for Book Arts, New York. The exhibition was curated by Kumi Korf and Charlotte Thorpe. Hensel describes her work as follows: "The words we all speak and think link together in sentences, disjointed phrases, odd web structures, broken threads and dangling participles. The words rush out of a vein, they cascade over all our experiences. This particular piece is about those threads of conversation left unfinished, dangling out of context, with sometimes unexpected consequences. At the time that I wrote this piece, I was thinking about the cruelty of teenage girls and about the half-truths and innuendos we hear on the news daily. This is a meander through the effects of impulsive adolescent conversations and rumors." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

The scorched, mutilated book wrapped in an incomplete wire grid is Nicastri's visual metaphor for the Holocaust and the Nazi burning of Jewish books. The wooden pine box without nails signifies the Jewish coffin. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Pages consist of thin copper sheets. Artist has punched out small holes to form words or markings and passes black thread through the holes to form the images. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.