The holder, a fabric object that is shaped as a valentine, reproduces a written booklet of Baker's lecture notes taken during the UNESCO textile workshop in Hanoi, Vietnam. The lecture notes are reproduced in the booklet as calligraphed, micrographic, shaped poems. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

This drawing was shown at the Museum of Design in New York in the exhibition entitled "Pricked" (2007). -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

This drawing was shown at the Museum of Design in New York in the exhibition entitled "Pricked" (2007). -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

The booklet with the 26 treated pages has an abstract line drawing on its cover, the booklet with 69 treated pages has the roman numeral "II" on its cover with the title "Les Tres Riches Heures de Fleur." The first booklet describes and illustrates trips to Kenya, Verona, Dusseldorf with Phillips' assistant/bookbinder Pella Erskine Tulloch. He also describes and illustrates her musical tastes. The first sketch of her portrait appears on one of the pages; the Sackner Archive holds the completed painted portrait. In the booklet with 69 treated pages (concertina II), Phillips mentions drawing and painting Pella's portrait and comments on his own activities. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

This 2nd edition has several pages that are photocopied colored whereas the pages of the first edition were photocopied in b&w. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

The verso depicts dsh's handwriting of the title "defunct" in the u.r. corner. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Peter Daniel wrote his name, Daniel, on 16 lines horizontally and 11 lines vertically along with calligraphic embellishments. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

This is an example of one of the seven rhyming families of letters discovered by Sloy. The card was sent through the mail by Sloy back to Sloy and then sent in an envelope to the Sackners. The postage stamp is a picture of an Ornate Chorus Frog. On the verso, Sloy has written the following, "bee see d/c ee gee pee zee tv." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

This is an example of one of the seven rhyming families of letters discovered by Sloy. The card was sent through the mail by Sloy back to Sloy and then sent in an envelope to the Sackners. The postage stamp is a picture of an Ornate Box Turtle. On the verso, Sloy has written the following, "Ahjk." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

This is an example of one of the seven rhyming families of letters discovered by Sloy. The card was sent through the mail by Sloy back to Sloy and then sent in an envelope to the Sackners. The postage stamp is a picture of a Scarlet Kingsnake . On the verso, Sloy has written the following, "(life is but a dream, a mother's song!) (work and no play) Ef, Es, El, Ex, Em, En." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

This is an example of one of the seven rhyming families of letters discovered by Sloy. The card was sent through the mail by Sloy back to Sloy and then sent in an envelope to the Sackners. The postage stamp is a picture of a Blue-spotted Salamander. On the verso, Sloy has written the following, "i ? Y ?" -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

This is an example of one of the seven rhyming families of letters discovered by Sloy. The card was sent through the mail by Sloy back to Sloy and then sent in an envelope to the Sackners. The postage stamp is a picture of a Reticulate Collared Lizard. On the verso, Sloy has written the following, "Street." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

This is an example of one of the seven rhyming families of letters discovered by Sloy. The card was sent through the mail by Sloy back to Sloy and then sent in an envelope to the Sackners. The postage stamp is an artistic head shot of Andy Warhol. On the verso, Sloy has written the following. "Say Aloud, the names letters thyme. wnd rhymes. Slant rhymes. Sloy rhymes. Name rhymes. Sloy rhymes, the names of letters. Q U W." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

This is an example of one of the seven rhyming families of letters discovered by Sloy. The card was sent through the mail by Sloy back to Sloy and then sent in an envelope to the Sackners. The postage stamp is a picture of a scarlet Kingsnake. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

The drawing consists of the calligraphic repetition and joining of the name, "Ruth." The bottom portion of the drawing was water damaged necessitating its removal such that its dimensions were reduced from 34.5 x 24.5 cm to 34.5 x 21.5 cm. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

'Weid' is a Scottish and Irish varient of 'weed' and eu in French means 'got' in Engish. This poem is an anti-Vietnam war poem that deals with burning the fields of that country into weeds with Napalm 'got' by U.S. military forces. Houedard may also be referring to 'field day,' that originally referred to a set of military exercises, a term utilized in 'A Scheme for Equipping and Maintaining Sixteen Men of War' (1747), e.g., These periodical intervals of eating and drinking...are to the Citizens as it were Field Days, for improving ...their Valour [internet]. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.