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.

The egg is engraved with the title, perfect imprint, embellished with an original engraving enclosed with a text by Michael Gluck. This book object was delivered with rolled, uncrumpled pages within the shell. Their removal caused them to crumpled. The texts are egg shaped and printed on Tibetian paper with one raised, ink and gold leaf illuminated letter per page. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

The text appears to be an autobiographical account of the artist's youth. All leather work, including tanning, was done by the artist. Aminah Robinson (1940-2015) has also signed some of the books in this production with her given name, Brenda Lynn Robinson. Robinson, who received a MacArthur prize, had a major retrospective exhibition at the Brooklyn Museum 2006. This piece was in the exhibition. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

There is no text; the book consists of blank, black pages. The artist committed suicide in November 2009 at age 71 because of unrelenting tinnitis (ringing in the ears). -- 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 title relates to several printed (found) pages in the book depicting Mickey Mouse like characters playing in Swiss Cheese. Images drawn by the artist appear on printed maps, index pages, and on black and white paper stock. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

This bookwork emphasizes the major role of television in the conduct of the Gulf War. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

The pages of the booklets consist of photocopied typewritten texts. The box is addressed to P[atricia] Collins. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Although the edition size is nine copies, every drawing in each of the copies is unique. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

This is one of six copies of a handwritten book. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Natalie Gallo was a fifth grade student at Rockway Elementary School when she made this book. The poems on the pages have the theme of stars. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.