Fieldwork:Ladies of Lichenology

Fieldwork: Ladies of Lichenology

2023

Edition of 75

Book measures 4” x 4” x 1” closed and 32” fully open
$125

Inspired by four women naturalists of the 1900s, this swing panel accordion binding was produced in continuation of the series. This edition is part of a series of books entitled "Field Work," which looks deeper into the lives and discoveries of early women scientists. Meant to both educate and inspire the reader about the world of women in bryology in a playful form, it is part of an ongoing series. 

The four women featured in the narrative are: Mary Farnham Miller, Elizabeth Gertrude Knight Britton, Matilda Knowles, and Elizabeth C. Wright. The front side of the swing-panel accordion gives a brief poetic biography of the women and their fields of expertise. The back panels of each woman's biography are a layered digital print with silhouette imagery of the species the women researched and published work relating to.

The book's structure is a swing-panel accordion (designed by Hedi Kyle), laser cut on each main panel, which allows the book to move within the frame, like a pop-up. The artwork was digitally designed and letterpress printed in 5 colors, with one-color biographies on the front side and four-color imagery on the back side of this 2-sided book.