Susan Collard

Portland, Oregon

Small Museum of Nature and Industry

“With the title and materials in mind, I endeavored to make a book that would have the elegance and
open-ended complexity of a miniature museum. The book is designed as a three-dimensional stageset,
inviting the reader to build and curate exhibits with the objects carefully stored within its pages. A glass
door folds down to form the mirrored floor of the space, and allows access to an array of half-inch cubes.
The cubes are not only puzzles but building blocks, which can combine with other concealed components.”

Constructed miniature board book with building block puzzle incorporates collage and acrylics and
scientific illustrations from various books.

mixed media: various woods and metals, mirrors, Tyvek, etc.

2 x 2 x 21/2 closed; 41/2 x 41/2 x 2

© 2010

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