BLOTTER BARN SAMPLER 2010

NEW!! Artist and LSD blotter art archivist Mark McCloud and Dana Dana Dana present Blotter Barn Sampler 2010, a limited edition boxed set of 25 prints selected from the Blotter Barn collection. Each print measures 11" by 14", is signed by Mark McCloud, and is printed with archival inks on heavyweight, 100% rag paper. The set of 25 prints comes in a custom printed aluminum box (pictured above). This edition is limited to 25 boxed sets.

Copies of this boxed set of prints reside in these collections:

• Stanford University Library Special Collections, Palo Alto, California
  

Mirror, is a collaborative artist’s book by Marshall Weber and Dana F. Smith. Photography and text by Marshall Weber.
Created using images taken by Marshall at the Frankfurt Book Fair of “Cosplayers” dressed as characters from DeathNote, Full Metal Alchemist, Hetalia, Naruto, Pokemon, and SailorMoon, A poem written by Marshall serves as a sort of emotional subtitling for the cinematically influenced layout and design. Edition of 20.

This book resides in these collections:

• Bavarian State Library, Munich
• Book and Writing Museum of the German National Library, Leipzig
• Lyrik-Kabinett Library, Munich
• University of Miami, Florida
• University of Minnesota, Minneapolis
• Clark Art Institute, Williamstown, Massachusetts
• Cornell University, Ithaca, New York
• Saint John's University, Collegeville, Minnesota
• University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee
• Bucknell University, Lewisburg, Pennsylvania
• Lafayette College, Easton, Pennsylvania
• The Athenaeum Music and Arts Library, La Jolla, California
• Boston Athenæum, Massachusetts
• Harvard University Art Library
  

Dana Smith's book of collages about Barbie called 32 Big Pictures is now available as a Print On Demand book at Blurb.com:

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Created by Dana:

THE MISSION MIRACLE MILE TRILOGY

The Mission Miracle Mile Trilogy is a solo effort in which Dana Smith’s digitally enhanced photography takes center stage. The large version of the trilogy features thirty-two-inch page spreads that are printed full-bleed with saturated images of sidewalks, bus transfers, crushed pills, street vendors, tattoos, transients, and schoolchildren. The effect is dramatic, each page turn evoking the atmosphere of San Franciso's Mission street.
Edition of 6 large format sets (3 books per set), and 6 small sets.

Click the cover to view a full online version of each book
Late Night Satellite, part 1	The Center of the Mile, part 2	The Outer Mission, part 3

Copies of this book reside in these collections:

Stanford University, Palo Alto, California University of Minnesota Florida Atlantic University, The Arthur and Mata Jaffe Center for Book Arts Cornell University, Ithaca, New York The Athenæum Music & Arts Library, La Jolla, California University of Connecticut

SANCTUARY IN MY SKIN

Dana Smith has created a hand made book that combines digital photo-collage using original photographs, hand painting, and poetry. Sanctuary In My Skin is the story of being human in an emotional landscape made of color and light. The book is hand-bound and painted in an edition of twelve. Each book is digitally printed with archival inks. They are hand painted with acrylic gouache paint.
Edition of 12.

Copies of this book reside in these collections:

Swarthmore College, Pennsylvania The University of California, Berkeley The University of California, Irvine The University of Central Florida The Boston Athenæum, Massachusetts Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire Ampersand - Jack Ginsberg, Johannesburg, South Africa

WATCH YOUR STEP

Artists Fred Rinne, Dana Smith, and Scott Williams have created a hand-made book that combines digital photo-collage, stencil painting, and text. The book called, Watch Your Step, is digitally printed with archival paper and inks, hand-bound, and painted in an edition of ten. The hybrid technique layers metalic and interference inks, stenciled over hyper-sharp photo-collages, and an insider's voice as text. The final book is a multi-dimensional view of the artists' home in San Francisco, 2007. Watch Your Step is represented by Booklyn Artists' Alliance. Edition of 10 +3AP (out of print).

Copies of this book reside in these collections:

The Legion of Honor, San Francisco, California Library of Congress, Washington DC Boston Athenæum, Massachusetts Stanford University, Palo Alto, California Biblioteque nacional du Luxembourg Kunstbibliotek, Berlin, Germany San Diego State University, California State Museum of Berlin, Germany University of California, Irvine, California University of Minnesotta Jack Ginsberg, Johannesburg, South Africa Florida Atlantic University, The Arthur and Mata Jaffe Center for Book Arts

TO THE TOWER

Artists Dana Smith and Fred Rinne collaborated to make this artist's book. Dana created a series of photo collages based on Fred's concept about a visit to Stanford campus. Fred then hand painted and bound each book. Edition of 2 (out of print).

Copies of this book reside in these collections:

• Stanford University, Palo Alto, California
• University of California, Irvine, California
  

 

COLLECT CALL FROM THE SPIRIT WORLD

Stencil artist, Scott Williams and digital artist/publisher Dana Smith have created a hand made book that combines digital collage, stencil, and poetry. The book is hand-bound and painted in an edition of ten. The online version does not do it justice because of the extensive use of metalic
Collect Call from the Spirit World is represented by Booklyn Artists' Alliance. Edition of 10.

Copies of this book reside in these collections:

• Bowdoin College, Brunswick, Maine
• Chapman College, Orange, California
• Kunstbibliothek, Berlin State Museum, Germany
• Lafayette College, Easton, Pennsylvania
• Stanford University, Palo Alto, California
• University of California Berkeley, California
• University of Connecticut, Storrs
• University of Vermont, Burlington
  
  

32 BIG PICTURES

A bound series of collages by Dana Smith that illustrate the theme of Barbie's mutability. Painstakingly cut and pasted together using scissors and magazines in 1992, prior to the artist's use of computer graphics technology.

 

The original hand-made collage Barbie book, 32 Big Pictures, on display in the Booklyn booth at Frankfurt Buchmesse 2009.