A WHALE POCKET MAP II

“A whale pocket map II” corresponds to the second version of the self-titled book developed in collaboration by Javiera Pintocanales and Helene Genvrin.

This book is based on the technic and the idea of furoshiki; a piece of fabric used in Japan to wrap and carry different objects.
In this version of the book, the fabric has been change into a bamboo paper that in its foldings, contains the biggest animal on earth, a blue whale.

Includes, a fold-out map of the anatomical study of a blue whale and a stamp on a small scale, bringing together two different graphic languages and speeds: the spontaneity of the note and the detention and the care in the craftmanship of printmaking.

The illustration corresponds to an digital offset print of an original watercolor an pencil drawing. The folded cover and the small print, were hand printed on a typographical press in an edition of 100 units, all signed and numbered by the authors.

THE TRIP, THE FLIGHT

From the word trip, is born this series of definitions that write the script of this artist’ book. A series of words that build a sequence through the pages:
from the trip, the flight
from the flight, the wings
from the wings, the feather

This script is the unique text in the book and generates a tour trough the images that illustrate it: a series of prints and drawings of pairs of wings that end in their minimal element; the feather.
Each double page of the book is treated as a unit that presents two versions of the same image in two different languages: engraving and drawing. The images reflect the inherent language of each technic; the line, in the drawing, and the surface in the aquatint engraving.
In correspondence with its content, this book is formally a winged object; a book with folded wings. The construction of these wings is designed to be folded to allow the correct reading of the book, are contained within the perimeter of its measures, and at the time when extended, doubles the original size of the book. Thus, from a series of folds we pass from the plane to the volume.

The book constructs two moments by placing as the main character, the object at first ,and then, its content. The first appears when you unfold its wings and puts the contents of the book in the background, and the second moment occurs when the wings are folded, allowing you to wander through the pages of the book and enjoy the expressive richness of the images.

Printed in a single sheet of 2.16 m has been folded and binded by hand. The cover are a laser-cut paper wings, embossed one by one in an etching press with a photopolymer plate based on a drawing, made specially for this book and.

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