Paul Shortt
Gainesville, FL
IG: @paul_e_shortt

To Hold in Place
2022
Risograph and lasercut moveable artist book
11×15″

Artist Statement

To Hold In Place is a children’s book for adults that uses images and instructional text found in movable books in the Baldwin Library of Historical Children’s Literature collection to form a story of birds setting themselves free. It includes movable elements, cut outs, and sliding mechanisms. It was inspired by and incorporates elements from materials in the collection such as coloring books, story books, game books, and popup books from Lothar Meggendorfer, and Dean and Sons publishing firm among others. In the spirit of the movable books in the collection, all the mechanical elements are exposed and visible to the reader. The book was created using a Risograph printing machine which is typically used for zines, and combining that with a laser cutter to create a fine art book.

To Hold In Place was created a, part of the Coffey Residency for Book Arts at the University of Florida George A. Smathers Libraries

This book was printed on a Risograph printing machine at Print St. Pete in St. Petersburg, FL.

Edition of 25. 18 pages.