Fathoming

Description:

"Fathoming explores the origins of nautical terms, many familiar such as 'anchors aweigh' and others that have evolved into new usage, like 'bitter end.' Bound in an adaptation of Hedi Kyle's flag book structure, vintage tobacco cards depicting vessels sail across the book's interior while the back displays 1945 Japanese maritime maps. The front and back covers incorporate portholes which reveal prints of nautical terms and imagery"--Artist's statement at the Vamp & Tramp Booksellers' website, viewed on April 6, 2016.

subjects: Ocean liners in art,  Seafaring life in art,  Maps in art,  Naval art and science,  Terminology,  Cigarette cards,  Specimens,  Artists' books