Art and Coffee Table Books

Where the pictures may dominate supported by poignant text
A sample interior spread of the book is shown with a sweeping red pine, shown under a cover featuring the title “Ishkode: A Story of Fire."
Principles of Anishinaabe land stewardship and Western scientific knowledge are intertwined in this stunningly illustrated and thoughtfully designed children’s story.
Dust jacket covered book lying atop book open to interior spread featuring a red autumn scene and a windswept tree.
Student demand inspired this beautiful and functional art + instructional book on painter Kami Mendlik’s method for paintings that radiate light!
Celebrating a decade of artistic excellence, the tenth anniversary edition of the “Isolation” exhibition breathes new life into Paul Nylander’s captivating narratives.
Featuring Zimmerman's painted crane and loon, the book cover and open interior spread are colorful
Following My Spirit Home is a personal journey of Duluth based artist Sam Zimmerman as he rediscovers his Ojibwe heritage.
"COVID: Book of Days" open revealing a hand written page and black and red image, with additional pages with papyrus and gold shown as well
A meditative response to pandemic isolation, COVID: Book of Days captures fleeting daily expressions through meticulous fine press reproduction of mixed-media collage.
Kura book open to show detail of the sculpture's engraved granite front piece, with the book lying on top of the hardcover with gold foil of the Japanese Kura symbol, and underneath the softcover featuring the same stone.
Kura: Prophetic Messenger is a stunning essay + photo essay of the development and installation of the sculpture from which the book gets its title. Featuring the work of master potter Richard Bresnahan and the St. John's Pottery.
Beauty in Plain Sight, Covers and interior
Beauty in Plain Sight, a two-volume photobook challenged me: how far can we go to make the printing perfect?
Paul Nylander's fine press book Isolation, with slipcase
Why letterpress print Isolation with hand printed photogravure images? Because it feels good.
Book cover featuring intimate look at St. Anthony waterfall atop an interior view showing the mill fires in vibrant reds and yellows
In this children's book, My Mighty Journey, the only major waterfall on the Mississippi river watches over changes from woolly mammoths to the rise of the Mill City, Minneapolis.

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