{"product_id":"ruth-asawa-red-meander-notebook","title":"Ruth Asawa \"Red Meander\" notebook","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis notebook is based on Ruth Asawa's \u003cem\u003eUntitled\u003c\/em\u003e (SF.031, \u003cem\u003eRed Meander on Pink\u003c\/em\u003e), c. 1957-1959, currently on view in the Barnes special exhibition \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.barnesfoundation.org\/exhibitions\/noguchi-to-asawa-designing-postwar-america\" title=\"Barnes Foundation | Special Exhibition: Noguchi to Asawa\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eNoguchi to Asawa: Designing Postwar America\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e. Perfect for sketching or journaling, these Barnes exclusive notebooks feature an allover print velvet-touch paper cover, elastic band closure, and premium Smyth-sewn \"lay-flat binding. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhile attending Black Mountain College in the late 1940s, Ruth Asawa participated in exercises assigned by Josef Albers in his legendary Basic Design Class. These exercises produced a motif known as a “meander” drawing, an undulating repeat pattern created with a spiraling line that suggests a field of fluctuating positive and negative forms, akin to the interplay of inside and outside that Asawa would later conjure in her “continuous” looped-wire sculptures.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe patterns correlate with two enormous redwood doors that Asawa meticulously carved with her children over the summer of 1961 and installed at the entrance to her family home in San Francisco.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDetails:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSketchbook features unlined 60lb paper, 8.5 x 6 in\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan\u003eJournal features dotted 60lb paper, 5 x 7 in\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan\u003eHardcover with full-color cover, 80 pages\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIncludes ribbon bookmark and elastic band closure\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan\u003eMade in the U.S.A.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eImage credit for black and white photograph:  Photo by Xavier Lanier. Artworks © 2021 Ruth Asawa Lanier, Inc.\/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York⁣⁣\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Chameleon Like","offers":[{"title":"Sketchbook","offer_id":50945676804354,"sku":"CLEBSK685A","price":47.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Journal","offer_id":50945676837122,"sku":"CLEBFC57RA","price":42.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2133\/7733\/files\/asawajournalnotebook-6.jpg?v=1793648914","url":"https:\/\/shop.barnesfoundation.org\/products\/ruth-asawa-red-meander-notebook","provider":"Barnes Shop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}