Woolley / Dewey
Biblioscosmos by Ellamarie and Jackson Woolley, 1959 at the Fresno County Library
"Composition symbolizes the diverse but interlocked fields of knowledge within the Dewey Decimal System of book classification."
Source: Ellamarie Woolley: A Retrospective Exhibition, 1977
000 - Information science & general work
Jessica Davies was nice enough to allow me to use the photos she took of Biblioscosmos.
Jessica Davies was nice enough to allow me to use the photos she took of Biblioscosmos.
400 - Language
Photo: Jessica Davies
800 - Literature
Photo: Jessica Davies
900 - History, geography & biography
Photo: Jessica Davies
Woolley fish in the 200s.
Photo: Jessica Davies
Photo: Jessica Davies
I actually made it out there and took a few pictures myself.
The front of the library.
A year after this library commission, Ellamarie and Jackson Woolley did another in Whittier, CA.
You can check that one out here.
Ellamarie and Jackson Woolley
Source: Metalsmith