Granary Books

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168 Mercer Street Apt 2
New York, New York 10012
212-337-9979
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Description:

Timothy Ely began making books in the 1950s with one surviving example from that time: a small cookbook covered in stars. After high school and experiments with rock and roll bands he decided to follow his rst impulse which was to pursue the graphic arts. The scale of the book and its partners
in the drawing and painting worlds formed the amalgam from which his later books would spring. Drawing from extensive childhood readings of cold war mythology, Elys lexicon would project visions of strange botanicals and maps of unknowable cosmologies, all surrounded in what appears to be a peculiar and unreadable script.

He began to formally make books in tandem with paintings and prints in the mid-70s following an MFA from the University of Washington. A grant from the National Endowment
for the Arts took him further a eld to Japan, Italy, and England
where his studies of book binding with some of the worlds
most well-known practitioners would nearly cement into a cohesive whole, his ideas for his visual stories and the book
format.

Ely has taught bookbinding, drawing, and creativity workshops
in many places in the world from Scandinavia to Central
America. His books and other works can be found in museums and libraries, most extensively in the United States and
Europe.

His books intently defy description beyond the obvious library
craft aspects. A love of secrets and ciphers, ineffable language
and diagram feed an equal affection for the material aspect
of the art. On occasion Ely has made props for lms and this
neo-sci- -beguiling veil that is this work lends itself to projections of mystery.

Hours:

Monday: 10 am - 7 pm
Tuesday: 10 am - 7 pm
Wednesday: 10 am - 7 pm
Thursday: 10 am - 7 pm
Friday: 10 am - 7 pm
Saturday: 10 am - 7 pm
Sunday: 10 am - 7 pm

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