{"id":3033,"date":"2023-07-24T11:56:28","date_gmt":"2023-07-24T10:56:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.qub.ac.uk\/specialcollections\/?p=3033"},"modified":"2024-05-07T13:56:50","modified_gmt":"2024-05-07T12:56:50","slug":"cuban-handmade-books-by-ediciones-vigia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.qub.ac.uk\/specialcollections\/cuban-handmade-books-by-ediciones-vigia\/","title":{"rendered":"Cuban Handmade Books by Ediciones Vig\u00eda"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"605\" height=\"405\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.qub.ac.uk\/specialcollections\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/44\/2023\/07\/Cuban.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3034\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.qub.ac.uk\/specialcollections\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/44\/2023\/07\/Cuban.png 605w, https:\/\/blogs.qub.ac.uk\/specialcollections\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/44\/2023\/07\/Cuban-300x201.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 605px) 100vw, 605px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>On display this summer at QUB Special Collections is a selection of hand-crafted books, all made between 1994-1996 by Cuban artisans from Ediciones Vig\u00eda in Matanzas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ediciones Vig\u00eda was an artisanal press, founded by Rolando Est\u00e9vez, that published exquisite books crafted from everyday supplies during some of Cuba\u2019s most dire economic periods.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The books on display demonstrate an interaction between word and image through use of recycled materials and provide the reader with a multisensory experience by means of popup illustrations, moveable parts, and scrolls. The topics explored include history, the sea, the political situation in Cuba, and love.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This display can be viewed in the exhibition area on the first floor of the McClay Library.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>All the items on display and further examples of Cuban handmade books are available to consult at QUB Special Collections by appointment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Further reading:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Handmade in Cuba: Rolando Estevez and the beautiful books of Ediciones Vig\u00eda \/ edited by Ruth Behar, Juanamari\u00e1 Cordones-Cook, Kristin Schwain. Gainesville: University Press of Florida, [2020]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"601\" height=\"405\" data-id=\"3038\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.qub.ac.uk\/specialcollections\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/44\/2023\/07\/Cuban2-2.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3038\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.qub.ac.uk\/specialcollections\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/44\/2023\/07\/Cuban2-2.png 601w, https:\/\/blogs.qub.ac.uk\/specialcollections\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/44\/2023\/07\/Cuban2-2-300x202.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 601px) 100vw, 601px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"602\" height=\"401\" data-id=\"3040\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.qub.ac.uk\/specialcollections\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/44\/2023\/07\/Cuban4.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3040\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.qub.ac.uk\/specialcollections\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/44\/2023\/07\/Cuban4.png 602w, https:\/\/blogs.qub.ac.uk\/specialcollections\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/44\/2023\/07\/Cuban4-300x200.png 300w, https:\/\/blogs.qub.ac.uk\/specialcollections\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/44\/2023\/07\/Cuban4-600x401.png 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 602px) 100vw, 602px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"531\" height=\"402\" data-id=\"3039\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.qub.ac.uk\/specialcollections\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/44\/2023\/07\/Cuban-3-1.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3039\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.qub.ac.uk\/specialcollections\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/44\/2023\/07\/Cuban-3-1.png 531w, https:\/\/blogs.qub.ac.uk\/specialcollections\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/44\/2023\/07\/Cuban-3-1-300x227.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 531px) 100vw, 531px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On display this summer at QUB Special Collections is a selection of hand-crafted books, all made between 1994-1996 by Cuban<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3034,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[20,54],"tags":[208,10,24],"class_list":["post-3033","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-exhibitions","category-rare-books","tag-cuban","tag-exhibitions","tag-rare-books"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/blogs.qub.ac.uk\/specialcollections\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/44\/2023\/07\/Cuban.png","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pa8s7J-MV","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.qub.ac.uk\/specialcollections\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3033","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.qub.ac.uk\/specialcollections\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.qub.ac.uk\/specialcollections\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.qub.ac.uk\/specialcollections\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.qub.ac.uk\/specialcollections\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3033"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.qub.ac.uk\/specialcollections\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3033\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3041,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.qub.ac.uk\/specialcollections\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3033\/revisions\/3041"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.qub.ac.uk\/specialcollections\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3034"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.qub.ac.uk\/specialcollections\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3033"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.qub.ac.uk\/specialcollections\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3033"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.qub.ac.uk\/specialcollections\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3033"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}