JAMES ALLEN

Medicine (front) (2017)

15" x 12.5" x 4" Altered book with walnut stand. Available

Medicine (back) (2017)

15" x 12.5" x 4" Altered book with walnut stand. Available

Portland Trolley Years (2016)

11 1/4" x 18 1/4" x 3/4" Available

Ladd & Co (2017)

9 1/4" x 6 1/2" x 1 1/2" Available

Key Plants (2017)

9 1/4" x 6" x 1/2" Created from a book called Woody Plants of Eastern Oregon and Washington. Available

Art Consequences (2017)

9 1/4" x 6 1/4" x 1 1/4" Created from a book Social Games. Available

Despotism (2017)

8 1/2" x 11 1/4" x 1 1/8" Available

Body and Mind (2017)

14.75" x 11" x 1" Available

Double Dutch (2017)

9 1/4" x 12 1/4" x 1/2" Available

Understanding To Move Us Deeply

2017 9 1/4" x 12 1/4" x 1/2"

Aldiborontiphoskyphorniostikos(2017)

8 1/2" x 12" x 5/8" SOLD - Private Collection, Nebraska

Mayan Calendar (2017)

5 3/4" x 6 7/8" x 3/8" SOLD - Private Collection, Wisconsin

Love (2017)

5 3/4" x 6 7/8" x 3/8" Available

Celtic Pattern (2017)

5 3/4" x 6 7/8" x 3/8" Available

Curves (2017)

5 3/4" x 6 7/8" x 3/8" Available

Then Entrust Love (2016)

9" x 6" x 1 1/4" Available

Nature Circle

2016 - 40" x 40" x 52" - created with a set of 16 Golden Nature Guides standing atop a table with legs made of old books.

May 1914

2017 - 21 1/4" x 37 1/4" x 2" - created from a set of bound Oregon Journal newspapers from May 1914 - SOLD - private collection - Vancouver, WA

Sunday Comics

2017 - 14 1/4" x 10 1/4" x 1 1/2" - created from the Smithsonian Collection of Newspaper Comics - SOLD - private collection, Portland, OR

Today is Here

2016 - 9 3/4" x 7 3/4" x 1/2" - private collection, Portland, OR

The Golden Section

2016 - 5 3/4" x 6 7/8" x 3/8" - SOLD - Collection of UCLA

Harmonograph

2016 - 5 3/4" x 6 7/8" x 5/8" - Included in feature film "Sounds Perfect" directed by Ian Fowler

Birds

2016 - 6" x 4" x 3/8" - created from Golden Nature Guide "Birds" - SOLD

Seashells

2016 - 11 1/4" x 8 3/4" x 3/4" - SOLD - private collection, Portland, OR

Puget Sound

2016 - 11" x 8.5" x .5" - created from Marine Birds and Mammals of the Puget Sound

How-To-Do-It

2016 - 9 5/8" x 6 1/2" x 7/8"

In the Gearbox

2016 - 7 7/8" x 5/8"

Rocks and Minerals

Non-Flowering Plants (2015)

SOLD - Private Collection, Portland, OR

Seashores

2015 - 9" x 6" x 6" - book excavation with glass belljar on wood stand - SOLD, private collection, Portland, OR

Moths and Butterflies (belljar)(web)

2015 - 9" x 6" x 6" - book excavation with glass belljar and walnut stand

Kwakiutl House

2016 - 6" x 4" x 3/8" - created from the Golden Nature Guide "Pacific Northwest" - SOLD - private collection, Portland, OR

Queen of Autmn Flowers (2015)

10" x 19 3/4" x 5" Available

Be Initiated Into Another Genesis

2015 9 7/8" x 7" x 1 1/8" Available

The Idea of Deity (2016)

6" x 4" x 3/8" SOLD - Collection of UCLA Medical Library

The Outlines of Beauty (2015)

10 1/2" x 16 1/4" x 1" SOLD (Private Collection, Portland, OR)

The Trailblazers (2015)

11" x 8 1/2" x 3/4" SOLD (Private Collection, Seattle WA)

What The Earth Is Made Of (2015)

SOLD (Collection of Baylor University)

Onomatopoeia (2015)

Available

Sacred Number (2015)

6 7/8" x 5 3/4" x 3/8" SOLD

Don't Be Nervous (2015)

11 3/4" x 9 1/2" x 1" Available

Coincidence in the Universe (2015)

6 7/8" x 5 3/4" x 3/8" SOLD (Private Collection, Palo Alto, CA)

Perspective (2015)

6 7/8" x 5 3/4" x 3/8" SOLD (Private Collection, Portland, OR)

Wind-Water (2015)

6 7/8" x 5 3/4" x 3/8" SOLD

Sears Roebuck 1897 (2015)

11 1/4" x 9" x 1 3/4" Available

Something Worth Watching (2015)

6" x 4" x 1/2" SOLD (Collection of Virginia Commonwealth University)

Universal History (2015)

10.5" x 16.25" x 1" SOLD (Private Collection Portland, OR)

The World We Live In (2014)

22" x 14" x 1" (29" x 21" framed) | Original book by Time Life 1955 | Available

Biological Clocks (2014)

9" x 6 1/4" x 3/4" (14" x 11 1/4" framed) Available

Forever Know Me (2014)

9" x 6" x .75" (14" x 11" framed) | Original book "Church of Our Fathers" by Roland Bainton 1950 | Available

The Body and Drugs (2014)

9" x 9" x 12" | Original books by Life Science Library 1964 and 1967 | SOLD - UCLA, Louise M Darling Biomedical Library, Los Angeles, CA

The Body and Drugs (2014)

9" x 9" x 12" | Original books by Life Science Library 1964 and 1967 | SOLD - UCLA, Louise M Darling Biomedical Library, Los Angeles, CA

Symmetry (2014)

7" x 6" x 1/2" (12" x 11" framed) SOLD (Private Collection, New York)

Woodworking

Old Mr Boston Deluxe (2013)

7.5" x 4.5" x .5" (12.5" x 9.5" framed) | Original book by Leo Cotton 1963 | SOLD

Human Anatomy (2013)

8" x 5" x .5" (13" x 10" framed) | Original book by Franz Frohse, Max Brodel, Leon Scholossberg 1963 | SOLD - Commission for a private collection, Bellevue, Washington

Later A Myth Was Developed (2012)

6” x 9” x 1.75” (11” x 14” x 2.75” framed) | Original book “The Progressive Reference Library Volume VII” 1930 | SOLD - Private collection, New York, NY

Skulduggery (2012)

26” x 16“ x 2.5“ (31” x 23” framed) | Original book “75 Years of DC Comics: The Art of Modern Myth Making” by Paul Levitz 2010 | SOLD - Ringling College of Art and Design, Verman Kimbrough Memorial Library, Sarasota, FL

World Theater (2012)

15” x 10.5” x 1.5“ (20” x 15.5” framed) | Original book by Bamber Gascoigne 1968 | Available

Everybody's Encyclopedia (2011)

9.5” x 7.5” x 1.5” (14.5” x 12.5” framed) | Original book by Charles Ed. Morris 1907 | SOLD

Spanish Prayers (2011)

6.5“ x 9“ x 1“ (11.5” x 14” framed) | Original book “Pirates” by David Mitchell 1976 | SOLD - Private Collection Portland, Oregon

One Possible Solution (2011)

5.25” x 8.25” x .625” | Original book “The Great International Math on Keys Book” by Texas Instruments 1976 | SOLD - University of Colorado Boulder Special Collections Library

Fashion (2010)

12” x 9.5” x 1.5” (17” x 14.5” framed) | Original by Alison A Nieder 2009 | Available

Historic Costume (2010)

8.75” x 11.5” x .75” | Original by Braun & Schnieder 1975 | SOLD - Johns Hopkins University, Milton S Eisenhower Library, Baltimore, MD

Copenhagen Blue (2010)

8.75” x 11.5” x .75” (13.75” x 16.5” framed) | Original book “Flapper Era Fashions: From the Roaring 20‘s” by Tina Skinner, Lindy McCord 2004 | SOLD - Private Collection Seattle, WA

At The Edges Of Brave Voyages (2009)

11” x 8.5” x .5” (16” x 13.5” framed) | Original Book “Seafaring America” by Alexander Laing 1974 | Private Collection, Kenosha, WI

Earth Moon Venus Jupiter (2009)

11.5” x 9” x .5” (16.5” x 14” framed) | Original book ? | SOLD - Private Collection, San Francisco, CA

Machines (2009)

11” x 8.5” x .625” (16” x 13.5” framed) | Original book Life Science Library 1964 | Available

Black Beauty (2008)

11.5” x 9.25” x 1.25” (16.5” x 14.25” framed) | Original book “Moseman’s Illustrated Guide” by C S Moseman 1990 | SOLD - Private Collection, Seattle, WA

Fiend Folio (2008)

11” x 8.5” x .75” (16” x 13.5” framed) | Original book by Don Turnbull and Chris Baker 1981 | Private Collection, Gurnee, IL

Get Proper Treatment (2009)

7.75” x 5.5” x .5” | Original book “Red Cross First Aid Text Book for Bell System Employees” by Red Cross 1940 | SOLD - UCLA, Louise M Darling Biomedical Library, Los Angeles, CA

Rolling Paper Graphics (2009)

8.75” x 7” x 1” | Original book by Jose Lorente 2007 | SOLD - Private Collection, Seattle, WA

Gray's Anatomy (2008)

8.75” x 11” x 1.5” | Original book by Henry Gray 1974 | SOLD - Private Collection, Boulder, CO

Alchemist's Kitchen (2007)

7" x 6" x 1/2" | Original Book by Guy Ogilvy 2006 | SOLD, Private Collection, New York, NY

Age Of Enlightenment (2008)

10.75” x 8.75” x .75” | Original book by Peter Gay 1966 | SOLD - Private Collection, New York, NY

Drifter's Gold (2008)

7.5” x 5” x .5” (11.5” x 9” framed) | Original book by Don Blanding 1939 | SOLD - Private Collection, Portland, OR

Good News To Make You Happy (2008)

6.25” x 4.25” x .5” | Original book by Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society 1976

Do You Want Whiskers? (2008)

12.5” x 9.5” x 1” | Original book “The Victorians: A World Built to Last” by George Mason and Nicholas Perry 1974 | SOLD - Private Collection, New York, NY

Closely Related Movements of Birds

Prehistoric Life (2008)

11” x 8.5” x 1” | Original book ? | SOLD - Private Collection, Seattle, WA

The Equation (2007)

5.25” x 8.25” x .625” | Original book “The Great International Math on Keys Book” by Texas Instruments 1976 | SOLD - Private collection, London, UK

Old Mr. Boston (2007)

7.5" x 4.5" x .5" | Original book by Leo Cotton 1963 | SOLD - University of Wisconsin Milwaukee, Golda Mier Library, Special Collections, Milwaukee, WI

Guns

Are Apelike Men Our Ancestors?(2007)

6.25” x 4.25” x .5” | Original book by Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society 1976 | SOLD - University of Wisconsin Milwaukee, Golda Mier Library, Special Collections, Milwaukee, WI