The Ethics of the Dust (2024), eleven saddle stitched booklets in slipcase, 10 x 6.75 x 1.25”, 174 p., 11 image plates, edition of 50. Concept by Lex Thompson. Design by Jessica Henderson and Lex Thompson. Serigraph covers by Jeff Wetzig.

Published by History-Papers, John Ruskin’s The Ethics of the Dust is a dialogue, teaching ethics and aesthetics under the guise of crystallography – joining science and the humanities. The ten lectures are housed in individual volumes, each with a silkscreened cover. An introductory volume contains a new introduction by Ella Mershon, Ruskin’s front matter from the second edition (1875), and photographs by Lex Thompson of minerals made in museum period rooms. The text is set in two alternating columns to emphasize the structure of the dialogue with a format resembling text message exchanges.

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Special Edition: Ten special edition books include a 9 x 6” print of your choice of one of the photographs from the book and a serigraph edition certificate.

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