Marilyn Stablein
The Bionic Woman: Some Assembly Required
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                              Diamond-fold Accordion Book:
               A kinetic Sculptural black & white Visual Poem in Sixteen Pages
Closed 3.75 x 3.75 inches. Opens to 20 inches width x 10 inches height
Closed Book, Back Cover ![]()
                              Four consecutive steps
                              Minimal tools required
               To read the book, pull apart the covers to open the pages.
               As the book unfolds different geometrical, mechanical configurations evolve.
               Turn, twist, play, unfold - the juxtapositions of machinery and body parts move inside out
                              and upside down.
               In this Rotating Book (if I may coin a term) the book extends and unfolds into a number
                              of multiple page spreads assembled from smaller squares and triangles.
The Bionic Woman Pop-up Title Page ![]()
                              Hands do the Work
                              Six triangular views
Two Squares & Four Triangles ![]()
                              The Mechanics of Assembly
                              Machine Parts, Hands, Head
Two More Squares & Four Triangles ![]()
                              Arrows Point the Way
                              Set Body Above the Nut
                              Cut-away Abdomen - Coil Spring
Opened Book ![]()
                              Shoulder to Elbow
                              Strapless White Bodice
Eight-Sided Diagram - Three Squares and Ten Triangle Views ![]()
                              Pull Apart, Twist, Contract, Fold
                              The Joy of Side-Loading
Fully Extended - Four Squares & Twelve Rectangular Pages ![]()
                              A Cartography of Mechanisms
                              Fully Assembled
                              Mechanical Woman
Marilyn Stablein, poet, essayist and artist, is author of thirteen books including a monograph Bind, Alter, Fold: Artist Books. She exhibits her work in museums, galleries, libraries and in books and magazines. She lives in Portland, Oregon. Visit marilynstablein.com.
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                              Diamond-fold Accordion Book:
               A kinetic Sculptural black & white Visual Poem in Sixteen Pages
Closed 3.75 x 3.75 inches. Opens to 20 inches width x 10 inches height
                              Four consecutive steps
                              Minimal tools required
               To read the book, pull apart the covers to open the pages.
               As the book unfolds different geometrical, mechanical configurations evolve.
               Turn, twist, play, unfold - the juxtapositions of machinery and body parts move inside out
                              and upside down.
               In this Rotating Book (if I may coin a term) the book extends and unfolds into a number
                              of multiple page spreads assembled from smaller squares and triangles.
                              Hands do the Work
                              Six triangular views
                              The Mechanics of Assembly
                              Machine Parts, Hands, Head
                              Arrows Point the Way
                              Set Body Above the Nut
                              Cut-away Abdomen - Coil Spring
                              Shoulder to Elbow
                              Strapless White Bodice
                              Pull Apart, Twist, Contract, Fold
                              The Joy of Side-Loading
                              A Cartography of Mechanisms
                              Fully Assembled
                              Mechanical Woman
Marilyn Stablein, poet, essayist and artist, is author of thirteen books including a monograph Bind, Alter, Fold: Artist Books. She exhibits her work in museums, galleries, libraries and in books and magazines. She lives in Portland, Oregon. Visit marilynstablein.com.