{"id":590,"date":"2021-02-18T01:19:55","date_gmt":"2021-02-18T01:19:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/sciencestories\/?page_id=590"},"modified":"2021-03-18T00:05:10","modified_gmt":"2021-03-18T00:05:10","slug":"pangolin-pandemic","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/sciencestories\/pangolin-pandemic\/","title":{"rendered":"Pangolin Pandemic"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Artist:  Gabby Cooksey<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-2 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/sciencestories\/files\/2021\/02\/SB02Boxsm-1024x527.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"527\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/sciencestories\/files\/2021\/02\/SB02Boxsm-1024x527.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"591\" data-link=\"https:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/sciencestories\/?attachment_id=591\" class=\"wp-image-591\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/sciencestories\/files\/2021\/02\/SB02Boxsm-1024x527.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/sciencestories\/files\/2021\/02\/SB02Boxsm-300x154.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/sciencestories\/files\/2021\/02\/SB02Boxsm-768x395.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/sciencestories\/files\/2021\/02\/SB02Boxsm-1536x790.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/sciencestories\/files\/2021\/02\/SB02Boxsm-2048x1054.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/sciencestories\/files\/2021\/02\/SB02Boxsm-500x257.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\"><em>Pangolin Pandemic <\/em>Box<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/sciencestories\/files\/2021\/02\/SB04CoverBooksm-1-1024x757.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"757\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/sciencestories\/files\/2021\/02\/SB04CoverBooksm-1-1024x757.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"593\" data-link=\"https:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/sciencestories\/?attachment_id=593\" class=\"wp-image-593\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/sciencestories\/files\/2021\/02\/SB04CoverBooksm-1-1024x757.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/sciencestories\/files\/2021\/02\/SB04CoverBooksm-1-300x222.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/sciencestories\/files\/2021\/02\/SB04CoverBooksm-1-768x568.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/sciencestories\/files\/2021\/02\/SB04CoverBooksm-1-1536x1135.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/sciencestories\/files\/2021\/02\/SB04CoverBooksm-1-2048x1514.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/sciencestories\/files\/2021\/02\/SB04CoverBooksm-1-406x300.jpg 406w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\"><em>Pangolin Pandemic Cover<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/sciencestories\/files\/2021\/02\/SB05headclawsflatsm-1024x631.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"631\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/sciencestories\/files\/2021\/02\/SB05headclawsflatsm-1024x631.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"594\" data-link=\"https:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/sciencestories\/?attachment_id=594\" class=\"wp-image-594\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/sciencestories\/files\/2021\/02\/SB05headclawsflatsm-1024x631.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/sciencestories\/files\/2021\/02\/SB05headclawsflatsm-300x185.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/sciencestories\/files\/2021\/02\/SB05headclawsflatsm-768x473.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/sciencestories\/files\/2021\/02\/SB05headclawsflatsm-1536x946.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/sciencestories\/files\/2021\/02\/SB05headclawsflatsm-2048x1262.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/sciencestories\/files\/2021\/02\/SB05headclawsflatsm-487x300.jpg 487w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\"><em>Pangolin Pandemic, <\/em>Alive<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/sciencestories\/files\/2021\/02\/SB06HeadClawcloseupsm.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"975\" height=\"705\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/sciencestories\/files\/2021\/02\/SB06HeadClawcloseupsm.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"599\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/sciencestories\/files\/2021\/02\/SB06HeadClawcloseupsm.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/sciencestories\/?attachment_id=599\" class=\"wp-image-599\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/sciencestories\/files\/2021\/02\/SB06HeadClawcloseupsm.jpg 975w, https:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/sciencestories\/files\/2021\/02\/SB06HeadClawcloseupsm-300x217.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/sciencestories\/files\/2021\/02\/SB06HeadClawcloseupsm-768x555.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/sciencestories\/files\/2021\/02\/SB06HeadClawcloseupsm-415x300.jpg 415w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 975px) 100vw, 975px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\">Alive, detail<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-2 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-2 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/sciencestories\/files\/2021\/02\/SB07fearsm-1024x789.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"789\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/sciencestories\/files\/2021\/02\/SB07fearsm-1024x789.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"595\" data-link=\"https:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/sciencestories\/?attachment_id=595\" class=\"wp-image-595\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/sciencestories\/files\/2021\/02\/SB07fearsm-1024x789.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/sciencestories\/files\/2021\/02\/SB07fearsm-300x231.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/sciencestories\/files\/2021\/02\/SB07fearsm-768x592.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/sciencestories\/files\/2021\/02\/SB07fearsm-1536x1184.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/sciencestories\/files\/2021\/02\/SB07fearsm-2048x1579.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/sciencestories\/files\/2021\/02\/SB07fearsm-389x300.jpg 389w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\"><em>Pangolin Pandemic, <\/em>Scared<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/sciencestories\/files\/2021\/02\/SB09Underbellysm-1024x778.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"778\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/sciencestories\/files\/2021\/02\/SB09Underbellysm-1024x778.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"596\" data-link=\"https:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/sciencestories\/?attachment_id=596\" class=\"wp-image-596\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/sciencestories\/files\/2021\/02\/SB09Underbellysm-1024x778.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/sciencestories\/files\/2021\/02\/SB09Underbellysm-300x228.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/sciencestories\/files\/2021\/02\/SB09Underbellysm-768x583.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/sciencestories\/files\/2021\/02\/SB09Underbellysm-1536x1167.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/sciencestories\/files\/2021\/02\/SB09Underbellysm-2048x1556.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/sciencestories\/files\/2021\/02\/SB09Underbellysm-395x300.jpg 395w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\"><em>Pangolin Pandemic, <\/em>Dead<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/sciencestories\/files\/2021\/02\/SB10Tailssm-1024x854.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"854\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/sciencestories\/files\/2021\/02\/SB10Tailssm-1024x854.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"597\" data-link=\"https:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/sciencestories\/?attachment_id=597\" class=\"wp-image-597\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/sciencestories\/files\/2021\/02\/SB10Tailssm-1024x854.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/sciencestories\/files\/2021\/02\/SB10Tailssm-300x250.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/sciencestories\/files\/2021\/02\/SB10Tailssm-768x640.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/sciencestories\/files\/2021\/02\/SB10Tailssm-1536x1281.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/sciencestories\/files\/2021\/02\/SB10Tailssm-360x300.jpg 360w, https:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/sciencestories\/files\/2021\/02\/SB10Tailssm.jpg 1950w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\"><em>Pangolin Pandemic, <\/em>Hung<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/sciencestories\/files\/2021\/02\/SB11Lastpagescalessm-1024x865.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"865\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/sciencestories\/files\/2021\/02\/SB11Lastpagescalessm-1024x865.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"598\" data-link=\"https:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/sciencestories\/?attachment_id=598\" class=\"wp-image-598\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/sciencestories\/files\/2021\/02\/SB11Lastpagescalessm-1024x865.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/sciencestories\/files\/2021\/02\/SB11Lastpagescalessm-300x253.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/sciencestories\/files\/2021\/02\/SB11Lastpagescalessm-768x649.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/sciencestories\/files\/2021\/02\/SB11Lastpagescalessm-355x300.jpg 355w, https:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/sciencestories\/files\/2021\/02\/SB11Lastpagescalessm.jpg 1416w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\"><em>Pangolin Pandemic, <\/em>Scales<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-caption\">Photos by Sy Bean<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<object type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" width=\"584\" height=\"62\" data=\"http:\/\/getembedplus.com\/embedplus.swf\" id=\"ep24763\">\r<param value=\"http:\/\/getembedplus.com\/embedplus.swf\" name=\"movie\" \/>\r<param value=\"high\" name=\"quality\" \/>\r<param value=\"transparent\" name=\"wmode\" \/>\r<param value=\"always\" name=\"allowscriptaccess\" \/>\r<param value=\"true\" name=\"allowFullScreen\" \/>\r<param name=\"flashvars\" value=\"ytid=xvh6Sw390xA&#038;height=30&#038;width=584&#038;react=1&#038;sweetspot=1&#038;&amp;rs=w\" \/>\r<iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"cantembedplus\" title=\"YouTube video player\" width=\"584\" height=\"30\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/xvh6Sw390xA?fs=1&#038;\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\r<\/object>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>In her artist statement, <strong>Gabby Cooksey<\/strong> wrote, &#8220;<strong><em>Pangolin Pandemic<\/em><\/strong>, is about two stories scaled into one. The imagery shows the life of a pangolin while it is being poached; alive, curled up in defense, killed, hung up, and then descaled while also telling a story from the plague in 1348 with Francesco Petrarch&#8217;s words.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The pangolin is the most trafficked mammal in the world: its scales are primarily used in traditional Eastern medicine, exotic hides, and as luxury meat sold in wet markets. Stories of the pangolin being the disease vector for COVID-19 were popular at the outset, but conditions of wet markets and human activity is the suspected source. During my time making this book, COVID-19 spread across the world infecting millions. Francesco&#8217;s words feel like they were spoken in 2020, not during the Bubonic Plague era. There will soon be a vaccine and pangolin&#8217;s are getting much needed worldwide protection from poaching.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The scales were a large draw to me when I first saw the taxidermic animal on the table at the Slater Natural History Museum, their pattern was mesmerizing. How can I recreate that pattern in a collage? How can I make the viewer want to touch my book and possibly make it feel like a pangolin&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Size:<\/strong>  Book:  7.75\u2033 wide x 11.6\u2033 tall x 1.2\u2033 depth . open: 16.4\u2033 wide x 11.6\u2033 tall The box is: 8.3&#8243; wide x 12.25&#8243; tall x 1.9&#8243; depth.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Materials:<\/strong>  Vellum, leather, fabric, paper, vintage wallpaper, thread, binders board, acrylic paint, methylcellulose<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Book Structure:<\/strong>  Codex, quarter leather with montage sur-onglet binding.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Printing\/Production Method:<\/strong> Letterpress Printed<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Edition<\/strong> of 6<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text alignwide is-stacked-on-mobile is-image-fill\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\" style=\"background-image:url(http:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/sciencestories\/files\/2021\/02\/cooksey.photoofartist-624x1024.jpg);background-position:30% 6%\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"624\" height=\"1024\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/sciencestories\/files\/2021\/02\/cooksey.photoofartist-624x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-583 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/sciencestories\/files\/2021\/02\/cooksey.photoofartist-624x1024.jpg 624w, https:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/sciencestories\/files\/2021\/02\/cooksey.photoofartist-183x300.jpg 183w, https:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/sciencestories\/files\/2021\/02\/cooksey.photoofartist.jpg 730w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 624px) 100vw, 624px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p>Gabby Cooksey lives and works in Tacoma, WA as a bookbinder and artist. In 2014, she received her diploma for Bookbinding at North Bennet Street School in Boston, MA. Her love for odd materials, storytelling and well crafted books are a good combination to producing truly unique books.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Gabby Cooksey:  <\/strong>e-mail:  boundbycooksey@gmail.com; website:  <a href=\"https:\/\/www.boundbycooksey.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/www.boundbycooksey.com\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Artist: Gabby Cooksey In her artist statement, Gabby Cooksey wrote, &#8220;Pangolin Pandemic, is about two stories scaled into one. The imagery shows the life of a pangolin while it is being poached; alive, curled up in defense, killed, hung up, &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/sciencestories\/pangolin-pandemic\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":629,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-590","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/sciencestories\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/590","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/sciencestories\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/sciencestories\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/sciencestories\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/629"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/sciencestories\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=590"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/sciencestories\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/590\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1009,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/sciencestories\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/590\/revisions\/1009"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/sciencestories\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=590"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}