{"id":3131,"date":"2014-08-07T01:36:37","date_gmt":"2014-08-07T05:36:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kolajmagazine.com\/content\/?p=3131"},"modified":"2021-03-14T16:00:17","modified_gmt":"2021-03-14T20:00:17","slug":"mike-koppa-collaborates-11-artists-thawt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/kolajmagazine.com\/content\/content\/articles\/mike-koppa-collaborates-11-artists-thawt\/","title":{"rendered":"Mike Koppa Collaborates with 11 Artists for Thawt"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Working with eleven artists and friends from around the world, Mike Koppa released Thawt<\/em>, a limited-edition, 212-page case-bound book, earlier this year. Only 40 were printed and each book includes a signed print of a photograph taken by Mike Koppa on 20 February 2013, which inspired the project. “Thawt”, said Mike Koppa<\/a>, is a “period of simultaneous reflection and new growth following a freeze or hibernation, generally occurring between mid-February and mid-April in the Northern Hemisphere. ‘His productive year began with a good thawt’.” The other artists involved include: Nikki Soppelsa<\/a> (USA), Bill Phillips (USA), Flore Kunst (France), Susan Legind (Italy), Helene de Winter<\/a> (The Netherlands), Gary Ortman (USA), Brandon Graham (USA), Lisa Chun (USA), Sammy Slabbinck (Belgium), Filipa Sotomayor (Portugal), and Barbara Minch (USA). Thawt<\/em>, published by The Heavy Duty Press, retails for $375 and is available from them HERE<\/a>. A condensed eBook version of Thawt<\/em> will be released in early 2015.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This News and Notes item originally appeared in Issue Nine. To see other News and Notes from the world of collage, SUBSCRIBE<\/a> to Kolaj or PURCHASE ISSUE NINE<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Working with eleven artists and friends from around the world, Mike Koppa released Thawt, a limited-edition, 212-page case-bound book, earlier this year. Only 40 were printed and each book includes a signed print of a photograph taken by Mike Koppa…<\/p>\n

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