I’d been experimenting with various combinations of imagery and presentation for these texts since 2010. A week spent with Karen Kunc at Constellation Studios in 2014 followed by several weeks in the studio resulted in the right combination of print method and presentation for this ongoing series.
Images are woodblock and pochoir printed from several plates onto Japanese HMP. Text is laser etched on a paper ‘sandwich’ made of an inner core of Moriki Japanese HMP, faced on each side with cotton text weight paper. The etching exposes a hint of the color of the Moriki core and is variable within the edition. Paste downs are book cloth handprinted from wood blocks. Bound as a pamphlet in a German case binding. Spine is hand printed leather skiver from a stencil.
I’d been experimenting with various combinations of imagery and presentation for these texts since 2010. A week spent with Karen Kunc at Constellation Studios in 2014 followed by several weeks in the studio resulted in the right combination of print method and presentation for this ongoing series.
Images are woodblock and pochoir printed from several plates onto Japanese HMP. Text is laser etched on a paper ‘sandwich’ made of an inner core of Moriki Japanese HMP, faced on each side with cotton text weight paper. The etching exposes a hint of the color of the Moriki core and is variable within the edition. Paste downs are book cloth handprinted from wood blocks. Bound as a pamphlet in a German case binding. Spine is hand printed leather skiver from a stencil.