Search Results: Authors starting with B from Vamp & Tramp, Booksellers, LLC

[Chicago]:: Hannah Batsel/,, 2017 / 2021.. Edition of 70 (50 regular; 20 special).. Small page spreads measure 12.25" x 18". Two large foldout spreads measure 12.25 x 36". Printed on Mohawk Superfine paper in the summer of 2017 at Spudnik Press in Chicago. All illustrations original linoleum cuts drawn and carved by H. M. Batsel. Colophon and title page designed by Drue McCurdy. Bound in drum-leaf style. Case wrapped in a hand-colored linoleum print. Numbered and signed by the artist. Hannah Batsel: "This book is an illustrated retelling of the Greek myth of Actaeon, a skilled hunter who, on a hunt with his pack of dogs, stumbles upon the goddess Artemis and her retinue bathing in the forest. Artemis, enraged that Actaeon has seen her bathing, transforms him into a stag; he is quickly dispatched by his own hunting dogs. "In this version, Actaeon does not turn into a stag, but rather receives the treatment given to so many slasher film starlets: he becomes both victim… Read More

Gainesville, Florida:: Hannah Batsel/ Ellen Knudson,, 2017.. Edition of 45. 6.25 x 8.75"; 20 pages plus 2 double-size fold-out pages. Includes three pages with pull tabs. Letterpress printed from linoleum reduction blocks by the artist and photopolymer plates by Boxcar Press. Printed on Murillo paper in ivory, red, and black. Bound in black bookcloth with paper medallion on front cover. Letterpress printed in the UF School of Art and Art History Type Shop. Co-produced by H. M. Batsel (Chicago, Illnois) and Ellen Knudson (Associate in Book Arts, University of Florida). Signed and numbered by the artists. Hannah Batsel: "Ephemerus is the 2017 artist's book edition from the Marjorie S. Coffey Library Endowment Residency at the George A. Smathers Libraries at the University of Florida. The book was designed by H.M. Batsel during the semester-long residency in the fall of 2017. The book is inspired by Batsel's research and study of occult and magical texts from the Harold and Mary Jean… Read More

[Chicago]:: Hannah Batsel,, 2019/2021.. Edition of 35. When closed, it measures 4 1/4 x 5 5/8"; when the three covers are opened to display the wingspan of the moth screen-printed on the cover, it measures 5 5/8 x 12 7/8". "Grave to Cradle" was begun as part of an In Cahoots residency in Petaluma, CA, in October 2019. It was later completed and bound in Chicago, IL in February 2021. The book's text and illustrations are linoleum prints. Signed and numbered by the artist. Hannah Batsel: "Inspired by real-life bagworms, insects that construct different cocoons based on the materials available in their environments, and an actual cemetery in Petaluma, CA, 'Grave to Cradle' is a short magical realism story about insects that synthesize not only physical objects found on graves (flowers, ribbons, cacti) but also the memories and emotions of the deceased into dense, crowded cocoons. The lives of a murderer, a young girl, and a married couple are woven into cradles that… Read More

St. Paul, Minnesota:: Bluestem Cottage Press,, 2023.. Edition of 9. 5.5" x 11" closed, extends to 33"; six panels. Accordion structure. Printed on Rives BFK buff, and grey. Images include a variety of alternative print techniques such as ink drawdowns, stencils, pochoir, and Tetra Pak printing to simulate intaglio. Letterpress printed on the Vandercook Universal 1 using polymer plates. Housed in a Japanese linen paper envelope. Signed and numbered by the artist. Julie Baugnet: "Concept: Often when we think about dreams we think about the dreams of sleep or the daydreams of our aspirations. We think of dreams in more or less a positive light. But what about the dark dreams? The dreams or visions about revenge, doing something wrong, or even killing? We've all said or heard the phrase, 'I could just kill you!' Such is the case with this poem. Barking dogs interrupt a writer's train of thought and in turn those thoughts plot out methods of disposing the dogs. Tinged… Read More

St. Paul, Minnesota:: Bluestem Cottage Press,, 2021.. Edition of 12. Gatefold piece with 4 interior panels. Paper is Rives BFK. Techniques include screen print, drawdowns, and pochoir. Typography is Trebuchet. In paper slipcase with title. Signed and numbered by Baugnet. Julie Baugnet, introduction: "As in my first book, 'When the World was Asked to Shelter', I am trying to make sense out of these chaotic times. This writing is taken from statements in my sketch journals. As we go into our third year, this virus has left the world exhausted and exasperated." Each month beginning March 2021 and ending February 2022 has brief statements from Baugnet that capturres the world's landscape as the virus continues.  "March 2021 Vaccine rollout/ / Hope is contagious" .... November Out of the blue - Omicron / Yikes!" ...

St. Paul, Minnesota:: Bluestem Cottage Press,, 2021.. Edition of 13. 24 pages. Designed, bound, and letterpress printed using polymer plates. Artwork on verso pages include ink drawdowns for the first layer. Screen printed textures are superimposed. Typography: Minion Pro, main text is 10/14, letterpress using polymer plates. Paper: Rives BFK, white and grey. Slipcase: Cave paper, Duo bookcloth, endpapers are Neenah Metallic, gun metal grey. Numbered. Carter Clapsadle: "All together this collaborative book is comprised of 10 poems on the recto pages, and 10 screen printed images on the verso pages. These poems are part of an ongoing body of work inspired by travel. They are about experiences, observations, and memories that are triggered from traveling, eating, driving, swimming, and taking part in cultural exchanges.  "Travel takes us from our routines and familiarities while at the same time reveals similarities we have with those places. Some poems are about a particular place… Read More

St. Paul, Minnesota:: Bluestem Cottage Press,, 2023.. Edition of 11. Type: Source Sans Pro. 11/19Gatefold format with two spines. Size: 4.75" x 12" folds out to 24". Paper: Rives BFK white and grey. Type: Source Sans Pro. 11/19. Techniques: Alternative print techniques such as ink drawdowns, erasers prints, and stencils. 7 screenprinted images. Housed in a linen dual-colored case. Printed at Minnesota Center for Book Arts. Numbered. Signed by Clapsadle and Baugnet. Julie Baugnet: "'Staying the Winter' is bound in a unique gatefold format, with 2 spines. On the left, a small book with 7 tercet poems are letterpress printed on Rives BFK grey. The right-hand pages open to reveal a variety of abstract images of winter printed on Rives BFK white.  "Illustrations are abstract, using color and texture to convey the emotive qualities of the poems. A family of 5 colors is used to create unity and interest depicting the colors of winter. By making 2 books, I was… Read More

Ballybeg, Grange, Clonmel, Tipperary, Ireland:: Coracle,, 2013.. Edition of 300. 260 x 210mm; 64 pages. Casebound with 2-colour blocking. Numbered. Coracle: "51 drawings were made over the last thirty years using Parker 51 reservoir and cartridge fountain pens, mostly on pieces of A4 office paper. They were selected and edited by Bill Culbert and Simon Cutts from drawings of Pens & Corkscrews, Shades & Lamps, Chairs, Tables & Other Furniture, Bottles & Glasses, Instructions for Installations, Diagrams & Listings, in January 2013." Bill Culbert is noted for his painting, photography, sculpture, and installation work and was New Zealand's representative at the 2013 Venice Biennale.

Atlantic Beach, Florida:: Linda Broadfoot,, 2014.. Edition of 30. Box 6.5 x 7 x 9.5" containing ten 5 x 7.5 x .5" double-sided panels. Poems letterpress printed on Hahnemühle Ingres paper using Perpetua type cast by Michael & Winifred Bixler. Text overprinted with a transparent honeycomb pattern. Archival pigment print images on Hahnemühle Photo Silk Baryta paper. Images and poems mounted on Russian birch plywood, foreedges coated with beeswax, and encased within a fabricated one-half scale maple Langstroth beehive box structure. Title and bee image engraved on the cover. Title page mounted on the interior side of the lid. Signed and numbered. Hive was produced over the course of two years and contains nine poems from The Bees by Carol Ann Duffy with images and design by Linda Broadfoot. Linda Broadfoot: "Hive was created to reveal the wonder of sunlit bees in the air and the mystery of the hive. The images and the physical structure of the book came from my… Read More

Atlantic Beach, Florida:: Linda Broadfoot,, 2005.. Edition of 50. A combination of handset letterpress and computer generated work. Letterpress was used to print the text using metal type on a flat bed press on a Vandercook Universal III using Hahnemuhle Biblio and Copperplate papers at the Letterpress & Foundry of Michael and Winifred Bixler. Then digitally reproduced small Giclée prints of the artist's original 20 x 24" Polaroid image transfers were printed archivally on Crane's Museo paper using an Epson 4000 printer. A modern day Cabinet of Wonders. Broadfoot uses A. S. Byatt's "Things Are Not What They Seem" to accompany her images as "a numinous guide to viewing" these wonders of nature. The insects shown were selected from the Florida State Collection of Arthropods. Broadfoot: "In the spring of 2001, I began to borrow insect specimens from the Florida State Collection of Arthropods. Carefully transporting this delicate cargo to… Read More

[Albuquerque, New Mexico]:: Savannah Bustillo,, 2018.. Edition of 25 white; Edition of 9, grey.. 5 x 6.5"; 16 pages.Screen printing. Coptic stitch binding. with vellum covers. Signed by the artist. Edition of 25 printed on white papers. Edition of 9 printed on gray papers. Savannah Bustillo: "Created with bright screen printed colors with a mix of text, drawn arrows and lines, and collaged images/text from sections of post-structuralist philosopher Michel Foucault's 'Discipline and Punish'. This book features an imagined diagrammed cityscape and the musings of someone who wishes she could explore this space freely. The text is a meditative stroll through this imagined space, considering the connections between inhabiting space and feelings of power."

[Albuquerque, New Mexico]:: Savannah Bustillo,, 2019.. Edition of 5. 3.5 x 7.5 x .5 inches; 44 pages, 7 vellum inserts. Letterpress and screenprinting. Dingbats printed in various colors. Black pastedowns and free end pages. Bound in black handmade / hand-dyed cotton paper over boards.Signed by the artist on the back pastedown. Sources: Recordings from Stanley Kubrick's 'A Clockwork Orange"; text from Peter and the Wolf. Savannah Bustillo: "This is the story of Peter and the Wolf. As viewers turn through the pages, this classic children's tale is recounted amongst an abstract scenery of letterpressed dingbats. However, every few pages the viewer will find a vellum insert with a sound wave and a caption, all taken from Stanley Kubrick's film, 'A Clockwork Orange'. Ranging from the sounds of the main character, Alex, enjoying a car chase with his friends, to him violently assaulting a couple in their home, to the final ending credits song of Gene Kelly's… Read More

[Albuquerque, New Mexico]:: Savannah Bustillo,, 2022.. Edition of 3. Two books 6.5 x 9.5". Cue cards. Screen printed on a single recycled 2002 Jeep Cherokee and Comanche car repair manual. Spanish screen printed text in one volume. English screen printed text in second volume. Bookboard covers with cloth spine. Signed by the artist.  A two volume set in which the text is a Spanish tongue twister to teach the /rr/ sound. Savannah Bustillo: "This installation of books and cue cards is a game. It is an experiment, a grammar lesson. "Guests are invited by the cue cards and covers of the two books, placed side by side, to do a reading out loud. One book prompts the viewer with a set of directions in English, and the other in Spanish, with the promise that if a guest chooses to read the Spanish tongue-twister, or trabalenguas, out loud, they can then tear out and keep a page from the other book. This trabalenguas is one any Spanish-speaker will recognize - a classic that… Read More

[Albuquerque, New Mexico]:: Savannah Bustillo,, 2018.. Edition of 20. 6.25 x 4.25"; 72 pages including covers. 9 vellum inserts making 36 of the pages. Laser engraved images. Screen printing. Coptic stitch binding Constructed of pages of untreated chipboard and vellum. Housed in an open sided box of untreated book board with laser engraved images of a Calvin Klein watch on front and back. Signed by artist on back of box. Savannah Bustillo: "The book recounts the true story of the famous Colombian novelist and poet, Gabriel Garcia Marquez, who was treated for lymphatic cancer in 1999. Viewers turn through laser engraved images of Colombian souvenirs and tchotchkes and pages of screen printed vellum with the same ghostly watch from the box. The text continues that various news sources took the rumors of Garcia Marquez's failing health to be confirmed when a poem was leaked to a Peruvian newspaper that the poet had sent this only to his closest friends.  "The world press… Read More