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Athens, Georgia:: Printer's DVL: via Green Street Press,, 1989/2023.. Edition of 25. 5 x 8". Letterpress printed on handmade paper. Two sets of fold out etchings. Sewn into a handmade paper wrapper. Numbered The Printer's DVL states this printing as "a re-telling of the classic fish tale." It is a modern day take on the Biblical Jonah from Tarshish as a yuppie resort to Dallas as the new Nineveh. Jonah is "J" and the big fish is "Mike". The retelling is laced with political and social modern day references. It's a lively rendition of a big fish tale.

Chicago, Illinois:: Theodora Press,, 1991.. Edition of 10. 7.5 x 13.25"; 28 pages. Accordion fold. 15 hand-colored etchings. Letterpress titling, ornaments, and colophon. Printed on Rives lightweight. Bound in a top-fold accordion with gatefold opening. Signed and numbered by the artist. Teresa Pankratz: "'Pas de Deux' is a visual narrative depicting a couple's frustrated attempt at intimacy. Bound by self-imposed constrictions, they reach out - but never quite touch. "This tale was inspired by a performance piece entitled 'Nothing Up Your Sleeve' performed by Nan Shineflug and Jeff Abell of the Chicago Moving Company (one of the first modern dance troupes in the Midwest)." The French pun - pas de deux as dance duet for two, and pas meaning not - underscores the point. The beauty of the etchings and the delicacy of the construction turn what might have been a vaudeville skit into a poignant story.

Wellesley, Mass / Viet Nam:: C. David Thomas,, 2001.. Edition of 100. 13.25 x 11.25 x 2.25"; 118 pages: 59 text pages, 59 image pages. Images printed from a Hewlett-Packard DeskJet 970Cse using archival ink. Letterpress printed in Monotype Bembo by Wolfe Editions in Portland, Maine. Printed on Vietnamese Do (mulberry) paper handmade in Dong O Village in northern Vietnam. Text pages varnished to make the paper translucent. Laid in a lacquer box handmade by craftsmakers in Thanh Tri Village near Hanoi. Box laid in a handmade silk slipcover also custom made in Vietnam. Copy edited by Gloria Lee. Numbered and signed by C. David Thomas and Charles Fenn. Colophon: "Each lacquer box is made in the centuries-old method of using wood covered with a coarsely woven silk followed by thirteen coats of lacquer. Between coats of lacquer the box is hand sanded with very fine water sandpaper until the final layer, which is done by using charcoal powder and bare hands". Prospectus: "In spite… Read More

Minneapolis, Minnesota:: History-Papers,, 2022.. Edition of 50. 8 x 10 x.75"; 194 pages. Digital and Risograph prints. Pastedowns of thermochromic paper. Hand sewn with a four-hole Japanese stab binding, with foil stamping on the front and back covers. Text pages printed on a light gray paper in pink and blue. Lex Thompson: "Published by History-Papers, 'Cheiro's Language of the Hand', reimagines Cheiro's nineteenth-century palmistry text; an instructional guide to palm reading as science rather than occult art. This dubious application of scientific ideas has the flair of parlor tricks, the language of science with the feel of magic. … It is set in Gills Sans, a humanist sans-serif typeface, released near the end of Cheiro's life, chosen for its suggestion of objectivity with still a touch of the human hand. Pages of celebrity handprints (Mark Twain, Sarah Bernhardt, William Gladstone, etc.) are Risograph printed on thermochromic paper; the pink and blue sheets… Read More

Minneapolis, Minnesota:: Lex Thompson,, 2017/2019.. Edition of 5. Two volumes in wooden slipcase with dovetailed design along edges and laser etched illustration on sides with an M on the spine. Texts cited from Mary Emma Thompson's 'On the Plains, and Among the Peaks, or, How Mrs. Maxwell Made Her Natural History Collection' (Philadelphia: Claxton, Remsen & Haffelfinger, 1879). Volume 1 "A Catalog of Martha Maxwell's Menagerie of Mammal and Bird Specimens (as far as is possible) as taken account of" by Elliott Coues & Robert Ridgeway": 8.5 x 6 x 2"; 310 pages. Case bound in lime green book cloth, smyth sewn. Gold gilt edge with gilt line illustration and titles on front board. Hand marbled endsheet. Printed and bound by Conveyor Editions. Illustrated plates (hunted and cut from field guides) by Lex Thompson. Signed and numbered by Thompson. Volume 2 "A Catalog of Martha Maxwell's Menagerie of Mammal and Bird Specimens (as far… Read More

Guadalajara, Mexico:: Impronta Casa Editora,, 2019.. Edition of 100. Sheet size 11 x 15"; 20 sheets. Text composition completed on an Intertype C-4 with Typeface Futura 14pts. Titles set on a Ludlow Typographic machine in Goudy 36 pts and Tempo 92 pts. Printed on a Chandler & Price 12 x 18 ca1882. Images printed on a Risograph RZ 390. Loose sheets laid in 11.5 x 15.5" portfolio of chipboard covers and red cloth spine with black ribbon tie closure. Numbered. Sandra Trujillo: " I received a grant to work in Mexico and the work culminated in an artists' book ... with the assistance of Impronta Casa Editora in Guadalajara, Mexico. Impronta Casa Editora specializes in small artistic productions using rare vintage 19th century intertype and letterpress printing processes. ... The printed graphics in the book are toned Risographs prints of paper collages ... with a cover aesthetic inspired by experiences and trends of printing in Mexico today and rare 19th century portfolios.… Read More

Guadalajara, Mexico:: Impronta Casa Editora,, 2021.. Edition of 100. Leaf size 11 x 15"; 25 leaves. Letterpress printed during September 2021 at Impronta Casa Editora in Guadalajara, Mexico with support from Georgia College. Text composition on an Intertype C-4 with typeface Futura 14 pts. Titles set on a Ludlow Typographic machine in Goudy 36 pts. and Tempo 92 pts. Printed on an Original Heidelberg Cylinder press, ca 1950. Images printed on a Risograph RZ 390. Laid in a 4438 x 4838" portfolio of chipboard covers with yellow cloth spine and black ribbon closure. Numbered. Artist statement: "Trujillo's second large format artist book, 'Trouble' (2021) is a continuation of stories and images that bring the Chicano perspective of culture, family, and food to the table.  "Sketched from memory, the stories about youth grab on to singular moments when adolescent skill sets are just enough to skirt trouble. Set in 1970's Vallejo, California, Trujillo interweaves… Read More

Chicago, Illinois:: Ann Tyler,, 2017.. Edition of 20. 9 x 13"; 9 leaves. Inkjet printing on Hahnemühle Museum Etching with deckled edges 350 gsm paper. Laid in paper case (10.24 x 13.25") of Murillo by Fabriano 360 gsm. Slip and tab closure. Signed by the artist. Ann Tyler: "Seven views of nebula in the 'night sky.' Nebulae are comprised of gas and particles formed when portions of interstellar media undergo a gravitational collapse. In Nebulae the beauty of the destructive and formative aspects of the universe is posed against a 'gravitational collapse' on earth during warfare. Bombing reduces the solid matter of human lives to particles. "The nebula images were created by observing many NASA images and then selecting particular newspaper source images of skies recorded during bombings. The actual source of the base image is revealed at the end of the series - Gaza, Syria, Ukraine, Yemen. "The Rilke quote builds through each sequence to… Read More

Chicago, Illinois:: Ann Tyler,, 2017.. Edition of 10. 8.25 x 8"; 44 pages including covers. Double-sided accordion fold. Papers: 50# cover, Premium Matte, Bright White; 20# Mohawk Brite Hue. Ink jet and laser jet printing. Laid in 8.375 x 8.125" paper case of Murillo paper by Fabriano 360 gsm. Signed by the artist. Ann Tyler: "Using language and image to examine a world of war and shifting borders, the book is an accordion fold structure with language as landscape on one side and images of bombed homes on the other. The binding strips show at the joinings on the language side as thin strips of red - referencing flashes of explosion. The voice loops back on itself moving among rationalization, definition, question, pain, anger, question. "The rubble images are from the newspaper and I've retained the halftone to create a coarse image and then pulled the image back by using the overlay of blue. Periodically I've introduced color into the rubble image to refer back to… Read More

Chicago, Illinois:: Ann Tyler,, 2013.. Edition of 40. 14" x 18" closed, 28" x 18h open; 124 pages. Hahnemühle Photo Rag Duo (acid-free, archival) with Hahnemühle protective spray. Ink-jet printing. Edges handpainted in acrylic gold and burnt sienna. 100% cotton vellum sheets with white foil stamping. 14 image plates of species. Bound in Gutenberg archival calfskin leather, blind stamped. Fabriano Tiziano end papers. Signed and numbered. Ann Tyler: "The graphic novel In the Unrelenting Light at the Edge of Conscience is a science fiction tale in which the violent actions of governments in our world have created new life forms in a world somewhere in deep space. The new species and their relationship to violence are discovered through space / time laboratory investigations carried out by an 'experimenter.' The narrative is structured for the viewer to also undergo a process of discovery as he/she moves through a narrative combining stream of conscious rumination,… Read More

Chicago, Illinois:: Ann Tyler,, 2019.. Edition of 5. Four volume set in Slipcase. Books: each are casebound in linen bookcloth, hand-sewn, with gold foil-stamped title and volume number on spines. Each book 9.375"w x 12.125"h. Volume I: 90 pages; Volume II: 52; Volume III: 48; Volume IV: 32. Paper: MOAB Entrada Rag Natural 190gsm. End sheets: Fabriano Tiziano. Inkjet printing, graphite notations (Vol IV). Custom Slipcase: 9.5"deep x 12.5"h x 3.5"w, covered in bookcloth. Continuing her work on Syria (see Red Building, White Building, Execution Door, 2017/2018), Tyler's four-volume set explores the intricacies of capturing through visual means (say images from a satellite 500 miles above the earth) a situation that is removed not only in time and distance but also in terms of a cultural sense of acceptability and possibility. Abstract images extrapolated and manipulated examine atrocities (a cultural label or simple truth?) in elegant color forms abstracted from… Read More

Chicago, Illinois:: Ann Tyler,, 2013.. Edition of 3. 14" x 18" closed, 28" x 18h open; 124 pages. Hahnemühle Photo Rag Duo (acid-free, archival) with Hahnemühle protective spray. Ink-jet printing. Edges handpainted in acrylic gold and burnt sienna. 100% cotton vellum sheets with white foil stamping. 14 image plates of species. Bound in Gutenberg archival calfskin leather, blind stamped. Fabriano Tiziano end papers. Signed and numbered. Ann Tyler: "The graphic novel In the Unrelenting Light at the Edge of Conscience is a science fiction tale in which the violent actions of governments in our world have created new life forms in a world somewhere in deep space. The new species and their relationship to violence are discovered through space / time laboratory investigations carried out by an 'experimenter.' The narrative is structured for the viewer to also undergo a process of discovery as he/she moves through a narrative combining stream of conscious rumination,… Read More