Emily Dickinson
Exquisitely crafted artist book interpretation of Emily Dickinson’s poem “I’m Nobody“, which she penned in 1883. Single-page folded pocket book on 180 gm rag paper, two-color letterpress set in Franklin Gothic and Palatino types, with eight original cyanotypes, debossed text, and covers wrapped in Indian hand-made paper. The book measures closed 9.5 x 4 x 1.25 Inches (24 x 10 x 4 cm), and when fully opened 9.5 x 48 x 0.5 Inches (24 x 123 x 1.5 cm). Edition of 16, signed and numbered.
My artist books, broadsides, and loose-leaf editions are published in very small numbers, as low as five. All are hand-printed and hand-bound (in the case of books) by me, all are signed and numbered. While I am trying to be perfect, I am human, not a machine. Some variations in the editioned work are to be expected due to the processes, materials, and the artist’s change of mind. It is exactly what makes the work collectible: each piece is an original work of art. The pieces employ printmaking like original etchings, woodcuts, carborundum, screen prints, monotype, monoprint, and letterpress. Rarely is any part produced using digital methods, and if so it is clearly indicated, and only when no other options were available.
$1,850