WE REAL COOL

An unusual quarter-round book on duplex board, printed letterpress in multiple typefaces, foil. Hand-made paper-covered boards with screen-printed titles. 11 pages, colophon, printed recto, and verso. Unique binding, with brown scallop-style page wedges, allowing the book to be opened at full 360 degrees.

Measures 6.25 x 6.25 x 1 inches when closed, 12.5 x 12.5 x 6.25 inches when open. 12 copies, numbered and signed.

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. Nothing is produced using digital reproduction methods.


$1,275

© Copyright 2024  All Rights Reserved

DIRK HAGNER • INKSWINE PRESS/INTERROBANG BOOKS

The website was started with Mobirise