The book has 10 panels and opens to 10 x 34.5 inches horizontally, (25.5 x 87.5 cm), 34.5 x 10 inches vertically; closed 10 x 3 inches (25.5 x 7.6 cm). Gyotaku (fish rubbings) and letterpress printed relief etchings in multiple shades and colors. Bound in paper over boards with screen printed titles. Printed on washi and mounted on rag. It can be displayed horizontally or hung vertically. The edition size is 12, 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. Nothing is produced using digital reproduction methods.
$1,300