The elephant folio size book has 24 scenes and characters, full-bleed woodcut and letterpress prints in up to 8 colors, hand-printed on Stonehenge 250 gm rag paper, with deckle edges. Character titles are printed on separate pages. There are several additional pages with poetry, front, and end matter. The book is case-bound in Naugahyde with foil stamping on the covers. It measures 23 x 15.5 x 2 inches (58.5 x 39.5 x 5 cm). The edition size is 5.
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.