Letterpress, drum leaf binding
Edition of five
I created an edition of 5 hand-bound artist books using the concept of pressure printing and “the secret law” of historical canon page layout. The plates were wrapped around the drum of the Vandercook no.4 printing press and printed. My research investigated the canons of traditional page proportion used in traditional book design. I incorporated the page proportion, margins, and image area devised by Villard de Honnecourt’s 13th Century, “Villard’s Figure”. My page design––dividing a straight line into logical and harmonious thirds, fourths, fifths, and so on; was coupled with inventive, sustainable pressure printing plates. My work, “Thread”, melds classical design with innovative materials, resulting in a contemporary artist book.
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