Artist Information

About the Artist: John Mitchell

Book Information

Type of Book: Accordion

Book Size: Width: 11 1/4"; Height: 15 1/4"; Depth: 3/4"

Description

Twelve-page hand-printed limited edition artist's book made in 1999. The five colored woodcut illustrations are by John Mitchell. The text, printed by Tara McLoed at the Pear Tree Press in Auckland, New Zealand, is composed using various wood and metal sans serif type styles and printed on an Albion flatbed hand press. Printed on 250 gsm tone Royal mould made paper with handmade Indian rag cover. The quotation is by Wendell Berry.

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