Artist Book Editions
2009 Artist Book
Forest
8-1/4"x10" closed
4 linocut prints
4 woodcut prints
4 fiber based photographic prints
hardbound cover - laminated, cut, and painted paper
digital printing
Pinhole photographs and poems -
Mary Agnes Williams
Edition of 20
Click on the images for an enlarged view of the work and more information.
Permanent collection - The Ruth Hughes Collection
of Artist Books - Oberlin College
Permanent Collection - Temple University Special Collections Department,
Temple University Libraries
Forest began with pinhole photographs taken by my wife, Mary Agnes.
We examined four photographs in three ways: woodcut, linocut, and a short poem. A two-color woodcut faces each photograph. Printed on the reverse side of each woodcut is a linocut; the poems are printed on vellum. The images are drawn from details in the photographs.
For the cover I wanted to create a three-dimensional representation of tree bark. This was accomplished by drawing a three-layer image and then cutting each layer with a saw. The layers were painted and laminated to a paper base which was glued to the hardbound cover.
This book was printed and bound by the artist in 2009.
