Paper, card, ink,
metal moveable type (letterpress), stereoplates, hand printed and hand bound
These hand printed
books were a cooperative project between illustrator Anouk Essers and
myself.
We designed,
illustrated, hand printed and hand bound these books and were assisted by
printing specialist John van Peer at AKV | St Joost Academie in Breda, the
Netherlands. The project took three
years to complete.
Being rather passionate about Traditional Folk Music and Bookmaking, we decided
to combine these two interests in this little collector’s item, for people who
share either (or both) of these interests with us.
The book includes 23 pages of Traditional Folk Lyrics and 30 pages of
illustrations. Eight of the text pages
were printed with Metal Moveable Type and the other 15 text pages and
Illustration pages were printed with Stereoplates. We have printed the book in two different
editions: a Limited Edition of 60 books
on brown textured paper and an Extra Special Edition of 30 books on thick
semi-transparent yellow-ochre paper. All
90 books were hand printed and hand bound!
The photos above show
the books, history cards, cover art prints, stereoplates and metal moveable
type settings.
The book is approx. 12.5cm x 18.6cm x 1cm
The Limited Edition
includes a History Card which describes the project. Click here to see the listing where you can purchase the Limited Edition.
The Extra Special
Edition includes the History Card and a print of the Cover Artwork.
Click here to see the listing where you can purchase the Extra Special Edition.
