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Bonnie Thompson Norman – Be The Change

Bonnie Thompson Norman – Be The Change$85

This book arises from Gandhi’s quote, “We must be the change we wish to see in this world.” It was collaboratively produced in a class with each participant selecting and setting further encouragements and admonishments for doing good in the world.Letterpress printed in three colors from handset metal and wood type on a 1926 Chandler … [View Details]

Candace Hicks – CommonThreads Volume XXXV

Candace Hicks – CommonThreads Volume XXXV$1800

This book is one of a series of hand-embroidered canvas books, that copies the form and design of dime store “composition” books. The books themselves are a record of coincidental occurrences generally gleaned from reading or mundane events. The use of embroidery thread allows for the production of the text and image with the same … [View Details]

Each Day – Jan Owen

Each Day – Jan Owen$950

Jan Owen, an artist from Belfast, Maine combines her love of color and line, music and poetry, medieval manuscripts and Asian calligraphy in her work. This hanging accordion fold book is acrylic on paste decorated paper with woven Tyvek. It includes text by Pablo Neruda, Rilke, Denise Levertov, Octavio Paz, Wal Whitman, William Stafford and … [View Details]

Jean Buescher Bartlett – What’s Out There

Jean Buescher Bartlett – What’s Out There$325

The story behind What’s Out There “A six-week artist residency at the Ucross Foundation in south-central Wyoming – not to mention a cross-country drive – put me in a succession of new and astounding landscapes. From my studio window, I had an uninterrupted view of a wide and desolate expanse. During this time, a photographer … [View Details]

Jenny Craig – The Rabbits

Jenny Craig – The Rabbits$120

This gem was letterpress printed using handset Parsons type and original woodcuts. The colophon says this book is “An imagining for those of us who remember the warren in Woodland Park.” Jenny says “I moved into a basement apartment in Seattle near Woodland Park, and quickly discovered the large warren of rabbits that lived … [View Details]

Karen Kunc – Lore of Gold

Karen Kunc – Lore of Gold$500

Text and full page woodcut illustrations alternate to create a vision and  mystery surrounding the art of creation.  Nature is animate within the medieval understanding and this contemporary imagery. woodcut and letterpress on Okawara paper 12 pages, multi-color, sewn binding with blue hmp covers, excerpts from historical sources on the art of alchemy, the typeface … [View Details]

Philip Zimmerman – Sanctus Sonorensis

Philip Zimmerman – Sanctus Sonorensis$50

In December of 2004, I was driving back into the United States from Mexico through the Lukeville border road entrance. As I was traveling through the Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument just inside Arizona, I was stopped for a couple of hours by several groups of men each consisting of a large number of heavily … [View Details]

Shawn Sheehy – A Pop-Up Field Guide to North American Wildflowers card

Shawn Sheehy – A Pop-Up Field Guide to North American Wildflowers card$30

These cards celebrate species from the most showy to the most humble. Each card offers a page from Shawn’s newest title A Pop-Up Field Guide to North American Wildflowers (also available at Abecedarian). They measure 4.5 x 6 inches. All stock is commercial cover in varying weights from various manufacturers.and come packaged with a translucent … [View Details]