The Art of Finger-pointing
Honoring the humble manicule, originating in the 12th century as a writing and later a typographic symbol calling for a reader’s/viewer’s attention. Words by the elusive John Lillison, said to be “England’s greatest one-armed poet”.
Letterpress on 250gsm rag paper, 4 fold-out panels, separate colophon page. debossments, bound in shimmer book cloth covers with a Kraftex leather spine. Measures 3 x 2.9 x 0.5 inches (7.6 7.4 x 1.3 cm) closed, 9 x 8.5 x0.5 inches (22.8 x 22 x 1.3 cm) when open. Edition of 30 copies, signed and numbered. MMXXVI.
My artist books, broadsides, and loose-leaf editions are published in very small numbers, as low as five. All are hand-printed and hand-bound (in the case of books) by me, all are signed and numbered. While I am trying to be perfect, I am human, not a machine. Some variations in the editioned work are to be expected due to the processes, materials, and the artist’s change of mind. It is exactly what makes the work collectible: each piece is an original work of art. The pieces employ printmaking like original etchings, woodcuts, carborundum, screen prints, monotype, monoprint, and letterpress. Rarely is any part produced using digital methods, and if so it is clearly indicated, and only when no other options were available.
$295