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Square Skyscapes

Date

1990

Dimensions

closed 2-3/4 x 2-1/4 x 3/4 inches

Type

Books

Description

"This was the first book published by Flying Paper Press, although the imprint does not appear. Four-color etchings (using relief stencils below black intaglio ink) from ... copper plates were printed on ... handmand paper at the Minneapolis College of Art and Design. Letterpress hand-set Garamond type was added at Minnesota Center for Book Arts on a Vandercook press. Hardcover accordion book with intaglio-printed teal-colored Japanese kozo paper mounted on bookbinders' board. Closure of silk thread with Japanese bone clasp wraps around book, ending in a silk thread loop"--Bookseller's description.

Details

Materials

color etching, letterpress

Credit Line

Rosemary Furtak Collection, Walker Art Center Library

Accession Number

LIB2016.23