Cover title. Edition of 5. "O is a response to a 16th century lyric, Western Wind, or Westron Wynde--a four line poem that, as it has been passed down to us, has been transcribed, emended, and interpreted in distinctly different ways. This book offers a newly embodied version of the poem as part of our ever-unfinished work of striving to understand. The imagery has been created from hand-dyed and / or letterpress printed Kitakata. The dyes used are indigo and logwood. The type is printed from well-loved Janson on a Challenge Proof Press at Stonecreek Studio"--Colophon. Special Collections has one of 5 copies. IaU
Summary:
Artist's book made up of [9] pages; [7] pages are hand-dyed, letterpress-printed flags. Text is set in Janson type and printed in light pink/purple on beige Kitakata paper; strips of paper are dyed with indigo or logwood. Colophon is printed in black on separate folded sheet.
OCLC:
(OCoLC)1112496324
Locations:
OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)
This resource is supported by the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act as administered by State Library of Iowa.