Viewpoint Editions ~ Massachusetts
(Dorothy Simpson Krause)

HERetic: Joan of Arc
By Dorothy Simpson Krause
Marshfield, Massachusetts: Viewpoint Editions, 2009. Edition of 55.

7 x 5 x .5"; 56 unnumbered pages. Fonts: German Latin (sepia) for the text; Uncial (red) for history; William Shakespeare used for numerals; 10th-Century Bookhand (gold) for the words of Joan of Arc. Printed by Acme Bookbinding on the HP Indigo press 5500 on Mohawk Via Superfine Eggshell 100# text. Bound in Mohawk 80# cover. Housed in a phase box [boxes are used to house brittle or otherwise fragile books that do not warrant replacement or reformatting, but which the collection manager wishes to retain within the collection] designed to resemble a well worn library enclosure for a rare book with semi-appropriate cards, rubber stamps and written notations. Cotton tie closure.

Dorothy Simpson Krause: "This small tribute to Joan of Arc resembles a limp vellum prayer book of a kind that she might have carried during her battles. On each left hand page is text from Le Ditie de Jehanne d'Arc by Christine de Pizan, a French poetess. Written in 1429 when Joan was at the height of her successful campaign, it celebrates her life and achievements. On each facing page, an image, incorporating photographs from the extensive collection of Joan of Arc memorabilia of the Boston Public Library, is combined with comments on Joan of Arc's brief history. The pages covering her trial for heresy incorporate Joan's own words, taken from the trial document."
$350

Losing Ground
By Dorothy Simpson Krause
Marshfield, Massachusetts: Viewpoint Editions, 2009. Edition of 100.

12 x 12”, 44 pages. Printed on the HP Indigo 5500 on Mohawk Options 65 cover of 100% post consumer content with renewable wind power. 8 x 8" embossed and patinated copper title plate inset on front cover. Bound in black Brillianta book cloth. In matching clamshell box with magnet closure.

This clarion call for the environment comes out of a traveling exhibition of the same name created by Dorothy Simpson Krause. This digitally printer version is the mid-tier form of the book. It also exists in a print-on-demand version as well as a deluxe edition of 6 bound in Nigerian goat.

Viewpoint Editions: "Images from many series of Krause's work … were collaged in Adobe Photoshop into 12 x 12” double-page spreads. The text, selected from the publications of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, was made a part of the images using the appropriately named font "Dirty Ergo" by Eduardo Recife. Details printed on vellum, silver, and photo gloss papers were tipped into the book. Graphite, colored pencils, markers, metallic pigments, and gold leaf were used to add texture and reflectivity. Mylar stencils were cut by Universal Laser Systems to facilitate the application of embossing powder and leaf."

Clare Baker, Printing with Purpose, June 2009: "How does someone express the idea that our fragile environment is in trouble? Scientists and researchers use numbers and statistics to communicate this point. Activists and politicians may relate a story full of detail and examples to get their statement across. Fine artists, often without those same communication tools, often create artwork that visually speaks to the subject matter.

"Artist Dorothy Simpson Krause did just this with her recent exhibition Losing Ground—a visual commentary on how the effects of a growing global population and global warming are causing a figurative and literal loss of ground.".
$900

Little Red
a cautionary tale for girls of all ages
By Dorothy Simpson Krause
Marshfield, Massachusetts: Viewpoint Editions, 2007. Edition of 26.

6.5 x 5'' closed; 6.5 x 20" open; 4 panels with 6 printed pages. Concertina construction. Printed on Hahnemühle fine art paper. Bound in printed red canvas cover. Illustrated cover with modified Gustaf Doré etching.

Gustaf Doré etchings combined with words from an Ellen Steiber poem put a new twist on the traditional Little Red Riding Hood fairy tale — a cautionary tale for women of all ages even today.

Sometimes, I explain, it's hard to tell the difference between the ones who love you and the ones who will eat you alive.

SGIA Journal, First Quarter 2009, Crossing Borders: "Krause was inspired to create Little Red by finding a Little Red Riding Hood doll whose skirt flipped over to reveal a wolf while an embedded music box played Who's Afraid of the Big Bad Wolf. She chose to use three Gustaf Doré etchings and a phrase from a poem by Ellen Steiber, "Silver and Gold," for the book's content. The book's back [the back side of the accordion] has a longer portion of the Steiber poem and a picture of the doll."
$450

Vengeance is Mine
By Dorothy Simpson Krause
Marshfield, Massachusetts: Viewpoint Editions, 2003. Edition of 20.

4.5 x 4.5 closed; 4.5 x 40" open. Accordion-fold book. Inkjet print on Epson fine art paper. Typeface: FF Beowolf™ (Erick van Blokland, Just van Rossum). Bound with lead-wrapped wood covers with a copper ornament. Satin ribbon tie closure. Words and images by Dorothy Simpson Krause. Original photographs by Jan Doucette, Mary Taylor, and Richard Krause.

Dorothy Simpson Krause: "This book is part of the series, body + soul, which began with photographs of twin performance artists, Emily and Abigail Taylor. The text … refers to mothers whose children are sacrificed. The cover is lead, both beautiful and dangerous, with a metal lily referencing life."
$600