Mallard

By Jesse De Long
Gordo, Alabama: Curly Head Press, 2012. Edition of 22. - See more at: http://vampandtramp.com/finepress/c/Curly-head-press.html#mallard

4 x 6"; 8 shaped leaves. Printed on handmade cotton and abaca paper treated with a watercolor and salt technique. Letterpress printed with photopolymer plates. Bound with thread and wood. Slipped in envelope cloth wrapper.

This is the third collaboration with between Sonja Rossow and poet Jesse De Long.

Sonja Rossow: "It is a simple binding using a Japanese hole punch and a branch to secure the content. The wrapper is cloth that has been dyed to reflect the content and feel of the book."

not parting the water, no, but moving its shape aside
the way I would a lover, so that, ...

$125