THE RAVEN SITS Letterpress and engraving chapbook poem, limited edition print artwork.
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| 46 sales | 4 out of 5 starsTHE RAVEN SITS Letterpress and engraving chapbook poem, limited edition print artwork.
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Materials: paper, print, ink, letterpress, engraving, printing, carving, lino, typography
THE RAVEN SITS – a poem by Mark Vernon Thomas, illustrated by Helen Morley of Wigtown Press.
Mark Vernon Thomas is a poet living deep in the Machars, South-west Scotland. He has been published in a number of magazines internationally, is a Federation of (Scottish) Writers 2020 prize winner and is included among the Champions 2020 poets on the Scottish Poetry Library website. He is very fond of cats.
This entirely hand printed artist book (or chapbook) is illustrated with acrylic engravings developed from intuitively made mono-prints and the text is hand printed with moveable metal type, printed on a recently restored Cropper Minerva printing press. The text is printed in black ink on dark blue card as a response to the mysterious opening and closing of the poem and its darkness, which similarly demands close scrutiny.
It is set in 12 and 14pt Baskerville fount on 170gsm deckle edged Zerkall smooth paper, is hand sewn, signed by the poet and artist, and is limited to 50 copies. The internal print measures approximately 76x25cm and is £40 including free UK P&P.
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ralph renard 06 Jan, 2021
Order of 9 December still not delivered!!!! The Raven Sits. Please advise why?
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Pamela Staryak 30 Oct, 2018
Gorgeous workmanship and I would not hesitate to order from this craftsman! Awesome customer service as well! Thank you!
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Gillian McAllister 09 Nov, 2018
Really delighted with this barrette. It is a beautiful design and well made. It arrived by post promptly too!
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Bronwyn Wictome 07 Jan, 2021
Beautiful! You can see the care and attention put into the work x
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