Birds of Manhattan

Birds of Manhattan

High Tide Press, New York, New York, 1998

Description

My printshop contains a motorized Brand etching press and a Vandercook 219 proving press. The type is printed letterpress, either from Linotype slugs or hand set. Display type is from a collection of wood and metal faces assembled over the years, including some old fonts from the nineteenth century.

The collagraph (a print pulled from a collage plate of cardboard, paper, sand, fabric, and found objects) is a particularly favored technique of mine and most of my images are created by this method.

I do not bind my books, but use several binders whose work I have come to respect for their craftsmanship and ability. I have clear ideas as to what form these bindings should take to complement my own work. I am also convinced that text and image should reinforce and relate to each other: simple concept, but difficult achievement.

Collections: 50 Books | 50 Covers of 1998
Discipline: Book design
Format: Book

Credits

Design firm
High Tide Press
Art director/designer
John Ross
Illustrator
John Ross
Typefaces
Palatino, Wood Type
Typographer
Kent LeFebvre/Signs Plus
Printer
High Tide Press
Binding
Hope Bindery
Paper
Arches Cover, Rives BFK, Lenox 100, Stonehenge, Lana Cover, Coventry, French Speckletone
Author
Lloyd Jones
Publisher
John Ross
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