BLiNK
By Dana F. Smith and Christian Philip Zimmerman
2010, San Francisco, California
edition of 20 • price is $2500
The hand crafted pages of this book are created with digital collages which are inkjet printed with archival inks, on coated 100% rag paper, and then manually surprinted with exquisite woodcuts and hand-painted text which emphasizes the emotional repurcussions of handwriting and calligraphy.
The book began with Philip Z’s poetic response to a children’s book from the early 70's. The imagery was then developed using a call-and-response collaborative strategy; the text was used as a structure around which Dana's digital-collages were organized. The next step was to develop a series of woodcut block designs that would surprint the images. Then the text was re-edited and hand-painted onto the pages for the final result.
These layers of printing techniques have resulted in a work where lush color, vibrant surface density and complex narrative coalesce into a work of unusual depth. The book is constructed using the accordion format with a canvas cover on front and back. This format allows for the piece to be unfolded and viewed as one long, continuous work of art, as well as a book with pages.
Digital Collage and photography by Dana F. Smith
Woodcut printing, and hand painted poetry by Christian Philip Zimmerman
Hand bound with accordion-style binding and hard canvas cover
Closed book measures 12” by 9”
Collections:
- Stanford University, Palo Alto, California
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