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Panthers Panthers contains 31 previously unpublished poems by acclaimed poet Michael Dennis Browne. The poems are brief and act as suggestions for larger thoughts brought by the reader. Browne suggests that the poems are best read while in a hypnogogic or hypnopompic state of mind, while entering or waking from sleep, when one is most imaginative and contemplative. Browne is also a librettist and lyricist and his work in writing for music inspired the design of Panthers. As well as a book artist and bibliophile, Schilling harbors a deep love of music. Therefore, the idea of using the book structure to act as a composition around the text, to float the poems along in the way a musical composition lifts its lyrics, defined the pages of the book. The design creates a peaceful meditative environment through the placement of the poems and photographs on the page. Ample ‘white’ space is provided around each poem. The text shifts from horizontal on one page to vertical on the next. The reader must physically turn the book to read it. This action creates a rhythm for the reader that is physical in the same way one can be physically moved while listening to music. Printing, photographic illustrations and binding by Wilber "Chip" Schilling at Indulgence Press in Minneapolis. 60pp, 107mm x 154mm. The deluxe edition is 26 copies letterpress printed on MacGregor & Vinzani handmade paper. The pages are French folded and include cyanotype photographic prints, sewn on exposed cords laced into wooden boards with a clamshell box bound with blue goatskin and indigo dyed handmade paper by Hark!. The standard edition is 125 letterpress printed copies on Moab Natural paper with archival inkjet photographs, hard bound in grey Japanese cloth screen-printed with a photographic illustration in silver ink. The standard edition is housed in a dark grey Italian cloth slipcase. Both editions are typeset in Reykjavik and Philosophia. All copies are hand signed by the artist and the author. Copyright © Indulgence Press Standard
edition Price: $300.00 |
