COLLECTION NAME:
Artists' Book Collection
Record
Title:
Back Roads To Far Places After Basho
Creator:
Ferlinghetti, Lawrence
Creator:
Peek, Stephanie
Description:
A Japanese hand scroll with nine poems by Lawrence Ferlinghetti, accompanied by ten spit bite etchings by San Francisco artist Stephanie Peek. The poems, inspired by Haiku poet Massou Basho, were set and letterpress printed by Alan Hillesheim at Digger Pine Press in Berkeley. The etchings were printed by Paul Mullowney at Tokugenji Zen temple in Nara, Japan. The paper is hand dyed Yoshino Kizuki and the entire piece is mounted exquisitely with gold and silk brocade borders by master craftsman Shasaku Yoshimura in Ouda, Japan. Peek designed the scroll and worked closely with Moshimura to choose the silks used on the borders and the backing. It resembles a traditional Japanese format except that it reads from left to right. The etchings are mounted on a paper that is made from 100% kozo that was dyed with the inner bark of the silk tree before the process of forming the sheets. The rolled scroll is stored in an elegant paulownia wood box. Signed on the lid by the poet. Accompanying documentation in box: "Back roads to far places after Basho. Poetry by Lawrence Ferlinghetti. 10 etchings by Stephanie Peek. Printed by Paul Mullowney, Tokugenji Press, Nara, Japan. Mounting by Shosaku Yoshimura, Ouda, Japan. Edition printed on Yoshino Kizuki paper handmade by Hiroyuki Fukunishi. Edition of 10 scrolls numbered 1/10 through 10/10 plus 3 artists' proofs and 1 trial proof. Text hand-set in Centaur type by Michael Bixler, Skaneateles, New York. Letterpress printed by Alan Hillesheim, Digger Pine Press, Berkeley, California. Design and layout by Stephanie Peek. Published April 2003."
Subject:
Art, Abstract
Subject:
Artistic collaboration
Subject:
Nature in art
Subject:
Poetry
Publisher:
Tokugenji Press
Date:
2003
Language:
English
Type:
Still Image
Extent:
1 scroll : color illustrations ; 31 x 236 cm in wooden box 36 x 8 x 7 cm
Format/Medium:
Artists' books
Format/Medium:
Aquatint (printing process)
Format/Medium:
Boxes (containers)
Format/Medium:
Brocade (textile)
Format/Medium:
Hand composition
Format/Medium:
Handmade paper
Format/Medium:
Letterpress printing
Format/Medium:
Scrolls (information artifacts)
Format/Medium:
Wood
Source:
Back Roads To Far Places After Basho, in Jen Library Archives and Special Collections, Savannah College of Art and Design.
Rights:
Copyright is retained by the authors or artists of items in this collection, or their descendants, as stipulated by United States copyright law.
Identifier:
b13042701
Identifier:
i12545211
SCAD Location:
Jen Library (Savannah)
