2004

A hand-printed book.

The text of the book is an alternate story of Adam and Eve, written by the artist .

The story of Adam and Eve is intertwined with Paradise symbols, goddess, andgarden mythology,  andthe subject was a natural outgrowth to the garden symbol alphabet books Ihad created previously. In my study of symbolism, I have found that many old symbolsand myths have been adopted and modified by modern religions.  I thought that the Adam and Eve story might bea prime example of this, so I wrote a slightly different version of the story.

Technical: Six full spread woodcuts illustrate the book, along with collographs on alternating pages.  These were printed with wood type on a Takach etching press using Akua-color. The pages arealso toned by hand-coloring. The binding is sewn on a concertina with green linen thread. The cover is a simplified style binding witha green leather spine stamped in gold and wood boards, covered in rubbingsmade from the woodcuts. Housed in a drop back book box made by Priscilla Spitler.

30 copies. ( 9 available).

11” X 15” x 5/8”.

$1200

Copies of this book are housed in the following collections: Library of Congress, Washington, DC. Jack Ginsberg Collection, South Africa. University of Idaho, Pocatello, ID. Denver Public Library, Denver, CO. University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT. Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut. Morgan Conservatory, Cleveland, OH. Penrose Library, University of Denver, Denver, CO. Wells College, Wells, NY. Jaffe Collection, Florida Atlantic University, Florida. Oberlin College, Oberlin, OH. Bibliotheca Librorum apud Artificem in Sydney, Australia.