Broadsides
The Desiderata
This popular poem of pactical wisdom and eternal truths (often attributed as anonymous) was written by poet Max Ehrmann in 1927. We present it here as an image made from pure typography. Designed and handset in Goudy's types, it is printed letterpress in three colors on a handmade paper from Twinrocker mill. We hung a framed copy of this piece by our door so that when we leave the house a short phraseâ€""Go placidly," or "take kindly the counsel of the years"â€"will catch our eye and help our day. It's a favorite gift of wisdom. Shown here with sea green mat.
Broadside, unmatted, 11 x 14 inches
Broadside, unmatted, 11 x 14 inches
Price: $18.00
Canticle of the Sun
This famous verse by St. Francis of Assisi is printed on Fabriano Tiepolo paper by an Epson 2200 printer. The type is set in Neue Hammer Uncial. The digital images are taken from original gouache paintings made for a casebound book, printed letterpress, which will be available later this summer.
Broadside, 11 x 17 inches
Broadside, 11 x 17 inches
Price: $15
Poem by Thomas Merton
Offset Lithographic Illustration by Virginia Mudd
This is a broadside edition of the accordion-fold book, If You Seek a Heavenly Light. It further honors the inspiration and life of Thomas Merton. The poem is hand set in the Goudy Thirty typeface and printed by letterpress. It is ideal for framing.
Broadside edition, unfolded, unbound, 8 1/2 x 18 inches
Offset Lithographic Illustration by Virginia Mudd
This is a broadside edition of the accordion-fold book, If You Seek a Heavenly Light. It further honors the inspiration and life of Thomas Merton. The poem is hand set in the Goudy Thirty typeface and printed by letterpress. It is ideal for framing.
Broadside edition, unfolded, unbound, 8 1/2 x 18 inches
Price: $10.00
The Heart Sutra
The Prajna Paramita Heart Sutra is one of the oldest and most well-known Mahayana sutras. The teaching of Avalokiteshvara, Bodhisattva of compassion, about the enlightenment experience, has been translated into many languages. This translation is by Djann Hoffman, with major assistance from poet Peter Levitt and Jakush Kwong Roshi. The text is handset in Goudy's Italian Old Style, printed letterpress within a wine-colored border and circling gold buddhas.
Broadside, 10 3/4 x 13 1/2 inches
Broadside, 10 3/4 x 13 1/2 inches
Price: $15.00
Song For Salmon Babies
This poignant short poem of Clifford's celebrates a life cycle that connects the chain of being we are all an intimate part of. In the intense instincts of the Pacific salmon lies deeply imbedded the metaphor of our lives; we are the returning fish of consciousness; we are the flesh of that great flashing body. In this broadside edition, the poem is printed letterpress (the typeface is Caslon) on Rives heavy mouldmade paper, bordered by a monoprint of wild water and silvery salmon.
Broadside, 7 3/4 x 9 3/4 inches
Broadside, 7 3/4 x 9 3/4 inches
Price: $12.00
Talking With Raven
Broadside poem and linoleum cut by Clifford Burke
A gang of ravens found a bag of spoiled horse feed thrown on the compost pile, and for a couple of weeks they hung out on the corral rails, feasting. Hidden in the barn I could look right into their sharp eyes, hear their wispers to one another. This poem celebrates that intricate language of the raven, reluctant guardian and critic of our life in the high country.
Handset in Italian Old Style and American Uncial types, and printed on handmade Chapin from the Twinrocker mill.
Broadside, 14 x 18 1/2 inches
A gang of ravens found a bag of spoiled horse feed thrown on the compost pile, and for a couple of weeks they hung out on the corral rails, feasting. Hidden in the barn I could look right into their sharp eyes, hear their wispers to one another. This poem celebrates that intricate language of the raven, reluctant guardian and critic of our life in the high country.
Handset in Italian Old Style and American Uncial types, and printed on handmade Chapin from the Twinrocker mill.
Broadside, 14 x 18 1/2 inches
Price: $18.00