April 12, 2024
MAKING A CHAIR Neil Gaiman SIGNED LIMITED BROADSIDE
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MAKING A CHAIR ByNeil Gaiman Signed, Limited EditionFirst Edition / First Printing Biting Dog Press 11" x 15" Broadside - Fine / As newLimited to 300 copies of which only 150 were for saleSigned by Neil Gaiman and George Walker A true collectors edition, in fantastic conditionPerfect for framing and ships rolled in a tube Synopsis / Contents: The Gaiman poem was printed in a limited edition of 300 copies on a Vandercook proof press. The paper is Stonehenge Rising cream 250gm with a deckle edge on the right hand side. The paper is machine-made in the United States, from 100% cotton fibers and is acid-free. The inks used were Van Son and Hostmann & Steinberg oil based and rubber based inks. The typefaces used were Cheltenham roman and italic lead handset moveable type from the California Job Case. Minion Pro and Myriad were printed as digital type. The digital type was made into letterpress plates by creating a negative and processing the text into photo polymer plates and then mounting the plates onto a boxcar press base for printing. The artwork was created by engraving on the endgrain of Canadian maple wood that was machined to type high blocks for printing. Eight impressions (individual times hand fed through the press) were made for each print making it a total of over 3000 impressions including proof and set-up sheets used
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