Eastern repousse bound, one of a kind, long stitch book
Copper, hand lettered and mixed media over printed photo montages of original collages

5-3/8" long x 3-3/8" wide x 1-5/8" high
© 2011, V. Lansford $3800.

The text is William Butler Yeats' politically charged poem, The Second Coming. I used Photoshop to create a continuous digital montage of mixed media collages that I've created over the past 4 years and printed them on Arches watercolor paper. I used various paints and pastels to enhance the printed images and lettered the poem with Japanese text inks over the top. The calligraphic hand for much of the poem is Carolingian. The hand for both the Eastern repousse letters on the cover, as well as key words of the poem, is a cursive-like Carolinian variation designed by Reggie Ezell.

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Comment by Lora Hart on December 4, 2011 at 8:20pm

Beautiful Victoria. The repousse is so crisp. Just lovely.

Comment by Victoria Lansford on November 25, 2011 at 3:24pm
Thanks! That means so much coming from such accomplished smiths as yourselves!
Comment by 2Roses on November 25, 2011 at 10:27am

Love this! Not only a bravura piece of repousse but a fantastic example of extending the medium beyond the normal boundaries. Great work Victoria.

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