My books are mainly made of hand-shaped paper of different qualities and printed in various graphic art techniques.
ICELAND SPOR, book with pictures printed on hand molded cotton / linen paper in most art graphic techniques. The book’s sice 22×28 cm.
Woodcut in two colors
Engraving in two colors
Zylography in two colors
Lithography on dyed paper
Woodcut in three blocks
BLOCK, handmade book in linnenfibre with 9 mezzotints and a little block of stone.
18 x 18 cm
Mezzotint printed with two plates
Mezzotint printed with two plates
Mezzotint printed with two plates
SCRIPT, handmade book in linnen
and mineral printed in a letterpress.
18 x 18 cm
Bearbetad bild ur boken Script
Bearbetad bild ur boken Script
Bearbetad bild ur boken Script
Bearbetad bild ur boken Script
HRJOSTRUGT, hand molded book in linen and jutepapper 10 mezzotinter. The book’s sice 18×18 cm
Mezzotint
Mezzotint
Mezzotint
ERLING GUSTAFSSON PAPER ART
Edition 99 copies.
Size 22.5 x 36 cm
All the paper is hand molded.
All images are printed in graphic art techniques.
84 pages plus flyleaf and lens zoom ink marbleing.
The inlay consists of 10 different paper grades:
100% bleached flax
100% bleached cotton fiber
50/50 cotton / unbleached flax
50/50 bleached cotton / flax
100% linen rags
Lokta (inner bark)
Kozo (inner bark)
Mitsumata (inner bark)
Japanese rice
13 paper samples of previous work.
The pictures in the book are printed as:
2 color Etchings
1 mezzotint
3 Serigraph
1 woodengraving
5 woodcut
3 letterpress (from polymer plates)
2 lithographs
3 Ink marbleing
1 pulp painting
The text is printed in letterpress with lead.
The typeface is Garamond 12 point.
Cover:
Kaki Shibu reated kozopapper printed in letterpress and screen.