Search: International Artists Books


Introduction |  Basic |  Guided |  Advanced |  Tips


    Full Details


The Human Volcano
The Stories of Captain Don, One Man Side Show, Sword Swallower, Fire Eater & Tattooed Man

Item date(s): 2012

Alan Govenar
Caren Heft


Pages: unpaged
Size: 410mm
Edition: One of 35 copies


Place publication: Stevens Point, WI
Publisher: The Arcadian Press

Additional notes:
Alan and I talked for years about this book and finally here it is. The photographs, originally Cibachromes, are inkjet prints made by Katy Parker at Coupralux in Dallas. The papers are Hahnemuhle and Root River Mill cotton made by Lisa Beth Robinson, Brian Borchardt, Jeff Morin and me. The type is Michael Bixler's Perpetua, Arcadian Press Barnum and Jeff Morin's Congo. The eccentric wood type was a gift from Mark Bruggeman. I designed, printed (on my Vandercook 4), and bound the book at the Arcadian Press in summer, fall and winter 2012 - 2013, assisted by students Alexander Landerman and Tim Vermeulen. Fennel-the-dog and Shop Cat (Oleander) also helped.

The edition is 35 with 5 Artist's Proof copies.

Caren Heft

Bound accordion-style and housed in an orange box with decorated lid which also contains a DVD in rap-around folder.

Reference note:
Additional Material

Ref: GB/14042



© Jack Ginsberg Centre for Book Arts (JGCBA). All rights reserved.