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Fatal Fairy

Item date(s): 2017

Catherine Alice Michaelis


Pages: unpaged
Size: 125mm, oblong
Inscription: Signed by the artist
Edition: #11/40


Place publication: n. p.
Publisher: May Day Press

Additional notes:
Decorated Japanese stab binding.

Western papers hand-dyed directly from plants by the artist are interleaved with Japanese papers printed with hand-set metal and wood types and photopolymer plates from hand drawn talismans, all letterpress printed in over forty-two print runs with eighteen colors. Bound with a side-sewn stitch. Each copy contains unique botanical contact printed papers.

Written by the artist, Fatal Fairy traces and connects seven pairings of words to their linguistic roots. The pairs are fatal/fairy, Beltane/black, democracy/demon, alchemy/font, Hades/envy, glamour/grammar, and talisman/entelechy.

Ref: GB/16149







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