Cathy DeForest
On Wings of Song
Limited Edition Artist Book
$125

Colophon: “On Wings of Song was written by Cathy DeForest, a Northwest printmaker and book artist. Her five prose poems were inspired by a bird's nest which fell out of her wisteria bush around the time her sons were going off to school.”

We are nest builders, mothers of destiny.
Twig after twig, we simultaneously both fortify
and soften the nest: a sanctuary from harm's
way, a cradle to feed and nourish soul and
body. Ingenuity builds the nest, ...

3.75 x 8.75"; 10 pages. Letterpress printed on Rives BFK with a Vandercook SP20. Set in Caslon type. Images are original graphite drawings. Each image hand painted with watercolors and gouache. Housed in a lightweight blue-paper envelope-style enclosure with slip-out flap closure. Written and illustrated by Cathy DeForest. Book design by Brenda Cornett and Cathy DeForest. 2008. Edition of 100.

To purchase this work please contact Laura at 23 Sandy Gallery.

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