Tea Ceremonies
[Corner Brook, Newfoundland]: [Marlene MacCallum], [2016]. 19.4 x 13 cm. Concertina structure, printed on one side only, enclosed in folded cream paper covers. Lettering printed in pale bronze to the upper cover and the spine. Housed in a folded paper slipcase with a slot closure. Unpaginated [ll. 23: concertina-fold leaves, including self-ends]. A fine copy. Matthew Hollett’s text was set in 12 pt Cloister Old Style and printed letterpress. It was printed, and occasionally overprinted, in pale beige (reminiscent of tea stains) and black on an unidentified white paper. Marlene MacCallum’s image responses are polymer gravures and lithographs (“the tea stains are actually lithographs”). From an edition of 20 copies. This copy is an artist’s proof and is numbered ‘A/P 2’ in pencil. Signed in pencil by MacCallum and Hollett on the colophon page.
Tea Ceremonies was awarded the Second Prize in the 2016 The Alcuin Society Awards for Excellence in Book Design in Canada. Item #276
“Tea Ceremonies is a collaboration with Newfoundland artist and writer, Matthew Hollett. The piece began with Matthew’s text and I then created an image response and designed the book layout and structure. This work celebrates everyday rituals and small ceremonies. The piece explores repetition and sequence in its use of layered text paralleling the way everyday activities leave residue. Text, photogravure images and lithographic tea stains interact in counterpoint throughout the sequence of the book.”— Marlene MacCallum.
Price: $375.00