11 pages and nine gatefolds. Paper: French Dur-O-Tone Orange Butcher 80 lb. cover; Lynx Soft White 80 lb. cover. The cover and title page are created using various wood fonts. The introduction and credits are set in Bembo 14 pt. English Monotype. Numbered.
[Jamie Mahoney]: “This is an unconventional exercise in artistic collaboration: nine of my graphic design students were teamed with nine published poets. Together, the teams picked for a selection of Hatch woodblocks dating back, to the 1930s. The poets then created original material in response to their chosen woodblock. The designers, in turn, created impressions based on the poems. Design inspiring poetry inspiring art. Each team has their own center spread in this unusual binding.”–(p. [3]).
Designers and writers make a great team. It took a while for my students to understand that this relationship is much different than a client relationship. In the beginning they didn’t see themselves as having an equal say in the process but as soon as they understood the writer was their partner, the work got so much better. –Ed. statement from p. [3].