Of the Earth (Fine Press Edition)

Michael Strickland

As I began to create images for this collection, I wanted a way to embody the desert in both the images and the prints and to capture fleeting moments, often found in deep canyons of the southwestern US. My goal was to create the same emotion for the viewer that I felt when seeing the composition pop into focus on the ground glass of my camera. I want you to smell the musty air on a crisp autumn morning and listen for the deafening silence. To see these prints are to see and feel a piece of the desert and Of The Earth.

—Michael Strickland

Book Details:

• Containing six-color carbon transfer prints made by Michael Strickland, presented in a removable binding capable of being de-constructed for framing and exhibition of all prints, then re-constructed for display and storage as a book
  

• Prints made using pigments of pulverized earth from around the world (see here for descirption of printing method)
  

• Accompanying text from Michael Strickland and Geologist Karl Mueller
  

• Third-generation wire-edge binding design by Daniel Kelm
  

• Clamshell case with Cave Paper inserts and samples of the six earth pigments used in the prints and cover
  

• Custom book covers, each one a unique artifact

• Letterpress printed on a Vandercook IV press by Horton Tank Graphics
  

• Blind de-bossed interior front and rear book covers, showing topography map of the regional area where the photographs were made

• Containing 10 unique prints both under and over matted, ready for display in an exhibition format (enabled by the removable binding)
  

• Limited to an edition of 20 numbered copies, and lettered copies A–G

  
  Contact Veritas Editions for pricing and edition availability

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