Filter Vol. II

Pre-Order Vol. II! Copies will be available late October/early November:
Tinkferfinch Books and Art


















Filter is a hand-bound literary journal that features original poetry, prose, art and erasures. The book is sewn together by hand using various colors of waxed Irish Linen thread and an exposed spine binding with a modified button-hole binding technique. End papers are hand torn and come from various sources including Japanese Washi paper, pages from Apgar’s Plant Analysis Adapted to All Botanies (1892) (some of which include the notes, illustrations and actual flower pressings of a Mr. D.A. Powell made in the Spring of 1904), and color plates from Travelling With The Birds (1933). Books feature an accordion-fold erasure booklet made from hand torn Rives Heavyweight paper, each hand printed using 10 separate ink screens and slipped into hand made envelopes created from pages of old books about magic and maps featuring nations that no longer exist. All of the color artwork is tipped in by hand. There are two different cover designs (Aardvark & Aardwolf) by Amy Jean Porter (Jubilat, McSweeny’s). The covers are each screen printed by hand, using 3-4 screens and 7 colors.

List of Contibutors:

Mary Jo Bang, Jennifer Borges Foster, Matt Briggs, Rebecca Brown, Elizabeth Colen, John Cross, Rachel Davis, Dana Elkun, Emily Kendal Frey, Johana Fuhrman, Adriana Grant, Carol Guess, Matthea Harvey, Maggie Jackson, Ariana Kelly, Counsel Langley, Kate Lebo, Norman Lock, Erin Malone, Ben Mazer, Brian McGuigan, Tatyana Mishel ,Sierra Nelson, Nico Vassilakis, David Mitsuo Nixon, John Olson, Roberta Olson, John Osebold, Deborah Poe, Amy Jean Porter, Trisha Ready, Bob Redmond, Zach Savich, Amy Schrader, Claudia Smith, Kary Wayson, Deborah Woodard, Corrina Wycoff.

These two pieces from my recent Cloud Atlas series are in Filter Vol. II

books

I love books. Now I am making them. First one commemorates the one-year anniversary of Emerald's awesome artistic debut. This is no mere scrapbook! It a professionally designed artist's catalog, 34 pages in-length with 64 full-color images.

Take a sneak peek and place your order if you're so inclined . . . .
Profits from her book will go to purchase art supplies.

Emerald Honor ...

FIRST ART SHOW!

By Mama

Book Preview

In the works is a book about Bridges & Weather featuring my paintings and an epic work documenting the past three years of the "hottest little gallery on the Olympic Peninsula," AOT.

Visual Codec's ONE SHOT

Hot off the presses! I've got my copy.
THIS BOOK RULZ!

One Shot features work by 100 regional artists selected in a blind jury process. Includes many Northwest heavyweights--I am honored to be in such good company!

"One Shot is a thing a of beauty -- an elegant 5 1/2" square volume of images with a silver pistol printed discreetly on its embossed black cover. The reproduction quality is of the first order and the represented artists include many favorites and a few surprises. Years from now, I suspect, historians seeking a document that reveals the essense of our present moment will lean heavily on this textless tome. It will go on my shelf beside Charles Cowles's Northwest Traditions and Bruce Guenther's 50 Northwest Artists, but will compare favorably with them in terms of style and intent."

Jim Demetre
Artdish Editor

Cityscape 14 (Resources)
acrylic, ink, glitter
36 x 36"
2006

Visual Codec’s One Shot–-a locally published book featuring work by 100 regional artists working in the visual arts. Visual Codec, published a monthly online magazine from February 2006 to February 2007. Its core focus was in-depth coverage of the vibrant regional contemporary visual arts scene showcased by three pivotal Pacific Coast cities: Portland, Oregon, Seattle, Washington, and Vancouver, British Columbia. Online archives of the magazine can be found at: www.visualcodec.com.

In conjunction with the magazine, Visual Codec spearheaded One Shot, a book project intended to showcase both emerging and established regional visual arts talent drawn from Oregon, Washington, and British Columbia.

One Shot features work by 100 regional artists selected in a blind jury process. Each artist/team was allowed to submit only one work of art, and, while up for review by the jury, each entry was presented with only the medium it was created in, the title of the work, and the general knowledge that it was created somewhere in the region. No artist names, gallery affiliations, cities, resumes, or artistic statements were presented to the jury.

One Shot Book Specifications
- Custom cover foil-pressed on cardstock
- Internal pages laser CMYK on 28lb Bright White
- Dimensions approx. 5.5"w x 5.5"h x .5"d
- Locally conceived, designed, compiled, printed and bound

One Shot Online Availability

The One Shot book is now available, to Washington, Oregon and Vancouver BC residents, direct from Visual Codec to OR, WA, and BC residents via PayPal. Books run below cost at $20USD plus any applicable tax and shipping/handling. No PayPal account is needed to purchase via PayPal. Please allow 1-2 weeks for shipping. All sales are final; no returns or refunds.

BUY NOW

Online sales everywhere else (nat'l and int'l) will be handled by www.powells.com (coming soon)!!

One Shot In-Store Availability

In conjunction with the release events we are also working hard to make the book available via select retailers in PortlandOR, SeattleWA, and VancouverBC.

Powell's City of Books has confirmed status as our Portland retailer, Wall of Sound will be handling Seattle in-store sales, and we are still working on confirmation with our Vancouver retailer.

Updates available as retailer stock becomes available...