Cataracts Wrecks (Night).

Steven Point, Wisconsin:: Arcadian Press,, 2016.. Edition of 47. 7.5 x 10"; 32 pages. Accordion binding. Printed on handmade papers at the Arcadian Press using the Gill Sans from the Star Type Foundry and Rudolph Koch's Kabel Light. Sewn binding with paper over boards. Numbered. Caren Heft: "I am 77 years old now, struggling with the changes brought about by encroaching old age. In my quest to come to some sort of acceptance, I asked Walter Hamady to tell me about becoming blind. He sent the text used here. And when I asked Kristin Thielking the meaning of her shipwreck work, she wrote this text for me, at which point I decided to use the two texts together. "As usual, a book is a collaborative effort, almost like a neighborhood. Tim Vermeullen taught me how to dye paper with Indigo. Mark Brueggeman dyed the Root River Mill abaca and flax papers with me and together we learned to do rice paste resist stencils. Julie Sittler laser cut the stencils, extrapolated from Japanese kimono patterns. Lise Beth Robinson and Kristin Thielking developed the silk screens for their collaborative glass sculpture. Lise Hawkos showed me the binding. Collaboration, like-minded people working toward a common goal, is a joy that makes old age almost bearable. (Inventory #: 22641)