Cape Cod Bay - Light and Water
Philadelphia: Luminice Press, 2025. Hardcover. Number 4 of 13 copies signed by the book artists. Book artist and printer Thomas Parker Williams began creating artists' books in 1998 while also painting. As of 2009 he has limited his art practice exclusively to artists' books. In that year he also began collaborating with his wife, photographer Mary Agnes Williams. In 2013 they started Luminice Press, incorporating letterpress printing into artists' books and broadsides. The artists' books draw on a range of conceptual sources in creating their books, including mathematics, music, literature, theology, philosophy, astronomy, natural sciences, and Eastern thought. Books by Williams or the Luminice Press may be found in over 50 public collections around the country.
This beautiful book was inspired by a visit to Cape Cod in 2024. Thomas decided to video the bay at four different times during the day - early morning, noon, afternoon, and sunset, He says that the steady wind produced wave motion that suggested the rhythm of the suite of music he composed soon after, followed by this artist's book. The book is bound in gray cloth, with a bright blue inset with a reduction linocut illustration, The book is printed on Arches mould made paper on 16 leaves with color illustrations done as reduction linocuts with oil based pochoir and hand painted accents, and etchings with hand-applied washes, and hand-drawn waves with fragments from the original music score. The text is printed in 12 pt. Janson Italic and letterpress printed on the press of the Luminice Press designed and built by Thomas. Included with this artist's book are an audio of the music composed for this work, and a video recording of the music performed, recorded, and edited by Thomas - both on an enclosed flashdrive. Also accompanying the book is a separate sheet with stills from the video, and a more detailed description of the music and its performance. Both are housed in a black stiff paper folder that also holds the audio and video recordings. In fine condition. Book Measures 8 x13.25 inches. Unpaginated. ARTB/041625. Fine.
Item #37885
Price: $1,500.00