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Thirteen Ways

 Twelve Days

  

A is for Alien

 Book of Crows The Journey

 

    Since life as an artist is constantly evolving, not to mention full of surprises, the last two years have found me involved with two new projects which made it necessary for me to begin learning the art of making books.  Twenty years in the graphic arts industry working in prepress, printing, and bindery has given me a rudimentary foundation from which to draw upon, but I soon found myself learning more than I had bargained for.   How a book is constructed, papermaking, and the wealth of materials with which to construct a book were some of the new challenges that awaited me.   I hope my patrons enjoy the journey as much as I.  Scroll down the page to begin, or click on the icons above to find out more about each book project.

    

   

Twelve Days

(the twelve days of Christmas)

rewritten and illustrated

by

Mark Hoppmann

 

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Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Blackbird

written by Wallace Stevens,

 illustrated by Mark Hoppmann

 

 
 
photography by P Russell                                                 www.prussellartist.com    

    Twelve Days is carefully created by the artist in his studio one book at a time.  Each cover is handmade in the artists studio from recycled materials and air dried in the rustic tradition, which emphasizes the textural qualities of the paper.   The original illustrations have been rendered by the artist in india ink using a steel crow quill, then scanned, and output using a inkjet printer onto commercially made recycled papers, before being assembled by hand.     Click on the image above to see selected illustrations from the book!

  

    Like Twelve Days,  my book, Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Blackbird written by the poet, Wallace Stevens and illustrated by Mark Hoppmann is a  handmade book.  However it was produced as a limited edition of 100 copies with only a few copies remaining   Inquire at for availability.  To go behind the scenes on the making of the book, Click on the image above to view the complete illustrations and poems from the book.

 

    

 

                                                                                                    

 

          

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