1450
medium: Text page: Strathmore charcoal paper. Covers: mulberry paper and book cloth.
printed: Letterpress from handset type
binding: Multi-signature sewn binding with hard covers
size/date: 7" x 9.5" x .25" closed 2014
edition size: 25.
Written, designed, printed and bound by Linda K Johnson
Description: An homage to Gutenberg's having perfected the invention of metal movable type and the printing press around 1450. The letterforms on page 1 are randomly scattered about the page. The reader flips or turns the 15 text pages of this artist's book as the concept and message is slowly revealed.
Letterforms move into place to form a single line of text "This book was printed from metal movable type."
Elements
medium: commercial, handmade, mouldmade and re-purposed papers
printed: Laserprinted on vellum
binding: Text pages woven together to hinge one page to the next and to attach hard covers
size/date: 8" x 5.5" x 2" closed 2012
edition size: 10.
Text is excerpts from the classic text "The Virgin of the World"
Designed, printed and bound by Linda K Johnson
Description: Inspired by the five classic elements; air, water, earth, fire and aether, Elements is a woven cacophony of commercial, handmade and re-purposed papers. Both the visual component of each page and the binding structure are the result of weaving a variety of papers together.
Season's of Winter
medium: cotton papertowel text pages with Amate paper covers and Awagami fly sheets
printed: Letterpress from handset type
binding: Stab binding
size/date: 15.25" x 7.75" x .25" open 2008
edition size: 25.
Written by Randy Mayes
Designed, printed and bound by Linda K Johnson
Description: The poetic musings of winter's harshness and wonder is printed on papers that remind one of snow. The pages each a different length are layered with a torn foredged to connote the sense of time passing and ones observations of winter changing as the season progresses and ultimately gives way to spring. The book is bound at the top.
Blessing Bowl
medium: Strathmore and Neenah classic papers, Thai Unryu covered box.
printed: Letterpress
binding: circular concertina flag book
size/date: 7" x 7" x 4" open 5" x 4" x 2" in case. 2007.
edition size: 25.
Written, designed, printed and bound by Linda K Johnson
Description: A book of simple blessings offered and received as part of everyday life. Though most are not grandiose or even particularly special they fill my beggar’s bowl with all that is needed. Using a circular flag book concertina structure the book unfolds, wraps around and comes together in the shape of a bowl. The idea and structure for this book were inspired by buddhist monks (bhikkhus) who live their lives dependent on the alms (blessings) placed in their bowl.
They Said
medium: Cotton fabric.
printed: Text is Letterpress printed from handset wood and metal type.
binding: Hand and machine sewn into a quilt like structure
size/date: 9" x 9" x .75" folded, 27" x 27" x .15" unfolded. 2006.
edition size: 8.
Written, designed, printed and sewn by Linda K Johnson
Description: an autobiographic story about the life changing experience that is breast cancer. It is an experience that is shared by 1 in eight women in the US. One side shares thoughts, feelings and experiences from my journey through breast cancer. The reverse side of the quilted pages represent the journeys of 64 other women. Printing only first names, age of diagnosis and years living cancer free. It is my desire that this book communicate and connect with the viewer in a profound, unforgettable way through the softness of cloth and the warmth of a quilt.
The Nightingale and The Rose
medium: Letterpress text, pochoir illustrations, Rives Heavyweight and Fabriano Tiziano papers. Cloth hard covers with brocade fabric slipcase.
printed: Text is Letterpress printed from polymer plates.
binding: Sewn
size/date: 11”x14.5”x.5” 2005.
edition size: 25.
Written by Oscar Wilde in 1888.
Book Designed, printed and Illustrated by Linda K Johnson
Description: A Victorian children‘s story written by Oscar Willde is presented in a large book format with a sewn binding. Inspired by 16th century book design the pochoir illustrations create a border for the
letterpress printed text. The book with cloth wrapped hard covers is housed in a brocade slip case.
WorldWise
medium: Text on Nepalese Lama Li, maps on Neenah Classic, hard covers in Thai Unryu Reversible
printed: Text is Letterpress printed from polymer plates. Maps are printed digital offset.
binding: Flower fold with adhesive
size/date: 5”x5”x.5 2003.
edition size: 125.
Designed and printed by Linda K Johnson.
Funded the National Museum of Women in the Arts Fellowship
Description: Thirty two ancient proverbs from around the world are printed on a semi translucent lama li paper and folded into four miniature flower fold books made from reprints of nineteenth century maps. The four books are housed in a circular case.
Loose Ends
medium: Hand-cut illustrations, Neenah Classic imaging papers and Tapestry hard covers.
printed: Laserprinted
binding: Double accordion folded pages with a fore edge exposed sewn binding.
size/date: 9”x6”x1.5 2002.
edition size: 50.
Written by seven women authors. Designed and printed by Linda K Johnson
Description: Story was written as a collaborative progressive writing project. The structure of this book was designed to reflect the interwoven lives of the four women in the story and the writing process.
An Old Lady, A Worm and A Few Other Critters
medium: Digital illustrations on Neenah Classic Baronial Ivory paper. Hand cut tunnel book format
printed: Inkjet printed illustration pages and laserprinted text pages.
binding: Tunnel book format with accordion fold side panels
size/date: 5”x6”x10” 2000
edition size: 50.
Written, designed and illustrated by Linda K Johnson
Description: An old folk tale re-written with a South Florida twist
The Cup Runneth Over
medium: Digital illustrations output to photopolymer plates.
printed: Lettepress printed on Frankfurt by Zerkall Cream paper
size/date: 4.5”x4.5”x2.5” in Case 2000
edition size: 25.
Written, designed, illustrated and printed by Linda K Johnson
Description: Set of 6 coaster size books each with a short, humorous autobiographic story from my
childhood.
Twenty-Six Letters
medium: Letters in envelopes using a piano hinge bind. Covers and box in Momi handmade paper;
printed: text and illustrations laserprinted on Italian parchment
size/date: 7”x5”x4.25” 1998–1999
edition size: 20.
Designed and printed by Linda K Johnson
Letters written by Lewis Carroll
Illustrations by Yvonne van Rietschoten are based on the original illustration style of Tenniel.
Description: An abecedarium of 26 letters written by Charles Dodgson whose pen name was
Lewis Carroll.
On The Line
medium: Cotton muslin, mini-clothespins, cotton cord
printed: Silkscreen on cotton muslin. Offset printing on box
size/date: 5.5”x5.5”x.5 Printed in 1997.
edition size: 125.
Designed and printed by Linda K Johnson
Edited by Linda K. Johnson and Kristy Lewis.
Funded by a Grant from Women’s Studio Workshop and The New York State Council on the Arts.
Description: A dozen rumors or little known facts about well known artists and designers printed on
cotton muslin. The binding structure encourages viewer participation in hanging the rumors on the line.