Birds of the Bible: Raven.

Berkeley, Califonira:: never mind the press ,, 2019.. Edition of 18. 5.75 x 7.5"closed, extends to 44 x 7.5"; 14 pages. Accordion and signature combination book. Letterpress printed from handset English and Hebrew metal type and linocuts on hand marbled (Suminagashi) mulberry paper. Signatures sewn with sashiko thread. Walnut Paperwood endpapers. Black cloth covered boards in matching black cloth slipcase. Signed and numbered by the artist. Alisa Golden: "After learning that the raven was the first bird Noah sent out of the ark, preceding the dove, I had questions. If ravens mate for life, what happened to the mate? What did the raven do besides return and fly 'to and fro?' I wrote my own interpretation from the point of view of the raven. "The center mountain fold is letterpress printed in both English and Hebrew in rainbow colors with part of the Jewish prayer said upon seeing a rainbow. I machine stitched the lightweight paper to heavier paper with rainbow thread in a leaf pattern, signifying dry land. "I marbled mulberry paper with the Japanese Suminagashi technique where inks are floated on water and stirred to get organic waves, the Flood waters. "In present day, occasionally ravens stop in at the Osprey nest that I watch online, generally when the Ospreys are away and the ravens scavenge for scraps of fish. I was alerted to a raven camera in Iceland by one of my fellow Osprey watchers, and was able to observe them as the young grew and eventually fledged and disappeared. The reduction cut at the end of the book was based on a screen shot from that Icelandic nest." "Orev. Raven was sent out first into an unrecognizable landscape, then returned to find Noah somewhat disengaged from life as he turned to his vineyard, perhaps for solace from the disaster that was the Flood.