Tattoos without Ink

Tatuajes [Tattoos]

González Herrero, Lourdes

Notes: 26 pages. 7-1/2 by 10-1/2 inches. One of 100 copies.

Poems and short prose pieces by a Holguín poet, printed letterpress on handmade paper. The paper is embedded with flower petals; the cover of the book is a die-cut linoleum block print of an amphora, printed in red on paper dyed brown with natural pigments.

The book is illustrated by Taimí Ocampo Urrutia on two leaves with blind-embossed human figures on white paper. The images could be interpreted in opposition to the book's title, which means "tattoos." Instead of using ink to make images, Ocampo turns the printing press into a machine for near-invisible designs.

OCLC: FQG

Edition + Condition: Fine. With a promotional bookmark for the book laid in.

Publication: Holguín, Cuba: Editorial Cuadernos Papiro, 2011.

ISBN: 9789597163282

Item No: #306031

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