poems by Dinah
Hawken
drawings by John
Edgar
Twenty-one new poems by distinguished poet Dinah Hawken
together with eight drawings from stone rubbings in crayons and pencils by
leading sculptor John Edgar. Poet and artist have worked closely together for
several years to produce this profound and moving book.
Dinah Hawken
writes: For many years I have been
instinctively attracted to the word ‘stone’ and equally attracted to stone and
stones. So it has been fulfilling to work with John on this crafted book. It
amazes me that a thing as dense, plain, and as taken-for-granted as a stone can
give rise to so many human ideas and associations. In that respect a stone is
far from inanimate. It is a catalyst, like a page. The poems in page : stone : leaf carry some of my associations with
stone, along with a very short history of the page and its inseparable links
with leaf and stone.
John Edgar
writes: As a sculptor I have always
been fascinated by written language, especially ancient symbols and
inscriptions on stone, clay and paper. I have studied stele and standing
stones, grave stones, church floors and temple walls, and more recently modern
digital code. After much thought on my drawings for this project, I returned to
the language known as ogham; an ancient text of celtic origin which was
inscribed in simple lines on stone or wood.
page : stone : leaf is designed and letterpress printed by Tara McLeod on a
Littlejohn cylinder press. The type is 12pt Helvetica linotype set by Longley
Printing Co. Ltd. Images printed by GTO printers. Binding is by Design Bind
Ltd. The paper is 290gsm Tiepolo, mould made in Italy. Hardbound, 21 x 22 cms.
42 pages. 55 copies. Price until 10 March 2014, $280; from March 11, 2014,
$350.
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