Research Catalog

Title

Etched out.

Author

Jones, Shirley, 1934 November 14-

Publication

[Llanhamlach, near Brecon, Wales : Red Hen Press, 2002]

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Additional Authors

• Sewell, John (John A.)
• Richardson, Maureen.
• Red Hen Press. prt
• Gwasg Gregynog (1974- ) cmt

Description

1 case (1 booklet, 1 portfolio, 1 folded sheet) : col. ill.; 41 cm

Alternative Title

Epynt

Subject

• Welsh > Wales > Epynt Mountain > Pictorial works
• Eviction > Wales > Epynt Mountain
• World War, 1939-1945 > Wales > Epynt Mountain
• Abandoned farms > Wales > Epynt Mountain
• Bombing and gunnery ranges > Wales > Epynt Mountain
• Rifle-ranges > Wales > Epynt Mountain
• Epynt Mountain (Wales) > History
• Epynt Mountain (Wales) > In art
• Epynt Mountain (Wales) > Pictorial works

Genre/Form

Typefaces (Type evidence) – Baskerville.

Note

• "The edition is limited to 40 copies''--Colophon of booklet.
• The story of Welsh-speaking farmers evicted from their homes in the Epynt mountain region in 1940 so that their land could be used as an army firing range.
• Title from label on spine of case.
• Place and date of publication from British Library catalog.
• Printed and published by Shirley Jones at her Red Hen Press, near Llanhamlach and Brecon, Wales.
• "I have ... overprinted the names of fifty of the farms on a pull-out mezzotint ... My verbal & visual evocations are enclosed in paper, custom-made by Maureen Richardson, using the red earth of the Epynt. Six landscapes using etching & mezzotint are interleaved with handmade Unryu tissue. I printed the images on Somerset mouldmade paper, along with the text, set at Gwasg Gregynog [Newtown, Powys, Wales], in 14 point Baskerville typeface"--Colophon of booklet.
• "Enclosed in book-form boxes by John Sewell. The box opens out to a triptych in which the text is presented as a booklet, 9 by 8 inches; the 28-inch long mezzotint concertinas to the same size. Each lies in a recess in the box lids; in the centre tray lie the 15 by 11 inch landscapes. Shirley Jones, Red Hen Press" -- Prospectus.
• Booklet: [12] p. ; 23 cm. Portfolio: 6 prints on 6 sheets : etching, mezzotint, col. ; sheet 38 x 29 cm. Folded sheet: 1 print : mezzotint, russet ; sheet 23 x 95 cm. folded to 23 x 19 cm.

Binding (note)

• Publisher's 3-part beige cloth clamshell box, with recesses inside covers for booklet and folded sheet. Booklet, in Unryu tissue wrappers, and folded sheet each housed in reddish handmade paper enclosure with stiff paper clasp, mounted in front and back recess, respectively. Portfolio of reddish handmade paper, containing the loose prints, laid in middle section of box. Each handmade paper sheet has fern leaf embedded in the paper.

Contents

[Portfolio:] Cefn Barcut Loch, Mountain Ridge of the Red Kite -- Llyn Login, Lake Login -- Moel yr Hen Annedd, Bare hill where people once lived -- Tirabad, The abbot's land -- Epynt, Haunt of the pony -- Epynt, Foot & mouth 2001.

Call Number

*KP+ (Red Hen) 09-215

LCCN

2009367517

OCLC

310097626

Author

Jones, Shirley, 1934 November 14-

Title

Etched out.

Imprint

[Llanhamlach, near Brecon, Wales : Red Hen Press, 2002]

Local Note

NYPL copy is no. 9; signed by the artist and dated '02. Each print is captioned in ms., numbered 9/60 and signed and dated '02.

Binding

Publisher's 3-part beige cloth clamshell box, with recesses inside covers for booklet and folded sheet. Booklet, in Unryu tissue wrappers, and folded sheet each housed in reddish handmade paper enclosure with stiff paper clasp, mounted in front and back recess, respectively. Portfolio of reddish handmade paper, containing the loose prints, laid in middle section of box. Each handmade paper sheet has fern leaf embedded in the paper.

Local Note

Prospectus ([1] leaf) laid in.

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Place of Publication

Wales Llanhamlach.

Wales Brecon.

Wales Newtown (Powys)

Added Author

Red Hen Press. Printer

Gwasg Gregynog (1974- ) Compositor

Sewell, John (John A.) Binder

Richardson, Maureen. Papermaker

Research Call Number

*KP+ (Red Hen) 09-215