VIRGIN Tom
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Tom Virgin
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Framed (print)
On view at Locust Projects April 13 - April 20 (For access on April 20 to the 2024 Spring Fling ticket is required PURCHASE HERE)
o Artist: Tom Virgin
o Title: This Is My Body, Food and Freedom, "We Know,"
o Year: 2023
o Medium: Letterpress printed book and print
o Dimensions: 9 1/2 x 6 1/4 inches x 1/2 | Print 9 x 12 inches
o Description: This Is My Body, Of Food And Freedom, 2023.
Written by Edwidge Danticat. Design, drawing, printing, and binding by Tom Virgin. Timeline by John
Ermer & Tom Virgin. Food & Freedom is printed on French Paper's Starch White Speckletone using
Adobe Caslon Pro. The cover is vintage Cave Paper. This book is 9.5 in x 6.25 in x .5 in. 25 pages.
The book is bound with a kettle stitch using waxed linen thread, reinforced with Okawara paper, and a katazome paper spine wrap. Artwork includes three natural spreads with linoleum prints, and folios
with a timeline that follows the essay through the book. All pages are hand printed on a 1949 Vandercook 4 Proof Press using wood type, polymer plates, and linoleum plates.
o Artist website or instagram: http://www.extravirginpress.com | @extravirginpress