A knavish lad : Shakespeare's dream illustrated /
Robson, Joanna,artist.
Shakespeare, William,1564-1616.Midsummer night's dream.
A wordless retelling of "A midsummer night's dream" using a combination of old and new technologies: intagio printmaking and laser cutting. The result is a panoramic piece of book art that visually narrates the story and draws inspiration from the imagery of the text.
Limited edition of 7 copies.
Two intersecting accordion-folded panoramic sheets, one an aquatinted etching on 300gsm Hahnemuhle paper with laser cutouts, the other black 300gsm paper with laser cutouts. Bound between cloth-covered boards with endpapers of embossed Fabriano Rosapina Avorio paper (285gsm).