2020 vision
Subtitle: nineteen wood engravers, one collector, and the artists who inspired them
By: compiled and introduced by Nigel Hamway ; edited by Peter Lawrence
Contributors: Lawrence, Peter, 1951- editor; Randle, Patrick, writer of supplementary textual content; Gench, Roger, binder; Parker, Anna, printer; Randle, Pat, printer; Whittington Press
Publisher: Nomad Letterpress and the Society of Wood Engravers
Published: 2020
Place of publication: Cheltenham
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781854281241
Subjects: Wood-engravers; Wood-engraving; Fine books; Society of Wood Engravers
Description: For 2020 Vision Nigel has asked nineteen of his favourite engravers to choose a major artistic influence, write an introduction about why they feel this way, and, wherever possible, to work on a new engraving which sits side-by-side in the book with an engraving or illustration by their 'inspirer'. The result, printed by Nomad Letterpress at the Whittington Press, places the engravings of twentieth century greats Farleigh, Nash, Poole, Wales, Hermes et al. alongside today's artists, and presents the viewer with a snapshot of the changing nature of the engraver's craft. Patrick Randle has written a preface about the challenges of working with the engravings and the different approaches to wood, make-ready and inking required for each block. Published in 2020 to mark the Centenary of the Society of Wood Engravers, this is a unique collection, linking past with present, and a fitting tribute to the skills of the engravers and the part played by the society in the history of wood engraving--see:Society of Wood Engravers website.
Notes: This edition of 340 copies is set in Perpetua and printed by Anna Parker and Pat Randle at the Whittington Press on Zerkell Paper ... bound by Roger Gench.

290 copies are numbered and bound in printed papers with cloth spine. 30 copies, numbered I-XXX, are bound in half leather and are accompanied by a portfolio of engravings. 20 copies, letterd B-U, are bound in full leather using endpapers originally watermarked 'HM' for Henry Moore and are accompanied by both the portfolio and 'The Collector's Cut.' One copy, lettered A, is a leather free version of the above for Anna.

Rare Book copy: Number 165.

Rare Book copy: In a slipcase.