Book of penumbra
By: Gabrielle Cooksey
Contributors: Spring, Jessica, printer; Springtide Press
Publisher: [Gabrielle Cooksey]
Published: 2016
Place of publication: [Tacoma, Washington]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 19
Subjects: Art and mythology; Artists' books
Other titles: Book of penumbra: deadly myths retold
Description: "A book of small stories of death gods from around the world."--Vamp and Tramp website, viewed on October 28, 2016.
Notes: Limited edition of 23 copies, signed and numbered by the artist.

"These stories are told using pen and ink, then tidied up in Illustrator. Photopolymer plates were combined with handset Packard, then letterpress printed and hand colored on Tengu-jo unbleached Japanese kozo tissue and Thai Mulberry black."--Colophon.

"Death has always fascinated me because it happens to all of us yet no one talks about it. I wanted to see what other cultures personified death as through myths and legends. The gods in this book are very hushed and for some, even if you speak the name, you'll be cursed. I wanted this book to be shadows, to be played in the light. I chose a delicate paper so one could see through to the page behind it. The text is in all sorts of shapes because I wanted each story to represent the god being told about. For instance, Sedna is in the shape of drowning, Anubis is his eye, Mac is a pit with someone at the bottom. The borders are all plants, roots, and things found on the earth. Some represent death like the poppy, and the yew tree."--Vamp and Tramp website, viewed on October 28, 2016.

Rare Book copy: No. 23.

Gold Foil Tooling. Laid in hinged painted black box.
Table of contents: title: Sedna, Inuit; title: Baba Yaga, Slavic; title: Anubis, Egyptian; title: Hades, Greek; title: Baron Samedi, Haitian; title: Hel, Norse; title: Mictlantecuhtli, Aztec.