Low Tide.

Milwaukee, Wisconsin:: redthreadletterpress,, 2022.. Edition of 10. 11" x 11" x 1.5" custom box containing triangular book. Toner transfer and gouache in a Wire Edge Binding. Letterpress printed using photopolymer plates on rive BFK heavyweights and lokta papers. Typeset in Charter Roman and Italic faces. Colophon presented on a triangular plate attached to inside of the box lid. Book rests in the tray triangle cavity. Trench underneath tray to serve as display area for book. Book and enclosure design by Melissa Wagner-Lawler. Signed by the artist. Melissa Wagner-Lawler: "'Low Tide' is an artist book object created in 2022 using the randomly drawn Artist Book Idea Card set parameters. This version of the book incorporates text and image printed using toner transfer techniques and hand painted gouache on the wire edge bound book. The first part of the poem is outlined in the book, while the later part is printed on the trench that holds the sculptural artist book when displayed. "The imagery in the book shows a section of a beach with the water at low tide. On the exterior of the book form, the low tide is presented as a dark image to highlight the text and hand painted rocks. This is contrasted on in the inside of the book form with a lighter, digitally manipulated version of the same imagery. The imagery of rocks is also presented throughout the enclosure to repeat the form. "The colophon is presented on a triangular plate that rests inside the opening of the tray enclosure that holds the book. This tray is removed to reveal the lower portion of the poem and trench where the book is ultimately displayed.