2015 MCBA Prize Entries

Mindy Belloff, “In the Garden of Earthly Delights”

1 BelloffBoschwSlipCase
Concertina sewn spine with Bugra end papers, quarter-bound pink Buffalo skin with leather onlays, full leather pink slipcase with inside white wrapper.

2 BelloffBoschPoemI
Section I: poem by Amy Lemmon letterpress printed on vintage paper from JB Green paper mill, England.

3 BelloffMuscledShellPgs
Section II: poem by Steven Gentile hand set in Lydian bold condensed, with etching folio.

4 Belloff BoschstrawberryAH
Section II: “A” “h” page, letterpress printed from plates on JB Green vintage papers; folio of intaglio print, multi-colored inks with hand painting on tan Somerset.

5 Belloff BoschSectionIIIBirdMan
Section III: poem by Rich Turnbull hand set in Old English 18pt and Bodoni 14pt; Roman numeral designed by Mindy Belloff, folio of intaglio print with hand painting on grey Somerset.

 

 
Mindy Belloff (New York, NY)
IntimaPress.com

In the Garden of Earthly Delights
2014/2015
Eleven unique multi-colored etchings with hand painting, poems letterpress printed, uniquely designed Roman numerals, concertina sewn spine, quarter-bound pink Buffalo skin with leather onlays, full leather slipcase.
Edition of 12 + 1 A.P.
32 pages
Dimensions, open: 10.5 x 17.5 x 1
Dimensions, closed: 10.5 x 8.25 x 1

Intima Press is pleased to announce a new livres d’artiste based upon Hieronymus Bosch’s three-panel painting (1450-1516), which continues to intrigue and delight. The book features eleven unique multi-colored viscosity etchings, with inks applied in a painterly manner from open bite copper plates, a process more in tune with William Blake’s poetic illustrations, than with traditional etching, and hand painted with delicate and explosive lines breaking out of the rectangular frame. The intaglio prints are on folios of cotton rag papers of white (Section I), tan (Section II), and gray (Section III), the three sections coinciding with the panels of the painting from left to middle to right. Three newly written poems by Amy Lemmon, Steven Gentile, and Rich Turnbull are letterpress printed and announce each section, along with uniquely designed Roman numerals. The text is letterpress printed on vintage papers from JB Green paper mill, England. Binding by Celine Lombardi: concertina sewn spine with Bugra end papers, quarter-bound pink Buffalo skin with leather onlays, full leather slipcase. Artwork, etchings, designs & printing by artist Mindy Belloff.