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WICKED PLANTS - A SUITE OF BOTANICAL PRINTS
By Briony Morrow-Cribbs
This spring Algonguin Press will publish the book Wicked Plants, author Amy Stewart's A through Z of plants that kill, maim, intoxicate, & otherwise offend. Artist Briony Morrow-Cribbs was commissioned to create illustrations for the book, including 40 etchings. In conjunction with the book's publication, and an exhibition of the artwork at the Brooklyn Botanical Museum this summer, Briony is printing and issuing 20 complete sets of the etchings, with introductions by her and Stewart, housed in a custom-made traycase. Wicked Plants - A Suite of Botanical Prints will be comprised of the 40 etchings printed on Magnani Pescia (images measuring 8 x 9 inches, on sheets 11 x 12.5 inches), each one signed, numbered and titled by the artist. The title page, introductions and colophon will be set and printed letterpress at Heavenly Monkey on dampened Magnani Pescia. The sheets will be wrapped in a heavy paper jacket, and laid into a traycase made by Claudia Cohen, with a small etching inlaid to the front. Each set will be numbered and signed by the artist on the colophon. In addition, Morrow-Cribbs will color one complete set of the prints and break this into 20 pairs, one for each of the portfolios in the edition. Thus, each portfolio will contain two colored etchings, each pair unique to the portfolio. The portfolio will be issued by Cat Skinner Press, priced as follows:Copies 1 - 5: $2,500.00 Copies 6 - 10: $4,000.00 Copies 11 - 15: $6,000.00 Copies 16 - 20 will be held in reserve For further details, or to reserve a copy, contact the artist at Briony Morrow-Cribbs or Twin Vixen Press. ABOUT THE ARTIST Briony Morrow-Cribbs grew up in Washington State, and completed her undergraduate studies in fine arts at Bennington College and Emily Carr Institute of Art & Design. She has published three artist's books incorporating her etchings through Cat Skinner Press, and created a suite of aquatints for a limited edition publication of Brigit Pegeen Kelly's poem Iskandariya (Heavenly Monkey, 2007). Her works are held in numerous private and public collections, including Yale, the Herron Art Library, the Lilly Library, the University of British Columbia and the University of Alberta. Wicked Plants - A Book of Botanical Atrocities (256 pages, hardcover, $18.95) by Amy Stewart, with illustrations by Briony Morrow-Cribbs will be published by Algonquin Press in Spring 2009. HEAVENLY MONKEY |
   
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