Tricia Treacy » books

what more to say artist book

tricia — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 13:54:57 +0000

A limited-edition artist book by Tricia Treacy where sound from audio reel-to-reel tapes was translated onto the page. The text, written by the artist was transcribed after listening to hours of family audio recordings, is letterpress printed from hand-set Helvetica type. The recordings were sent to her father and mother’s father after they immigrated from Ireland to America, as general communication. The book is encased in a black wrap-around hand-made portfolio case. What more to say was created at Pointed Press studio in Swarthmore, PA and completed in December 2009. It was included in a national book arts show in Portland in January 2010. Only three copies for sale, $800.

9 x 8.25 inches; 54 pgs; drawing, letterpress, artist book.

old movies artist book

tricia — Mon, 09 Feb 2009 14:53:50 +0000

old movies artist book
A limited-edition artist book by Tricia Treacy that is reminiscent of a dreamy narrative about silent family memories. Images are abstracted from original Super 8 films. Full-bleed images are digitally printed on Rives fine art paper. The text, written by the artist is letterpress printed from hand-set Helvetica type. The book is encased in a clear plastic box with a silk screen image on the cover. Old Movies was created at Pointed Press studio in Swarthmore, PA and completed in January 2009. Only five copies for sale, $750.

letters to ernesto neto artist book

tricia — Mon, 09 Feb 2009 11:45:40 +0000

This is a collection of more than thirty letters written by poet Tom Devaney to Brazilian artist Ernesto Neto in Spring 2001. The book was published by Germ Folios with a letterpress-printed cover hand-sewn by Tricia Treacy, and designed by Nicole Michels.

fine books / hayden carruth

tricia — Mon, 09 Feb 2009 11:33:43 +0000

Maud and Charlotte is a vignette written by Hayden Carruth that portrays the life of two women in Vermont. A signed, limited edition of 50 was letterpress printed in Perpetua on French Lana woven paper and bound in handmade Richard de Bas paper in 2001. It is cased in a handmade portfolio. Limited copies for sale : $300.

fine books / eamon grennan

tricia — Mon, 09 Feb 2009 11:31:12 +0000

Renvyle, Winter is a suite of fourteen poems by Eamon Grennan written during 1997 in Connemara, Ireland. This signed, limited edition of 50 books was letterpress printed on Rives Johannot paper and bound in silk cloth in 2003. Images are printed in relief and poems are typeset in Aries. Limited copies for sale : $250.

fine books / sam hamill

tricia — Mon, 09 Feb 2009 11:27:39 +0000

This limited edition of Sam Hamill’s modern-day Pisan Canto was letterpress printed on calendared vellum paper in 2006. Two images are printed relief from woodcuts. All are bound in handmade paper by St. Armand in Montreal. Copies are for sale : deluxe edition in a hard cover portfolio is $350 + soft cover edition is $200.

fine books / saigyo hosho

tricia — Mon, 09 Feb 2009 10:00:36 +0000

A Troubled Heart is a collections of fifteen waka “short poems” by Saigyo Hosho (1118-1190) translated by Sam Hamill. This limited edition of 100 was designed, letterpress printed and hand-bound in 1999. The Japanese Hiragana characters were printed from ink drawings by Eriko Takahashi. The four calligraphic images are printed in relief on Kozuke paper. No copies for sale.