Printing pages 52 & 53 of Neil Gaiman “The Case of Death and Honey” on the Heidelberg Press at Hand and eye. This new edition published by Arete Editions is illustrated by Gary Gianni and is available for pre-order at arete-editions.com
Hand operated machinery. The Artist’s Edition of ‘The Case of Death and Honey’ by Neil Gaiman, is printed on hand-made paper with deckle edges. Putting it through our Heidelberg cylinder press would be tricky and wasteful so the answer is to turn the handle on our FAG proofing press.
These are the photopolymer relief plates we made for the Gary Gianni illustrations for ‘The Case of Death and Honey’ by Neil Gaiman. We have completed the Artist’s Edition on our FAG proof press and we’ve almost finished the Numbered and Fine Editions, which are printed together, on our Heidelberg cylinder.
“Yada Yada Etc….” Now this might not look like much but a dummy is an integral part of the printing process as it contains what should be present on each page and the order in which it comes. This wording was changed before it went to press, of course.
Pages of Neil Gaiman’s “The Case of Death and Honey” on Hand and Eye ‘s Heidelberg Press. This new edition is illustrated by Gary Gianni and is available for pre-order at arete-editions.com
As many of you know, or should know by now, both Lyra’s Books and Classics, Arete, and Hand and Eye Editions are all different imprints with the same creative teams, creating a wide range of different sorts of books, consequently we share the same tastes! Arete have been working on ‘Frozen Hell’ for the last year with the artist Greg Manchess, when Rich was formulating Lyra’s Classics, it seemed the perfect fit to use an artist that could bring a classic use of oil painted portraits that Greg Manchess could do, he was one of a few that could pull off our concept for the book. So, we asked him if he could fit in ‘The Picture of Dorian Gray’. He could, and has!
Etched relief plate of one of the illustrations by Gary Gianni for ‘The Case of Death and Honey’ by Neil Gaiman. Now available for pre-order at arete-editions.com