Here’s what to expect if you have a Roman FROZEN HELL; a portfolio with an original Greg Manchess piece of art! https://www.arete-editions.com/

Colour proofs of the spectacular paintings made by Gregory Manchess for the Areté edition of Frozen Hell by John W Campbell Jnr. The book is now available for pre-sale at www.arete-editions.com

I enjoyed the hell out of this unboxing of our Words of Fire! Thank you Sean Lynch, as he says: “I know the rhymes are cheesy as hell and probably cringe-worthy at times, but this is probably the most fun I’ve ever had with an unboxing!”

Setting the typeface for FROZEN HELL, Phil, speeded up, setting the metal type we are using for the books, it is a time consuming and work heavy job, all the text and relief prints and the second colours are set by hand, extraordinary craftsmanship from Hand and Eye. https://www.arete-editions.com/

Art!!

Greg’s painting for the battle inside the station where the creature is building something in the labs which the men must stop! The image didn’t change that much as you can see from his initial ideas, he knew what he wanted to paint from day one, two years ago now, time goes so fast. This plate is a four page print, in the Roman Edition it is nearly three feet long! It is a truly immersive experience. https://www.arete-editions.com/

A stack of Liber Charter, a gorgeous new paper from John Purcell Paper. We’re using it for Frozen Hell, now available for pre-sale at www.arete-editions.com

I’ve had an internet outage all last week, in London, I’m next to what is known as the silicon roundabout area, it was a pain for me but I can only imagine what it was like for all those tech startups. We were really late to show Frozen Hell and have a back log of a couple of other books coming which required time working through their productions, so probably not a bad thing to have time working analogue!

Here are a bunch of pencil sketches that will be inside the Roman Edition of Frozen Hell. I love Greg’s pencil work, he manages to find both the tonal values and the compositions, each project I work with him on he has managed to constantly astonish me! And I’ve worked with him for over twenty years! I was going to dribble these out last week, but hey! Here a treasure trove of images! Enjoy, they are fantastic insights and great visuals. https://www.arete-editions.com/

Six minutes of craft gold! https://www.arete-editions.com/

We are pleased to announce the store will open today!

‘Frozen Hell’ by John W. Campbell ; the books will be available for pre-order from: 5 pm BST on Saturday 12th August at https://www.arete-editions.com

The web site is now open where you can peruse each edition.

Printed by Hand and Eye

Bound & designed by

Lyra’s Books