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Nashville, Tennessee 37211

Crowing Hens Bindery is a one-woman bindery and letterpress print shop that specializes in traditional handmade blank books, letterpress printed stationery, limited edition fine art prints, unique book jewelry & letterpress-printed decorative papers. As the owner of a Nashville-based private business, I do my best to honor the heritage of fine craft and art that saturates my community and region. All of my products are designed and made by hand in Nashville, Tennessee from high quality materials available using traditional bookbinding techniques. I aspire to create beautiful, useful work that becomes a part of your everyday life.

CMYK Letterpress Self Portrait - handset 12pt metal type

Art Prints

Bookbinding is my passion, and printmaking is my obsession. I am constantly challenging the limits of detail that I can achieve by carving into linoleum. I pull each print one at a time on antique presses and print on archival paper using offset lithography inks and colorfast pigments.

CMYK Letterpress Self Portrait - handset 12pt metal type

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CMYK Letterpress Self Portrait - handset 12pt metal type

$35.00

If there was ever a project that tested my patience, this would have been it. Except I loved it!

Self Portrait printed from four separate layers of handset (yes, handset) 12pt Bembo type on an antique Vandercook letterpress.

Printed area is 4.5" x 6.5" on approximately 7.5" x 12" Mohawk Superfine natural.
Signed and numbered edition of 60.

This image is copyright 2011 Mary Louise Sullivan. Purchase of this print does not transfer any rights to the image. This image may not be reused or reproduced in any way whatsoever.

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