Mare and Foal, the first Relay Replay Press print

I have started to work with the wife of an elderly gentleman—a WWII veteran who served in the South Pacific—to create the next Relay Replay Press book with him. In order to fund this project, I have created Mare and Foal, a varied edition Gocco print. The money raised from selling this print will pay for materials and my time to go out to The Dalles for a week in July and work with this gentleman. In the mean time, I have started to go out to meet with him, to get to know him a bit, before we start to work on our project.

You can read more about the history of the Relay Replay Press projects in this article in The Oregonian.

The Dalles is about an hour and half away by car from Portland, where I'm located. A donor is providing me with a place to stay, which is greatly appreciated. Your purchase of a print will help pay for printmaking/bookbinding supplies, papers and any other materials necessary to edition 20 copies of this book, as well as my time for one week.

There are two versions of this print. Copies 1-90 are printed in 5 colors (the "Pastel" version, see above) and 91-141 in two (the "Sepia" version, see below). The image area is 6"x6" and paper size is 9"x10". Prints are numbered, signed, and dated.

To read a bit about the process of creating this print, see the making of Mare and Foal.

Please use the PayPal buttons to the right to purchase a print. Thank you very much for your support of this Relay Replay Press project!

Book 3, Esther

Esther's daughter dug up a treasure trove of family documents and photographs, and this was a walk down memory lane for mother & daughter, with me enjoying the stories. Esther is a life long dedicated mah jongg player; came snow or blizzard, she met with her friends for a weekly game or two. The game was a constant through the many changes of her life, the kids, and grandkids. She continues to play.



I chose a palm leaf binding because I wanted her book to resemble a pile of mah jongg tiles on the back, but still have the pages held together. Her prints and my prints are laminated together with Gudy O adhesive from Talas. I suppose they more resemble playing cards then mah jongg tiles, but a similar idea anyhow. The pages are held together with two bone mah jongg tile beads at the ends. And this is a 2008 winning hand in American mah jongg.



Everything is Gocco printed, on Rives Lightweight and Rives BFK.

6 1/16" W x 3 15/16" H x 5/8" D (includes thickness of mah jongg tiles)
Edition of 20
$220, plus shipping & insurance $9

Book 2, Marion

It took me a long time to figure out that Marion wanted to paint watercolors. Once I figured that out, she and I spent many wonderful afternoons chatting and painting. She returned again and again to the image of the meadow with trees, hills, and a sunset sky.

I chose two to include in her book:



Detail of the opening page:



As we painted, she would quite often talk about the family picnics that they had, with all the brothers and sisters there. I wondered if the images were about the family picnics? Thus the title.

Her watercolors are reproduced with an Epson Stylus C88+ with DuraBrite Ultra ink; I wrote and printed the text with the Print Gocco; on Rives BFK; covered in Nepal Heavyweight.

7 1/16" square x 3/8" D
Edition of 20
$125, plus shipping & insurance $9

Book 1, Martha

Martha took to the Print Gocco like fish to water! She created 18 prints, each full of wonderful little observations about her daily life and sage advice. I thought her prints were like letters to her friends and family, and therefore chose a page format that referenced an envelope form. The book has extra pockets for her to add photographs or keepsakes, and the wrap around cover keeps everything together.

Interior view:



The cover:



Martha designed and Gocco printed the individual prints; I designed and Gocco printed the envelopes and the cover. The cover was also dyed with a very diluted acrylic paint; on Rives Lightweight, Nepal Light, and Nepal Heavyweight.

7 1/16" H x 5 3/16" W x 1 1/4" D
Edition of 20
$320, please see Abecedarian Gallery.