Sunday, June 9, 2019

KING, QUEEN, KNIGHT AND PAWN


Remarkable Masters of Chess
The size of the book: 295x203x22 mm. Text, images (linocuts) and layout by Dmitry Sayenko. English text adaptation: Sarah Bodman, Paul Veres. Paper: Somerset 280 gr. Printing direct from the blocks, book binding by the artist. Special sleepcases. Wooden boxes as art-objects were made by Dmirty Sayenko specially for ten lux copies of this edition.  Total edition: 19 numbered & signed copies. 2018-2019
















THE WEDDING OF SIR GAWAIN

A Modern English Rendering by James J. Owens from the 1839 Transcription by Frederick Madden. This adaptation into contemporary English is published for the first time. Each copy is attached a separate annex (soft cover, linocut on handmade paper) with the full version of the text. Size: 245x342x25 mm. 
More than 50 color linocuts by Dmitry Sayenko
Main typeface: Baskerville 18 pt. Handmade paper, printing direct from the blocks, book binding by the artist. Cover: 100% linen cloth glued on cardboard, insert: linocut on handmade paper. Total edition: 20 copies numbered & signed. Special slipcase. 2018












HERBARIUM BURNSIANUM


THE COMPLETE BOTANY OF ROBERT BURNS
2019. 180x245x18 mm. 21 sheets. Color linocuts printed on both sides of the sheets.Typeface: Bodoni’18, Albertus’24. Printed on paper handmade by the artist especially for this edition. Text compiled by James J. Owens from the poetry of Robert Burns. Illustrations, text layout, printing, and binding by Dmitry Sayenko. Linocut illustrations have been printed directly from the block. 
Cover: fabric glued on the cardboard. Special slipcase.
Edition: 20 numbered copies signed by the artist and the compiler.









JOSEPH BRODSKY “VENETIAN STANZAS”

2017-2018 Size: 470x175 cm. Images (linocuts) and layout by Dmitry Sayenko. English & Russian text. English text by Jonathan Stone (USA) (This text was made specially for this edition and published for the first time). Handmade paper, printing direct from the blocks, book binding by the artist. Special slipcase. Leather spine. 
Total edition: 26 numbered & signed copies.  (2 copies are still available)