Promises Vague yet Certain is a collaboration by poet, artist, and printer - Donald Dass, Cecilia Lieder, and Jon Hinkel. These poems are selections from previously unpublished works by Donald Dass spanning the past 14 years.
Dass writes most often…about the combined physical, emotional and psychic environment of the Western Lake Superior region.
Prints in the book are created from hand-carved linoleum blocks by Cecilia Lieder.Cecilia Lieder is a Duluth artist well know for her work in woodcut prints. In this artists' book Lieder has focused on the stark simplicity of the poems, and Dass's use of the raven as both image and symbol.
Handset and letterpress printed in Goudy’s Italian Old Style by Jon Hinkel at the Tight Squeek Press. Text paper is Arches 200 gr. white cover. Separator pages are skin sheets by Cave Paper.
Biography
Cecilia Lieder is a Duluth artist who has been writing, designing and creating books for several years. She is the owner of Calyx Press Duluth, a small press that publishes artists' books of many kinds. With this book she has combined her love of poetry, artist-made prints, letterpress printing on fine papers, and hand binding.
Donald Dass has been writing poetry for the past 15 years, with an appreciation for this art that extends back years earlier. Dass frequently uses themes and images borrowed from local folklore to examine the brooding mystery, whimsy, and frustration he finds inherent in the interaction between the physical, emotional and psychic environment of the western Lake Superior region.
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