Pay-What-You-Want Jewellery and Original Art (or Commission Me!)

For all the info you need to take part is this rare and unusual giant sale of pretty much all my work, please see this post.

Copper Printing Plate Jewellery
These pieces are all hand cut with a jeweller's saw out of recycled copper intaglio plates from my own designs. Most of the skulls are about an inch wide or a wee bit more, so you can kind of judge the size from there. If you need more photos or info, just ask. The feathers are cut from a fairly light copper plate, while the others are much heavier (I don't know the gauge but I can try to figure it out if you need to know).

Usually these retail for $30 for feathers and $35 for skulls. The two scarabs are $75 and $95. I almost never mark them down, so you have a chance to get them as cheap as you'd like.

As shown, the copper is starting to age and tarnish a little. It's really easy to brighten it up to a super shine, or you can let it age and take on different hues as it gets older. I can spray on a clear matte finish if you like, but usually I just put a little renaissance wax on.

Here's what they are (click the image to make it bigger):
1. finch feather
2. white tail deer
3.great horned owl
4. pileated woodpecker
5. mountain goat
6. peacock feather
7. scarab beetle
8. fancy spiral scarab
9. red fox
10. bottlenose dolphin
11. snowshoe hare
12. american badger
13. domestic cat
14. north american porcupine
15. striped skunk
16. harbour seal
17. platypus
18. horse
19. black bear

Miniature Book Jewellery

Yes, these really are tiny books with actual turnable pages. The larger books are just over an inch tall, so that should give you an idea of their size. They retail for $20 for a Japanese stab-stitch necklace, $25 for Japanese earrings or European leather-and-marbled-paper hardcover necklace, and $35 for European-style earrings. Again, I almost never put these on sale, so now's your chance. (They make good gifts!)

European-style earrings (click the image to make it bigger):

European-style pendants (click the image to make it bigger):

Japanese-style earrings (click the image to make it bigger):

Japanese-style pendants (click the image to make it bigger):

Original Art

I don't have a whole lot of original art sitting around, that isn't in the form of prints or books, but I do have a couple of things. If I happen across more, I'll add it, but I think this is really it at the moment. I can however, do something new just for you, but see below for that.

This piece was made to go on the cover of my YA novel A Madness of Kentaurs, hence the centaur on it. Shipping on it could be higher than on the prints, because it's cut/torn paper adhered to fairly heavy card and can't be rolled. It measures 12 by 15 inches.

Then there's this little raven skull pen & ink with watercolour. It's 4 by 6 inches on watercolour paper and was going to be the first of a series showing a raven skull from various angles. I'll finish the series eventually. I'm tempted to just keep it, but...

Commission Me (or Otherwise Hire Me)

I'm not offering commissions on a pay-what-you-want basis, but if you ask for something now I'll charge less than I usually would. Plus I hardly ever offer to do commissions (I'm always open to being asked, I just rarely have time what with all my own projects).

Aside from various sorts of illustration, I also do digital re-touch and custom letterpress, as well as editing of both fiction and non-fiction. If you have something in mind, get in touch, and we'll see about agreeing on a cost and a timeframe. For this kind of job, I will require partial payment up front, with the balance due when the job is completed.

Card Sale

If you've managed to read this far, I have one more thing to add to this sale. Again, it's not pay-what-want, and I'm too headachey right now to post pictures, but all of my die-cut and letterpress cards -- normally selling for $6 or 5 for $25 -- will be 5 for $20 if you buy them directly from me. I'm not sure how long I'll keep them on sale. Maybe a week or two. I'll see about posting images of what I currently have in stock later on so anyone who doesn't know my work can see what I have.

Finally, if there was something you were hoping to see but didn't, please leave a comment or send me an email (anagramforink at gmail) -- I might have missed a few things.

Pay-What-You-Want Handbound Blank Books

For info on this sale and how it works, please see this post.

This batch of goodies is all the blank books and journals I have on hand. They range from simple pamphlet-style booklets, to full-on leather-and-marbled-paper hardcovers. Many of them I will never make again, except as a special order, or on a whim.

I also have a small stash of demo pieces and seconds I'll be including here and there, secretly, in people's orders, as long as I can do so without bumping up the shipping cost.

Rainbow Raygun Monochrome

These are little hardcover notebooks I made as a challenge to see if I could make a whole rainbow of books where each one used only one colour. They are pamphlet-bound inside, and the pages also match the covers (so the red book has red pages, the blue book has blue pages, etc). I only made one of each, and will never make more. They were originally priced at $20 and measure about 3.5 by 3.5 inches, and about 1/2 inch thick.

Dragonfly Pamphlets

These pamphlet books were printed from hand-set type and a linocut on handmade paper. The small one is 4x6 inches and has cream paper inside (11 available), the squarish one is 7 by 8 inches and has cream paper (1 available), and the larger one is 6 by 9.5 inches -- three have yellow stitching and yellow paper, two have green stitching and green paper, and 3 have brownish stitching and yellowy-brown paper. Original retail was $6 for the small one and $12 for the larger ones.

Miscellaneous Pamphlets

These little booklets were also printed from linocuts (except the blank one and the pointy finger which is a vintage printer's ornament with gold embossing powder) on handmade paper. The one with the silk ribbon has kraft paper inside and is 3.25 by 4.5 inches (only 1 of these available). The fish at the top is 4.5 by 5.5 inches, and has pale green paper (1 available), the dragonfly is also 4.5 by 5.5 inches and has orange paper (3 available), the fish on the right is 4 x 6 inches and has cream paper (6 available), and the pointy finger book has pale kraft paper and is 4.5 by 4.5 inches (1 available). Original retail was $6.

More Blank Books

The two two books are accordion-fold with red paper, Japanese paper-covered hard covers and a satin ribbon tie. They measure 2.5 by 6.5 inches, and originally sold for $10. The two shown are the only ones left. The red book on the left is a cross-structure notebook with cardstock cover and blue interior paper. The image was printed from a vintage printer's ornament with gold embossing powder. I can't remember the price I had on it.

The two red books on the right are cross-structure with cardstock covers, printed with hand-set metal type. the paper in the TOP SECRET one is cream and green, and in the mine one it's pale green, yellow, and orange. They measure about 4x5 inches and original retail was $20.

The ochre book in the middle is an English craft binding, hand-sewn in sections. The cover laces into the book block (not visible when you look at it, but it makes the book very strong), and it has cream paper inside with deep blue leather and marbled paper on the cover. I make very few of these and generally sell them for way less than I should. Original retail was $60.

Steambooks

My tribute to the steampunk genre. These are cross-structure books with parchment-patterned bond paper pages. The covers are recycled garment leathers and suedes, lined with Japanese paper. The fronts have laminated-on real wood veneer, and each one closes with either a vintage key (deliberate rusted and sprayed with matte sealer) or a clock hand. Retail was originally $65.

Fan Books

Made on a whim during a particularly hot summer, these blank books have cardstock pages and are post-bound with a single post so the can open normally, or fan out in a circular manner. The label on the gold/burgundy one is not adhered, so you can put whatever you want there.

One more upcoming post, or maybe two, and I'll be done! Next: book jewellery and printing plate jewellery.

Pay-What-You-Want Artist's Books and Books With Content

For info on this how and how it works, please see this post.

I debated whether or not to even include artist's books in the sale, but I need to raise funds quickly, so I'm putting just about everything on sale. So now's your chance to get some things cheap I would normally not put on sale (and may never put on sale again).

Aeryn Daring Lives Up to Her Name

hand-bound book with hand-pulled lithograph pages and cover paper
there are three different versions of the cover (taken from three different sections of the same image), but the insides are all the same
made in an edition of 9, signed, numbered, and dated on the colophon page
4 left (numbers 6, 7, 8, and 9)
original retail was $120

Leaf Book

hand-bound book, accordion-fold, printed with 3-colour lino and rubber-stamped text

made in an edition of 9, signed, and numbered, on the colophon page, date inside the front cover
4 left (numbers 3, 6, 8, and 9 -- 9 has a slipped rubber-stamp impression inside the front cover)
original retail was $40

Halifax Through the Stereoscope

6 stereoscopic images in an illustrated folder, hand-pulled lithographs printed from 4 aluminum photoplates colour-separated from colour photo negatives shot by me on a vintage Sputnik medium-format camera
edition of 10, signed, numbered, and dated on the back of the folder
includes a fold-out stereoviewer
4 left (1, 3, 6, and 9 -- 1 is a bit worn from handling and is missing the stereo viewer)
original retail was $75

Waterlily

hand-bound origami book made by attaching origami lilies as sections of the book
letterpress-printed traditional Japanese haiku about water, printed on Japanese two-tone paper from hand-set metal type
edition of 9, signed, numbered, and dated on the colophon page
6 left (numbers 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, and 9)
original retail was $50

Fey Mini-Comic

hand-bound pamphlet-style mini-comic book with letterpress-printed cover and laser-printed pages
edition of 25, numbered and signed on the back (the green one in the photo)
3 left (numbers 7, 19, and 24)
original retail $2

Fey Full-Size Comic

not really an artist's book, but I thought I'd throw it in here anyway
digitally-printed comic with full-colour covers and greyscale interior
available online, but I have 3 copies on hand I'd be happy to sign and doodle on
retails for $3

The Coming of the Fairies

also not an artist's book, but what the hell
this is my first novel, for middle-grade readers, and it's about fairies
I have 4 copies on hand I can sign and doodle on
retails for $9.99, also available on Amazon, and as an e-book ($2.99) from the usual outlets

Vixen by Nic Silver

one more not-artist's book
this one is my urban fantasy for grown ups (warning: contains sex and violence), written under one of my pen names
I have 4 copies on hand I can sign and doodle on
retails for (I think) $12.99, also available on Amazon, and as an e-book from all the usual outlets (currently free or 99 cents for a limited time)

Comic next: blank journals, including some one-of-a-kind

Pay-What-You-Want Relief and Letterpress Prints

For more info on why I'm having this huge sale and how it works, please see this post.

The prints in this post are all relief prints -- mostly linocut -- and/or letterpress prints. All of the type was printed from hand-set vintage wood and metal type and the printing was done by hand on vintage presses. Many of these pieces in this batch were not editioned, and for some of them, the images may be re-used at a later date, however, none will be re-rrinted again in quite the same way, so you will be getting something original (and probably one-of-a-kind)

William Morris Wanted Poster

printed from vintage wood type and a lino block hand-cut by me
15 inches wide by 22 inches high, printed on 100% rag textweight paper made by St Armand
edition of 25, plus 2 shop proofs and 3 artist's proofs, signed, numbered, and dated on the front
3 left (numbers 11 and 13, and one proof) -- the numbered prints are slightly crinkled and bent on the corners, and one has tape damage on the back that does not affect the print)
original retail $35
I actually thought I had sold out on these, but found a few while organizing my prints for this sale

Kitsune Kage -- Fox Shadow

 6-colour linocut reduction print (all 6 colours printed from the same lino block, removing material for each subsequent colour)
15 inches wide by 12 inches high, printed on thin Japanese paper
edition of 12, signed, numbered, and dated on the front
8 left (numbers 2, 4, 5, 8, 9, 10, 11, and 12)
original retail $85

Foxfire

1-colour linocut
12.5 inches wide by 19.4 inches high, printed on Annigoni printmaking paper (rag with subtle wool inclusions)
edition of 7, signed, numbered, and dated on the front
1 left (number 5); I also have two proofs printed on lightweight plain white paper, slightly smaller than the edition
original retail $45

Bran Mor

4-colour multi-plate linocut
15.5 inches wide by 11 inches high, printed on thin Japanese paper
edition of 10 + 2 proofs, signed, numbered, and dated on the front
9 left + one proof (numbers 1, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, and 10)
original retail $65

Fish Riddle

1-colour linocut with hand-set metal type and ornaments
8.5 inches wide by 12 inches high, printed on cardstock
edition of 3 on white and 3 on green, signed, numbered, and dated on the front
2 left (numbers 2, and 3 on green -- NO white left)
original retail $40

White Lino/White Rhino

1-colour linocut
12 inches wide by 16 inches high, printed 100% rag printmaking paper
edition of 5, signed, numbered, and dated on the front
3 left (numbers 2, 4, and 5)
original retail $35

Dragon

1-colour linocut
15 inches wide by 11 inches high, printed on 100% rag printmaking paper in purple ink
not editioned, but I printed 3 proofs in this colour, signed, numbered, and dated on the front
2 left (will probably be re-printed, but definitely not in this colour)
original retail $45



Some of my best friends are Books Poster

linocut with vintage wood type
19 inches wide by 9 inches high, printed on card stock
not editioned but I printed about a dozen (and will not be re-printing, though I may use the book image again), signed, and dated on the front
7 left
original retail $12

LivEviL version 2

vintage wood type, 2 layers joined with eyelets
11 inches wide by 17 inches high, printed on handmade paper with flower inclusions, with an acetate overlay
edition of 3, signed, numbered, and dated on the front
1 left (number 2)

Scarab

1-colour linocut
8 inches wide by 5 inches high, printed on handmade paper made by me from goldenrod
not editioned, but I printed half a dozen proofs, signed, and dated on the front (I have also used this image to print greeting cards and may use it again, but not on this paper)
4 left
original retail $6

Spring Peepers

1-colour linocut from two separate blocks printed simultaneously
8 inches wide by 5 inches high, printed on handmade paper made by me from recycled rag paper
not editioned, but I printed half a dozen proofs, signed, and dated on the front (I have also used this image to print greeting cards and may use it again, but not on this paper)
4 left on the paper shown, plus on eon the same paper as the Scarab above
original retail $6

Here There Be Dragons Dragonfly

linocut with hand-set vintage wood and metal type
5 inches wide by 8 inches high, printed on handmade paper made by me from recycled rag paper
not editioned, but I printed half a dozen proofs, signed, and dated on the front (I have also used this image to print notebook covers and may use it again, but not on this paper)
10 left
original retail $10

Specimen 1 Nautilus Mini-Print

relief print with faux plate indentation
3 inches wide by 5.5 inches high, printed on 100% rag watercolour paper
edition of 9, signed, numbered, and dated on the front (I have also used this image to print notebook covers and may use it again, but not on this paper or as an editioned print)
4 left (numbers 4, 7, 8, and 9)
original retail $5

Satyr Boy

3-colour linocut, all colours printed simultaneously
15.5 inches wide by 38 inches high (could be trimmed quite a bit smaller), printed on Japanese paper with botanical inclusions
edition of 7, signed, numbered, and dated on the front
6 left (numbers 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, and 7 -- but I can only locate numbers 2 and 3) plus a proof on kozuke paper (smaller size than the edition)
original retail $75
I debated even including this print in the sale, since I've never actually had it for sale anywhere, but it's been hanging around the studio for so long I decided I might as well

Two Prints On Sale, But Not Pay-What-You-Want

I also have two newer prints that I'm not including in the pay-what-you-want sale, but which I am discounting for a short time.

They are a three-colour linocut based on my Winter Raven greeting card (but re-cut in lino), printed on 100% rag printmaking paper at 22 inches wide by 10 inches high, in an edition of 8. I have 3 left (4, 5, and 6) plus three proofs that have minor smudges on them. Retail on these was $75, but I'm marking them down to $45 for the sale.

And the second one is the Dodo from my Vanishing Bestiary Series, a one-colour lino printed on 100% rag printmaking paper at 11 inches high by 15 inches wide in an edition of 8. I have 7 left (numbers 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, and 8). Retail on these was $45, but for the sale I'm marking them down to $25.

Next up: artist's books and blank notebooks.

Pay-What-You-Want Intaglio Prints -- Batch 2

For details on this sale, please see this post.

This is the second batch of intaglio prints, all hand-pulled from copper or zinc plates. In this batch, there are few one-off trial proofs as well as the last few left from some editions.

Anthropophagus Octopus

line etching, engraving, and mezzotint, hand-coloured with watercolours
4 inches wide by 7 inches high on 100% rag printmaking paper
edition of 4, signed, numbered and dated on the front
1 left (number 3)
original retail $40

Kraken Squid

line etching, engraving, and mezzotint, hand-coloured with watercolours
4 inches wide by 7 inches high on 100% rag printmaking paper
edition of 4, signed, numbered and dated on the front
1 left (number 3)
original retail $40

Leviathan Anglerfish

line etching, engraving, and mezzotint, hand-coloured with watercolours
4 inches wide by 7 inches high on 100% rag printmaking paper
edition of 4, signed, numbered and dated on the front
1 left (number 3)
original retail $40

Sickle-Head Shark

line etching, engraving, and mezzotint, hand-coloured with watercolours
4 inches wide by 7 inches high on 100% rag printmaking paper
edition of 4, signed, numbered and dated on the front
2 left (numbers 3 and 4)
original retail $40

Steampunk Fishes

multi-plate intaglio print (2 plates each for 6 images), line etching, engraving, aquatint, and mezzotint
4 inches wide by 7 inches high on 100% rag printmaking paper
brown ink on cream paper
not really editioned as I was intending to do more work to them before selling, but there are 3 and I will sign and date any that sell
3 left
this is the last chance to get the whole set of images -- they can easily be cut into individual images for separate framing if you prefer, but I'm not going to divide them up at this point


Kiwa Hirsuta

single-plate line etching and aquatint
9 inches wide by 15 inches high on 100% rag textweight paper made by St Armand
edition of 3, signed, numbered and dated on the front
2 left (numbers 2 and 3)
original retail $35

FS DaVinci Mark III Proofs

line etching
7.5 inches wide by 9 inches high on assorted text weight paper
not editioned, but was one of the plates in the FS deVinci multi-plate print
2 left (I may re-print this at some point, but not on the papers used here)

Stay tuned; relief and letterpress prints are up next.

Pay-What-You-Want Intaglio Prints -- Batch 1

For details on how this sale works, please see my previous post. The short version is, I need cash quick, so I'm having a sale. If you want something, leave a comment. You pay shipping and whatever else you want above that, and I send you prints. (Local folks have the option of pick-up instead of shipping.)

 The prints in this post are all hand-pulled intaglio prints. There are etchings, engravings, aquatints, and mixes several processes. Most were printed from copper plates, though a few were zinc plates, and one was a copper plate with a polymer coating. Most of them were worked entirely by hand. One -- the moths -- was made via a photo-polymer process from my own drawings and vintage images. Part of the multi-plate jellyfish was photocopy transfer resist on copper.

Many of these prints are limited edition and will never be reprinted. The ones marked "proof" were not editioned, and while a few of them may eventually be editioned, most of them probably won't be. I'll mention in the notes whether or not they may someday be re-printed.

Variations on a Sea Jelly

3-plate intaglio print with a la poupée colour on the largest plate
one plate is line etching (the smallest), one was made by photocopy transfer resist from the old natural history images of Ernst Haeckel (the mid-size one), and one is line etching with aquatint (the largest)
20 inches wide by 15 inches high on 100% rag printmaking paper, with the smaller plates on Japanese kozuke paper, printed and pasted on simultaneously with printing the large plate
edition of 6, signed, numbered, and dated on the back
4 left (numbers 2, 3, 5, and 6)
original retail $120

Sea Jelly Experimental Proofs

single-plate line etching with aquatint
printed in white ink with colours added a la poupée (added to the plate and wiped after the main colour is put on)
15 inches wide by 20 inches tall on 100% rag printmaking paper
varied edition of 4, signed, numbered, and dated on the front
2 left (numbers 2 and 4) -- number 2 is nearly all white with just a slight touch of yellow, number 4 has quite of bit of magenta, yellow, and blue

Fig 9 Sea Jelly Proof

single-plate line etching
3 inches wide by 6 inches tall on 100% rag paper (some on print akin and some of text weight)
not editioned (but the plate was used in Variations on a Sea Jelly, above) I may re-print this in future
2 left (the printing is not as bright or clear as the example shown, nor is the image signed as on this one -- it will be signed on the bottom instead) -- one on textweight paper, one on rag (the one on rag is a better impression)
original retail $15

FS daVinci

3-plate intaglio print (two plates are two-colour wipe-and-roll), plus the artist's thumbprint
two plates are copper line etchings, and one (the squid) is a zinc engraving
15 inches wide by 10.5 inches high on 100% rag printmaking paper
varied edition of 8 (variations are minor), signed, numbered, and dated on the front
8 left
original retail $50

Figure 1: Book Mimicry in Moths found in the Laputa Pansophic University Library

single-plate etching, made on a copper plate coated with photosensitive polymer (the moth drawings are my own, while the text is from historical books), paper tea-stained on the edges and razor-cut on one side to simulate a book page
10 inches wide by 7.5 inches high on 100% printmaking rag paper
edition of 10, signed, numbered, and dated on the back
5 left (numbers 5, 6, 8, 9, and 10)
original retail $45

The Beak of Finch, Esq.

single-plate intaglio with line etching, aquatint and drypoint
10 inches wide by about 14 inches high on 100% printmaking rag paper
not editioned (I printed three or four and may re-print at some later date), but signed and dated on the front
1 left
original retail $45

Gears & Steam

single-plate intaglio with line etching, aquatint, drypoint, and spit bite
10 inches wide by about 14 inches high on 100% printmaking rag paper
not editioned (I printed three and will not be re-printing), but signed and dated on the front
2 left
original retail $45

Liminal

single-plate intaglio with line etching, aquatint and drypoint
10 inches wide by about 14 inches high on 100% printmaking rag paper
not editioned (I printed three and will not be re-printing -- the plate has been physically destroyed), but signed and dated on the front
1 left
original retail $45

Interstitial

single-plate intaglio with line etching, aquatint, drypoint, burnishing, and deep-bite etching
this was creating by altering the plate from Liminal, above
10 inches wide by about 14 inches high on 100% printmaking rag paper
not editioned (I printed three and will not re-print -- the plate has been destroyed), but signed and dated on the front
2 left (one in black ink as shown, and one in dark green ink)
original retail $45

I have a few more intalio prints left to post, but I have to find them and photograph them first, so watch for those, and the relief/letterpress prints and other stuff tomorrow.