TAYLOR, Richard. Stone Eye: Poems by Richard Taylor. (2001 - LIMITED SIGNED EDITION)

AUTHOR: TAYLOR, Richard.

TITLE: Stone Eye: Poems by Richard Taylor.

PUBLISHER: Kentucky: Larkspur Press, 2001.

DESCRIPTION: LIMITED SIGNED EDITION. 1 vol., 9-1/2" x 6", limited to 600 numbered copies this being #133, woodblock illustrations by Wesley Bates, signed by Richard Taylor, Wesley Bates & Constance Wozny on the limitation page, bound in full black morocco exhibition Binding by Constance Wozny, front cover tooled in silver.

CONDITION: Some minor surface rubbing otherwise in FINE CONDITION.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: Published by the Larkspur Press, Kentucky, Stone Eye is a collaboration between Richard Taylor, Kentucky's former poet laureate, Gray Zeitz, letterpress printer and publisher of Larkspur Press, and Canadian artist Wesley Bates who produced the woodcut engravings for the book. A total of 600 signed and numbered copies were released with 31 of these copies being set aside unbound so that unique bindings could be produced by members of the Guild of Bookworkers who were selected to participate in the 2002 exhibition. This copy being one of those bindings.

The binding designed and executed by Constance Wozny in 2001. The binding was selected for inclusion in 2002 Midwest Chapter of the Guild of Bookworkers exhibit which was on display at numerous venues in 2003-2003 including Northwestern University and The Minnesota Center for Book Arts. Constance Wozny has been a bookbinder for over 18 years and her creations are widely exhibited in various exhibitions and juried shows in the United States, France, England, Australia, and Tokyo. Her bindings are included in the permanent collections of numerous institutions ranging from the Special Collections Department of the Chicago Main Library to the University of Michigan Library in Ann Arbor. She holds a degree in Marketing from Eastern Kentucky University and has studied with many notable book artists and fine binders including Tini Miura, Monique Lallier, Dominic Riley, and Don Ethington. Her artistic works have been featured in book art exhibition venues locally, nationally and internationally as well as in several book art publications. Her studio is located in Louisville, Kentucky.