Hand Carved Numbers
By Lauren Emeritz
Washington DC: Abstract Orange, 2017. Edition of 100.1.75 x 2"; 24 unnumbered pages including back pastedown. Accordion structure extending from the back pastedown. Drawn, hand-carved, designed, printed and bound by Lauren Emeritz. Letter press printed. Case bound in blue cloth with title in orange on cover and spine. Signed and numbered by the artist.
This is the miniature version of Lauren Emeritz’s larger format edition of numbers. One number (from 1-9, followed by 0) is printed from a hand-carved letterpress block on the recto of each page. Numbers are printed in orange, blue, black and blind. A line of squares in the corresponding number is stamped in blind on the verso of each page for numbers 1-9.