Petra Press ~ Wisconsin

Pupschen's Himmelreise
By Petra Press
2007. Edition of 3.

11 x 15" case bound book. Found paper and images. Manipulated photographs. Inkjet printed onto found paper and rusted silk gauze.

Colophon: “The black and white images were created by digitally manipulating photographs taken in November 2006 at Auschwitz. They are printed on pages taken from a found 1909 German/English dictionary. There pages are juxtaposed with colored images inkjet printed on rusted silk gauze. These were adapted from a 1923 German children’s book called Puppchens Himmelische Reise (The Doll’s Trip to Heaven), a book which gave me nightmares for 20 years.”
$500

China Journal
By Petra Press
Milwaukee: 2006. One-of-a-Kind.

11.5 x 16" open. Japanese stab binding. Found antique cloth cover. Collaged and inkjet printed onto found paper.

Travel journal as artist’s book.
$300

I Heard a Fly Buzz
By Petra Press
2006. Edition of 5.

8.75 x 11" open. Case bound using found cloth and leather. Digitally manipulated found photographs. Inkjet printed on Japanese Mulberry paper.

Emily Dickinson’s poem – the last vestige of life, a droning fly, is eclipsed by death – matched with black-and-white images of cancer cells.

“In Memorium: Olof Stegelmann (October 11, 1928 – December 11, 1999)”
$200

Consequences of the Total Lunar Eclipse
By David Press
2005. Edition of 10.

9 x 7.5", 30 unpaginated pages. Case bound. Found cloth and leather. Digitally manipulated photographs taken in 2005 in the Necropolis of Buenos Aries. Inkjet on Japanese Mulberry paper.

What happens when the moon disappears, even for a short time?
#225

Prenup
By Petra Press
2005. Edition of 20.

9 x 9 x 8" opened and displayed as a sculpture in the round. Double accordion fold book. Found and collaged images. Inkjet printed.

“I want a Prenup” – and why you should.
$180