I’ve been unable to shake that quote paraphrasing George MacLeod, from bookbinder Rachel Hazell, “The thing about islands is there’s less space between Heaven and Earth.”, so I asked her permission to commit it to type and paper and she generously consented.
I used my daredevil printing skills to set the type the round; divine intervention, rather than careful planning, meant that, in 24 point Futura Regular, it fit perfectly:
Keeping the type in place was something of a dark art involving multiple quoins plus strategic slips of paper, and significant prayer.
When I realized that the resulting circle was about the same size as my letterpress cut of Prince Edward Island, I conjured up a red-and-black combination of the two, resulting in this:
I also printed a few outliers without the background of the Island, including this one, printed on handmade paper made by Catherine many many years ago, which I love:
Comments
These are inspired, and gorgeous! Hope they will appear in your Etsy shop soon.
NeatO!
❤️
If you have these for sale I know a whole bunch of us here on Bowen Island that would want them.
At the very least me.
Please let me know if you plan to sell this design. And perhaps I could even commission one with a silhouette of Bowen Island if you’d be willing.
Beautiful, Peter. I especially appreciate that the "and" runs over Unikansuk/Portage, the narrowest part of PEI, like it is holding West Prince to the rest of the island!
You are encircled by the ‘d’.
This is awesome!