The Studio | A limited edition of hand bound books

The Studio | A limited edition of hand bound booksCascabel Press is excited to announce a new edition of hand made books. The Studio A Small Room & Good Light The is the Third edition of books by Ray Bidegain at Cascabel Press. The book will be an ambitious project for me and one I am excited about. I am planning a slightly larger book with more pictures than the previous editions. Look forward to more text in this book, I will be writing essays about my time in the studio, and captions with my

Wanting to see a printmaking studio I had read about we journeyed across town only to find it had closed and was no longer in operation

Limited edition of 20

In this case it is this game I think most of us played when we were small

like most of the trees I see

This hand-pulled polymer photogravure print is made with Gamblin bone Black and sepia ink

and Madder lake red inks on Hahnemühle copperplate paper

I made the print small on a large sheet because it felt right for this

Now days my portraits are as much about me the maker

I am never disappointed by walking in the outdoors and being reminded of the vastness and wild beauty I see

and like in this case printing some for the first time

especially as the world changes

playing a role of a woman from days long past