From a collaborative letterpress book called The Notorious, this spread is about Prince Vlad Dracula, the real life Romanian Prince that Bram Stoker used as inspiration for his famous novel, Dracula. This was an interesting exercise in designing outside of the computer, using hand set wood and lead type.
The text was from a traditional Romanian parable describing an interaction Prince Dracula had with two Catholic Monks, which succinctly tells the tale of how ruthless he really was. In addition, I carved a lino cut portrait of Prince Dracula derived from researched images to use on the bookplate.
Copies of this collaborative book are currently in public and private book collections such as UCLA, Harvard and Stanford University libraries.
