The Sensory Delights of Text” was designed and hand-printed by Gabriella Solti in the spring of 2009.
Seven signed and numbered copies were produced using a Vandercook proofpress.
Manuscript pages were printed on Rives BFK 210 gsm paper.
Essay was written by Gabriella Solti and printed on laser printer on linen paper using Century Schoolbook and Engravers MT typefaces.
Bound in cloth over board in 100% rayon book cloth by Rassmussen Bindery, North Vancouver.
9” x 12”. 28 pages manuscript section unpaginated. 5 pages essay.
Title on jacket is embossed by Gabriella Solti using Caslon typeface on white 310 gsm Elegance Velvet fine art paper.
Price: $350
Contact: gab.solti@gmail.com
About Me
- Gabriella Solti
- Gabriella Solti is a Hungarian-born Canadian artist who has a long standing interest in artist books. Her handmade limited edition letterpress books consider the book as an object to critically examine its history, its making, its usage, its content and its value. A winner of the prestigious Alcuin Society Awards for Excellence in Book Design in Canada in 2010, her limited edition book, “The Sensory Delights of Text” was Canada’s official entry in the February 2011 international book design competition in Leipzig: Schönste Bücher aus aller Welt (The Most Beautiful Books from all over the World). Gabriella Solti holds a Master of Computer Science degree from Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest, Hungary, a BFA from Emily Carr University of Art and Design in Vancouver, and will receive her master of fine arts degree in May 2014 from the University of Western Ontario. She has exhibited in Italy, Germany, US, Japan, UK and Canada, most recently in the MLC Gallery in Toronto. Her artist books/prints are in museums and special collection libraries across Canada and Europe.