Danny Pierce.
A Day on the Norma A: A Story About a Maine Lobster Boat and the Lobsterman Who Skippers Her. Shorewood, Wis.: Red Door Studio, 1978. 45 x 30 cm.
Call Number: (SPL-FOLIO+) PS 3566 .I383x D3

COLOPHON: A Day on the Norma A. is eighth in the series of limited edition folio-books to come off
the press of the Red Door Studio. Printed on an old Gordon Platen Press from the wood blocks and 18
pt. Spartan Black hand set type. The paper is BFK Reeves and Estampe with 100 percent rag content.
Folio designed and made by the Artist-Author. Vol. 7 of 100.

"A Day on the Norma A is a compilation of experiences on the Norma A over several summers. I enjoyed being out on the sea in the boat and never cursed the knocking on the camper door at 3 or 4 a.m. in the cold salt air. Many prints and paintings, beside the book, were created after those trips. In A Day on the Norma A, I played with the printing of the text. Words became paths, by changing color words became sky or water. A page of text becomes a pattern of waves and currents. I printed again in signatures, but never intended them to be sewn."

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