A collaborative book of prints by nine artists:
Chester Arnold, David Avery, Dick Cole, William Conger,
Jessica Dunne, Art Hazelwood, Frances McCormack,
Jenny Robinson and Jennie Smith

A Tale of Transformation, book size 13 3/4" x 12 1/4", each image 12" x 12", linoleum cut print and letterpress,
edition of ten, accordion fold book on Somerset Velvet paper, eleven pages
with nine images and colophon. $1000

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Original Print from a single three foot square block
Book Release Party

Eastside Editions New Print Book Release Celebration
At Warnock Fine Arts on Wednesday, July 30th
San Francisco – Eastside Editions and Warnock Fine Arts extends an invitation to a new print book release celebration for a collaborative book project involving prints by nine artists who have worked with the fine art print publishing studio, Eastside Editions of San Francisco.
" A Tale of Transformation," began as a 36" x 36" linoleum cut print and which has been reconfigured into an accordion page book featuring images by Chester Arnold, David Avery, Dick Cole, William Conger, Jessica Dunne, Art Hazelwood, Frances McCormack, Jenny Robinson and Jennie Smith. Published by Simon Blattner and Eastside Editions.
The release celebration occurs Wednesday, July 30th, 5:30 to 7:30 pm at Warnock Fine Arts located at 49 Geary St. Suite 211, San Francisco, CA (415) 677-4001.
“ A Tale of Transformation” is the result of The San Francisco Center for the Book’s invitation to Simon J. Blattner, publisher at Eastside Editions, to participate in their annual Roadworks festival. Each year the invited artists carve a 36” x 36” piece of linoleum which is printed on the street using a steamroller. The theme, as designated by the Center for the Book, was the exploration of the narrative process. In response, nine artists from Eastside Editions were invited to create images with the only bit of information suggested to each artist by the title of the project, “A Tale of Transformation.” The aim was to create a different kind of narrative structure by means of chance.
Each of the artists created a 12” square black and white drawing that was transferred to the linoleum, which was then carved by David Avery and Art Hazelwood of Eastside Editions. The result was inked and laid out in the street, covered with paper and blankets, and run over repeatedly by a steamroller.
In order to further develop the narrative quality of the print, Eastside Editions reconfigured and printed the images as a horizontal accordion fold book. The resulting book keeps alive the spirit of blind collaboration where disparate styles and images fall into place, creating the possibility of any number of “tales.”