Eating Dog Press Publications
Hungry
2022
Hungry is a book of letterpress images by Erika Adams. The images were prepared by Boxcar Press in Syracuse, New York and printed on a Vandercook Universal II Flat Bed Press. Erika Adams printed and assembled the books at Penland School of Craft in Penland, North Carolina.
8” x 6”, edition of 6.
Pickles I have known; A journey through Vinegared Delights
Text and images by Erika Adams 2012
A book of short texts and images, printed from polymer plates made by Boxcar Press in Syracuse, NY. The type is set in Book Antigua and the paper is Somerset book. The book was printed and bound with the assistance of Margot Ecke of Smokey Road Press in Winterville Georgia.
5.5 x 7.5 inches, 12 pages, edition of one hundred.
photographed by Mercedes Jelinek
Pickles I have known, Volume II; Tales of Fermentation
2022
A book of short texts and images by Erika Adams. The polymer plates were made by Boxcar Press in Syracuse, NY. The type is set in Perpetua and Book Antigua and the paper is Somerset book. The book was printed and bound at Penland School of Craft in Penland, North Carolina.
5.5 x 7.5 inches, 12 pages, edition of twenty-five.
I see you too
2015
I see you too is a book of blind contour drawings made by Erika Adams and Dustin Farnsworth during a trip to Italy in the summer of 2015. They spent time on trains and in restaurants looking into each other’s faces and not at their paper. The drawings were scanned, made into polymer plates with the assistance of Jay Fox and Jamie Karolich, and letterpress printed at Penland School of Crafts in North Carolina. The type is Baskerville and the paper is Rives heavyweight. There are 30 hand-bound books.
7.5 x 5 inches, 16 pages.
photographed by Mercedes Jelinek
On Summer Days
2022
On Summer Days is a short book about three hairy woodpecker chicks who fell out of a tree and were relocated to an adjacent tree, living in a shoe box until they fledged. The images were prepared by Boxcar Press in Syracuse, New York and printed on a Vandercook Universal II Flat Bed Press on light blue and cream Canson Mi-Tientes paper.. Erika Adams printed and assembled the books at Penland School of Craft in Penland, North Carolina..
5.5” x 4.5”, varied edition of 15
Comment je passe mon temps mémoire du chat
2012
Comment je passe mon temps, mémoire du chat is my first French Language book. Printed as a Xerox zine, in an edition of 15, the book follows the ruminations of a ceramic cat wishing he were a real cat. Translation by Christian Biznaire.
8 x 5.5 inches, edition of fifteen.
A Detail in the Landscape
2014
A Detail in the Landscape is a fine press collaboration between poet Sandra Marchetti and artist Erika Adams. The images and poems are prepared by Boxcar Press in Syracuse, New York and printed on a Vandercook Universal III Flat Bed Press. The type is Perpetua and the paper is Somerset book. The books are bound using a pamphlet stitch. Erika Adams, with the assistance of Margot Ecke, printed and bound the books at Smokey Road Press in Athens, Georgia. An additional ten books were case bound by Campbell-Logan bindery in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
photographed by Mercedes Jelinek
Just Before Dawn
2012
Just Before Dawn is a fine press book of a poem and images by artist/printer Erika Adams. The poem is split into ten parts and adjacent to each is a constellation printed in red. Printed from polymer plates prepared by Boxcar Press in Syracuse New York, on a Vandercook Universal III Flat Bed Press, the type is set in Book Antiqua and the paper is Somerset Book. The books are bound using a pamphlet stitch. Erika Adams, with the assistance of Margot Ecke, printed and bound the edition of forty books, at Smokey Road Press in Winterville, Georgia. An additional ten books were case bound by Campbell-Logan Bindery in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
6” x 9”, 28 pages
photographed by Mercedes Jelinek
Would
2012
Would is a fine press collaboration between poet Brooks Wright and artist/printer Erika Adams. The images and poems are printed from polymer plates prepared by Boxcar Press in Syracuse, New York, on a Vandercook Universal III Flat Bed Press. The type is set in Book Antiqua and the paper is Somerset Book. The book is bound using a pamphlet stitch. Erika Adams, with the assistance of Margot Ecke, printed and bound, an edition of seventy books at Smokey Road Press in Winterville, Georgia. An additional twenty books were case bound by Campbell-Logan Bindery in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
5.5” x 7.5”, 28 pages
Wrestle
Poems by Nick Norwood, images by Erika Adams
2007
This collaborative book of poems and images, is printed in Dante from polymer plates made by boxcar press in Syracuse, NY, on Somerset book wove paper. Bound and stamped by Campbell-Logan Bindery in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Design, presswork and images by Erika Adams.
8 x 6 inches, 24 pages, edition of fifty.