Chris Manson
Crooked Crow Press
Crooked Crow Press was established in 1995 and is located in Rockville, Maryland.
My training as a printmaker gave me an appreciation for the beauty of metal type as well as its utility; my experience as a commercial illustrator lets me appreciate the freedom to design and print any obscure, far-fetched or unrealistic text/image I choose, without regard for any practical or conventional concerns.
Keepsake produced for Oak Knoll Fest XVI, October 2010.
The Boke of the Apocalyps, pair of folios by Chris Manson of Crooked Crow Press, handset in metal type, printed in two inks on Lana paper, with woodcuts for the border, initials and headpiece by the printer, 10.25” x 17.5”, 1999.
The Tyger, broadside of William Blake poem by Chris Manson of Crooked Crow Press, handset in metal type, printed in black ink on Rives paper, with a woodcut designed and hand colored by the printer, 9.5” x 14.75”, no date.
Of the Stabülers / or Bread gatherers, folio by Chris Manson of Crooked Crow Press, handset in metal blackletter type, printed in black ink on Rives paper, with a linocut by the printer, 9.5” x 14.75”, no date.
Labore et Constantia / The Historie of Reynard the Fox, folio by Chris Manson of Crooked Crow Press, handset in metal blackletter type, printed in black ink on Rives paper, with linocut (Labore) and woodcut (Reynard) designed and hand colored by the printer, 9.5” x 14.75”, 2004.
Ex Libris and Mischka, part of a series of bookplates as a work in progress by Chris Manson of Crooked Crow Press, handset in a variety of metal Blackletter fonts, printed in black ink on BFK Rives paper on a Vandercook Universal 3, with woodcuts by the printer, 7.5” x 11”, 2007.
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