Exhibit at Bucknell University

As I stated in an earlier post, Viking Dog Press & C. Cone Studios along with our friend David Moyer of Red Howler Press have been invited to exhibit our work in the Special Collections area of The Bertrand Library at Bucknell University. The exhibit will open on August 19th and run until the end of December. We hope you can view it in person, if not I'll be posting some photos here.

In Memoriam

My best friend and the namesake of my press, Nikki my Norweigian Elkhound, The Viking Dog, passed away at 4:30 pm today at the age of 15. R.I.P min Norsk Ålghund vän.

Cold War Kids, Part One

Cold War Kids, Part Two

I've been ruminating on the late 1950's and the early 1960's, on The Cold War and the fear and anxiety that it placed in school children of the time. I thought of Khrushchev of course and the way he was portrayed in the press and the black and white TV news.

Upon doing some internet research I found that his son Sergei is a U.S. citizen who teaches at Brown University. The irony of this is not lost on me and my fellow Baby Boomers. This broadside is dedicated to Sergei Khrushchev and my friend Jeff Fargus who I'm sure recalls huddling under his desk too.

History is a fun house mirror and every generation that peers into it sees something different.

Cone, Skiles & Vickers

Red Car

Red Car

I'm a car, a red one.
Not your favorite make
or model
but sturdy and reliable.

American made
probably older than
your oldest son,
I travel the back roads mostly.

Outdated but fuel efficient
I ramble.
Parts are getting scarce
and so are good mechanics.




Painting from Claribel's book "From Marina's Window".

Florence

Claribel and I have been invited to exhibit our books at Bucknell University next spring. We will be showing one of a kind books and editioned works along with our friend David Moyer of Red Howler Press. David is a wood engraver, artist, printer and all around master of the book arts. We collaborated on Archimedes last fall and have been involved in various projects together. Our thank you to Isabella O'Neill of Bucknell Special Collections for this opportunity.

I'll post a link to the exhibit when one becomes available. I'm posting images of Claribel's new one of a kind book, Florence, which she took to Florence, Italy this week to a painting conference. The book is constructed accordion style and the pages are hinged so the book may be viewed page by page or opened up up flat to be seen as a panorama.















Front cover