Parts of the Body by DC-based Poet Buck Downs, printed by Gordan Fluke with images by Helen Frederick, is an extended, yet fragmented, love poem. Parts of the Body is cast in the image of a radio continually returning itself to station after station in a flurry of quotations, interruptions, and talk. Featuring eight etchings and woodcuts, printed on translucent Japanese Okawara and a binding, designed by John Wood and Laurie Snyder, this near weightless artist book becomes a luxurious counterpoint to the frenetic text they accompany. The edition is printed using Weiss type letterpress with a wrapper and box of hand formed paper containing flax fibers from the garden of Pyramid’s Riverdale location.

Collections: George Mason University Fenwick Library Artist Book Collection, Library of Congress, National Gallery of Art, Yale University Library, Rhode Island School of Design, and Whitman College.
Printer: Gordon Fluke
Etchings and woodcuts: Helen Frederick
Production Assistants: Arlene Chung, Astrid Helmuth, Bridget Lambert, John Wood
Learn more about the artist:
buckdowns.com