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My Soft Animal Body

A collection of work reflecting on vulnerability, personal healing and how that process relates to our natural world.

My Soft Animal Body_Stephanie Hayward_Artist Book_Cover
My Soft Animal Body_Stephanie Hayward_Artist Book_Page 1
My Soft Animal Body_Stephanie Hayward_Artist Book_Page 2-3
My Soft Animal Body_Stephanie Hayward_Artist Book_Page 4-5
My Soft Animal Body_Stephanie Hayward_Artist Book_Page 6-7
My Soft Animal Body_Stephanie Hayward_Artist Book_Page 8
My Soft Animal Body_Stephanie Hayward_Rocks Sketch
My Soft Animal BodyArtist Book Printing Letterpress Text on the Vandercook Proofing Press_
My Soft Animal BodyArtist Book Letterpress Text_Stephanie Hayward_2019
My Soft Animal BodyArtist Book Sewing on Letterpress Text_Stephanie Hayward_2019
My Soft Animal BodyArtist Book Etchings_Stephanie Hayward_2019
Confide Etching
Confide Etching
My Soft Animal Body_Stephanie Hayward_Artist Book_Unfolded Accordion
Confide Etching - Detail

The artist book My Soft Animal Body was printed and hand-bound at the University of Alberta in 2019.

The text is a verse from the poem Starlings in Winter by Mary Oliver. The type was hand-set in Univers 11 and printed on Kurotani washi. The images were produced through a combination of soft-ground copper etching and a laser-cut wood block. They are printed on Kurotani washi, Iwami natural washi and adhered to Stonehenge Fawn using chine-collé.

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