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Ellie Mathews type composition

Big R White

Relief print using wood type, metal rules and ornaments on Mohawk Superfine. 8 x 10 Inches. $30

Ellie Mathews type composition

Big R Tan

Relief print using wood type, metal rules and ornaments on Rives BFK. 9 x 10 Inches. $30

Antonio Machado Poem

Antonio Machado

Relief print using handset metal type and photopolymer cut on Mohawk Superfine. 6 x 9 inches. $12

Three-color relief print by Ellie Mathews.

Here

Three-color relief print, 8 x 10 inches on Mohawk Superfine. $20

Two-color, three-pass relief print by Ellie Mathews.

July

Two-color, three-pass relief print of a poem by Ursula Le Guin. 8 x 10 on Crane's Lettra. $24

Multi-color relief print by Ellie Mathews.

Provisioning

Seven-impression relief print using handset metal type and photopolymer cuts on Mohawk Superfine. 9 x 12 inches. $48

Multi-color relief print by Ellie Mathews.

All 26

Multi-color relief print, with handset metal and wood type. 9 x 12 inches on Mohawk Superfine. $48

Relief print with sewn washi flags by Ellie Mathews.

Primary Colors

Single-color relief print of a poem by Holly Hughes using handset metal type. 12 x 9 inches on Boxcar Flurry paper with stitched washi flags. $30

Relief print of a poem by Holly Hughes.

Shishi Odoshi

Three-color relief print of a poem by Holly Hughes using handset metal type and a photopolymer cut. 10 x 13 inches on Crane's Lettra. $25

2019 Port Townsend Writers' Conference Poseter.

Centrum 2019

Writers talking about writers, with advice from Stephen King, William Strunk Jr., Muriel Rukeyser, Ernest Hemingway, William Faulkner, James Robertson, Elmore Leonard, Red Smith, Lewis Carroll, and others. Two-color relief print with metal type on Mohawk Superfine. 12 x 18 inches $35

2015 Port Townsend Writers' Conference Poseter.

Centrum 2015

Advice for writers with quotes from Lewis Carroll, Anton Chekhov, Stephen King, Franz Kafka, Robert Frost, Leonard Cohen, and others. Two-color relief print with wood and metal type on Rising Stonehenge. 14 x 21 inches. NFS

2016 Port Townsend Writers' Conference Poseter.

Centrum 2016

Story’s basic structure. Four-color relief print with metal type and a photopolymer cut on Crane’s Lettra. 12 x 16 inches. NFS

2016 Port Townsend Writers' Conference Poseter.

Centrum 2017

Opening Lines by Herman Melville, George Orwell, Vladimir Nabokov, Saul Bellow, and others. Four-color relief print with metal type and photopolymer cuts on Crane’s Lettra. 12 x 16 inches. NFS

Six-color relief print by Ellie Mathews.

Fig. 2

Six-color relief print, plus deboss with handset metal type, wood cut, photopolymer cut and antique cuts. 10 x 13 inches on Crane's Lettra. $60

Seven-color relief print by Ellie Mathews.

Example 3

Seven-color relief print plus deboss using antique cuts and metal type with canceled postage stamps. 13 x 10 inches on Crane's Lettra. Each print is unique because the selection of stamps is unique. $60

Five-color relief print by Ellie Mathews.

Lesson 4

Five-color relief print using a combination of vintage cuts, handset metal type, and photopolymer cuts. 13 x 10 inches on Crane's Lettra. $60

Relief print by Ellie Mathews.

Longfellow

Single-color relief print using handset
metal type. 7 x 5 inches on archival paper. $12

Relief print by Ellie Mathews.

Rule No. 13

Two-color relief print using handset metal type. 6 x 9 inches on archival paper. $12

Relief print by Ellie Mathews.

Dean Rader

Two-color relief print using handset metal type. 6 x 9 inches on Crane's Lettra. $15

Three-color relief print by Ellie Mathews of a
John Delaney quote.

A river stone

Three-color relief print, 7 x 9 inches on archival paper. $24

Three-color relief print of a poem by Dan Gerber.

Often I imagine

Three-color relief print of a poem by Dan Gerber. 10 x 8 inches on Crane's Lettra. $24

Two-color relief print of a poem by Robert Hedin.

An Hour Ago

Two-color relief print using handset metal type. 6.5 x 10 inches on Crane's Lettra. $20

Three-color relief print of a popular lyric.

You Can't Always Get...

Three-color relief print, 9 x 9 inches on archival paper. $24

Linoleum cut with split fountain background broadside of lyric from Once in a Lifetime

Once in a Lifetime

Linocut with handset metal type on a tint background. 9 x 12 inches on archival paper. $36

Linoleum cut with split fountain background broadside of lyrics from Woodstock

Stardust

Three-color relief print including linocut, handset metal type, a dash of red glitter and Joni Mitchell's lyrics from Woodstock. 12 x 9 inches on archival paper. $30

Two-color relief print with a Theodore Roethke quote.

Theodore Roethke

Two-color relief print. 9.5 x 6 inches
on archival paper. $9

Three-color relief made broadside of a quote from poet Jim Harrison made for Copper Canyon Press.

Poetry at its best

Three-color relief print made for Copper Canyon Press. 9 x 6 inches on archival paper. $24

Two-color relief print a poem by M. O. McCabe.

Vagabonds

Two-color relief print on Crane's Lettra, 8 x 10.5 inches. $18

Three-color relief print of a poem by Barbara Curry Mulcahy.

Mulcahy from Dragoman

Three-color relief print of a poem by Canadian Poet Barbara Curry Mulcahy. 9 x 11.25 inches on Crane's Lettra. $24

Three-color relief print by Ellie Mathews of a photo by
Phil Millam.

Heron at Doe Bay

Three-color relief print, 8.5 x 11 inches on archival paper. $30

Two-color relief print of poem inspired by Elizabeth Reutling
Painting by Ellie Mathews.

Ekphrasis

Two-color relief print of an Ellie Mathews poem, inspired by an Elizabeth Reutlinger painting. 10 x 13 inches on Crane's Lettra. $24

Two-color relief print of a poem by Carl Youngmann.

Iron and Light

Two-color relief print of a poem by Carl Youngmann. 9.5 x 13.5 inches on Fabriano Ingres paper. $18

Three-color relief print by Ellie Mathews of an excerpt of a poem by
Pablo Neruda.

Stars

Three-color relief print of a poem by Pablo Neruda. 10 x 13 inches on Crane’s Lettra. $30

Two-color relief print by Ellie Mathews of an excerpt of a poem by
Pablo Neruda.

Violins

Two-color relief print of a poem by Pablo Neruda. 10 x 13 inches on Crane’s Lettra. $30

Three-color relief print by Ellie Mathews of an excerpt of a poem by
Pablo Neruda.

Each Day

Three-color relief print of a poem by Pablo Neruda. 10 x 13 inches on Crane’s Lettra. $30

Three-color relief print by Ellie Mathews of a poem by
Pablo Neruda.

Which Yellow Bird

Three-color relief print of a poem by Pablo Neruda. 8 x 10 inches on Crane’s Lettra. $20

Three-color relief print a poem by Frank Stanford.

Dreamt by a Man in a Field

Three-color relief print of a poem by Frank Stafford. 8 x 9.25 inches on Rives BFK paper. $24

Two-color relief print a excerpts from a poem by Robert Hedin.

Field Notes, excerpts

Two-color relief print using handset metal type. 7 x 7 inches on Crane's Lettra. $20

Multi-color relief print inspired by antique bronze bird by Ellie Mathews.

Bird looking Back

Five-color relief print. 10.25 x 13.75 inches on Rising Stonehenge. $36

Linoleum cut by Carl Youngmann.

Tree of Life

Linocut with handset metal type and a graduated tint. 10 x 13 inches on archival paper. $36

Linoleum cut by Carl Youngmann.

Tree of Life

Linocut with handset metal type and a graduated tint. 8 x 10 inches on archival paper. $30

Louie Louie

Five-color relief print with the complete lyrics to a rock 'n roll classic. 9.75 x 13.75 inches on archival paper. $36

Two-color letterpress print by Ellie Mathews with poem by Terry Martin.

Sunday Afternoons

Two-color relief print with poem by Terry Martin. 9 x 12 inches on archival paper. $30

Five-color letterpress print with conifer snag and poem translated
from the Chinese by Sam Hamill

Zazen on Ching-t'ing Mountain by Li Po

Five-color relief print with poem translated from the Chinese by Sam Hamill. 7.5 x 10 inches on Rising Stonehenge. $30

Graduated tint, haiku and watercolor broadside of three pears by Ellie Mathews

Three Pears

Relief print with graduated tint, haiku, and watercolor. 9 x 12 inches on archival paper. $30

Five-color letterpress printed broadside of a typographic riff on things of three

Trios

Five-color relief print listing groups of three. 9.75 x 13.75 inches on archival paper. $40

Four-color letterpress printed broadside of Jeanette Winterson quote

Story

Four-color relief print with a Jeanette Winterson quote. 8 x 8 inches on archival paper. $36

Four-color letterpress printed broadside of Jeanette Winterson quote

Story

Four-color relief print with a Jeanette Winterson quote. 8 x 8 inches on archival paper. $36

Three-color letterpress printed broadside of Michael Hanner poem

Square

Three-color relief print celebrating a poem by Michael Hanner. 9.5 x 12.5 on archival paper. $18

Letterpress printed broadside of four short poems by Norman Schaefer

Four by Norman Schaefer

Relief print with four poems printed in blue with handset metal type. 8 x 12 inches on archival paper. NFS

Two-color abecedarian broadside letterpress printed by Ellie Mathews

The Essential Twenty-six

Two-color relief print. Handset metal type on archival paper. 8 x 9.5 inches. $24

Letterpress print with quote from A. A. Milne's Winnie the Pooh.

Milne quote

Two-color linocut print with handset metal type. 5 x 7 inches. $8

John Muir quote with sword fern print.

Muir quote

Two-color relief print featuring a John Muir quote. 6 x 11 inches on archival paper. $20

Letterpress printed card of an excerpt from William Carlos Williams poem 'The Descent'

No whiteness (lost)

Relief print with handset metal type. 6.25 x 4.75 inches on archival paper. $18

Broadside print of the current version of Ellie Mathews' 1998 Pillsbury Bake-off Grand Prize
winning Salsa Cous Cous Chicken.

Pretty Good Chicken Dinner

Relief print. Handset metal type, borders, ornaments and cut. 9 x 12 inches on archival paper. $24

Broadside print of finalist Ellie Mathews' Soda Bread recipe from Good Housekeeping Heart Healthy Contest

Sunday Morning Soda Bread

Relief print. Handset metal type, borders, ornaments and cut. 7.5 x 11 inches on archival paper. $24

Keepsake broadside of an excerpt by Judith Kitchen distributed at her memorial.

Judith Kitchen Excerpt

Two-color relief print from Distance and
Direction. 7 x 7.5 inches. $18

Broadside of Chinese poet Stonehouse, translated by Bill Porter/Red Pine, made for Copper Canyon Press.

Stonehouse

Three-color relief print from The Mountain Poems of Stonehouse 9.5 x 9 inches on archival paper. $24

Broadside of 'at a kitchen table' by Ted Kooser made for Copper Canyon Press

at a kitchen table

Three-color relief print from Splitting an Order 9 x 12 inches on Rising Stonehenge. $24

Broadside of poem by Bob Francis and illustration by Kathy Francis

Black Box

Two-color relief print with poem by Bob Francis and illustration by Kathy Francis. NFS

Poem of Chinese poet Han Shan, translated by Bill Porter/Red Pine, broadside made for Copper Canyon Press

Han Shan Poem 82

Three-color relief print from Finding Them Gone: Visiting China's Poets of the Past. 8 x 8 inches on Crane's Lettra. $24

Limited edition broadside of One Day Moth by W. S. Merwin made for Copper Canyon Press

One Day Moth

Four-color relief print from The Moon Before Morning made for Copper Canyon Press. 6 x 9 inches on archival paper. $24

Broadside of 'Right Hand' by Ted Kooser made for Copper Canyon Press

Right Hand

Three-color relief print from Splitting an Order made for Copper Canyon Press. 9.25 x 11 inches on archival paper. $24

Two relief made broadside of a Marvin Bell poem made for Copper Canyon Press

To Dorothy

Two-color relief print made for Copper Canyon Press. 9 x 6 inches on archival paper. $18

Presentation broadside of 'River Sound Remembered' by W. S. Merwin made for Copper Canyon Press

River Sound Remembered

Two-color relief print with blind deboss made for Copper Canyon Press. NFS

Two-color relief made broadside of a Dean Young poem made for Copper Canyon Press.

Changing Genres

Two-color relief print. 6.5 x 9 inches on archival paper. $16

Worship

Two-color relief print with pencil, made for the Port Townsend Friends Meeting. 8.5 x 11 inches NFS

Two-color relief made broadside of a Jean Valentine poem made for Copper Canyon Press.

Great-grandmother

Two-color relief print made for Copper Canyon Press. 8 x 10 inches NFS

Two-color relief made memoriabilia of a Shiela Bender poem made for her daughter's 40th birthday.

When Emily is Six

Two-color relief print made for the poet, Sheila Bender. 6 x 9 inches NFS

Two-color relief made broadside of a Ruth Stone poem made for Copper Canyon Press.

One Thought

Two-color relief print made for Copper Canyon Press. 9 x 6 inches NFS

Two-color relief made broadside of a W. S. Merwin poem made for the Centrum
Port Townsend Writers Conference, 2015.

Early One Summer

Two-color relief print. 7.5 x 7.5 inches on archival paper. $20

Three-color relief made broadside of a Dean Young poem made for Copper Canyon Press.

Delphiniums in a Window Box

Three-color relief print. 7 x 13 inches on archival paper. $20

Poster for Richard Hugo inspired concert by Wayne Horvitz.

Forever Afternoon

Two-color relief print celebrating the conjunction of poetry and music. 9 x 12 inches on archival paper. $8

Three-color relief print of Kim Murton illustration <i>Pinking Shears</i>.

Pinking Shears

Two-color relief print on background tint, with art by Kim Murton. 8 x 10 inches on Crane’s Lettra. $30

Relief print of Kim Murton illustration <i>Soft Boiled Eggs</i>.

Soft Boiled Eggs

Relief print with background tint and watercolor details, with art by Kim Murton. 8 x 10 inches on Crane’s Lettra. $30

Three-color relief print of Kim Murton illustration <i>Sunday Paper</i>.

Sunday Paper

Two-color relief print with background tint and watercolor details, with art by Kim Murton. 8 x 10 inches on Crane’s Lettra. $30

Relief print of Kim Murton illustration <i>Zucchini Cake</i>.

Zucchini Cake

Two-color relief print with background tint and watercolor details, with art by Kim Murton. 8 x 10 inches on Crane’s Lettra. $30

Three-color relief print of Kim Murton illustration <i>Get a Move On</i>.

Get a Move On

Two-color relief print with background tint and watercolor details, with art by Kim Murton. 8.5 x 11 inches on Crane’s Lettra. $30

Relief print of Kim Murton illustration <i>Paint by Number</i>.

Paint by Number

Relief print and watercolor details, with art by Kim Murton. 8.5 x 11 inches on Crane’s Lettra. $30

Three-color relief print of Kim Murton illustration <i>Nature</i>.

Nature

Three-color relief print, with art by Kim Murton. 8.5 x 11 inches on Crane’s Lettra. $30

Relief print of Kim Murton illustration <i>Bossy Cat</i>.

Bossy Cat

Print with background tint and watercolor details, with art by Kim Murton. 8.5 x 11 inches on Crane’s Lettra. $30

Three-color relief print of Kim Murton illustration <i>Cat Interference</i>.

Cat Interference

Three-color relief print, with art by Kim Murton. 8.5 x 11 inches on Crane’s Lettra. $30

Two-color relief print of Kim Murton illustration <i>Pie for Breakfast</i>.

Pie for Breakfast

Two-color relief print with background tint and watercolor details, with art by Kim Murton. 8.5 x 11 inches on Crane’s Lettra. $30

Kim Murton illustrations on A6 cards.

Three cards by Kim Murton

1 each of Tumbling Skeletons, Cats, and Four Faces.
4.5 x 6.25 inches (A6) on natural white with
matching envelopes. Set of 3 $10

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