The North Press Prints and Broadsides

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Multi-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 Neenah 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 Neenah 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. $36

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. $30

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

Post for 2015 Port Townsend Writers' Conference with 19 quotes about writing.

Port Townsend Writers' Conference Poster

Two-color relief print with wood and metal type showing advice to writers from Lewis Carroll, Anton Chekhov, Stephen King, Franz Kafka, Robert Frost, and others. 14 x 21 inches on Rising Stonehenge. $24

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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