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Only Human comprises a suite of 17 prints exploring the intriguing connections between human nature and the animal world, presented as a hand-bound book with letterpress text.

In the struggle to prevail amid a competitive society people often unwittingly take on animal-like or bestial tendencies, motives, and behavior toward one another. Constructed upon a foundation of animal symbolism from various cultures, fables, mythology, and memories, the imagery within the book seeks to promote reflection on how we behave both individually and as a society, whether our thoughts and actions be intentionally malicious or simply unconscious manifestations of our intrinsic nature.

"Only Human" - front cover
Handmade Book
6.5x 5x.75”
2006
three little pigs
mezzotint and letterpress
plate size 4x3"
plate two:

"misery loves company"

2006
mezzotint and letterpress
plate size 4x3"
plate three:

"better dead than out of fashion"

2006
mezzotint and letterpress
plate size 4x3"
plate four:

"one sheep follows another"

2006
mezzotint and letterpress
plate size 4x3"
plate five:

"birds of a feather flock together"

2006
mezzotint and letterpress
plate size 4x3"
plate six: 

"gold chains for great thieves"

2006
mezzotint and letterpress
plate size 4x3"
plate seven:

"agree, for the law is costly"

2006
mezzotint and letterpress
plate size 4x3"
plate eight:

"foolish fear doubles danger"

2006
mezzotint and letterpress
plate size 4x3"
plate nine:

"what the people believe is the truth"

2006
mezzotint and letterpress
plate size 4x3"
plate ten:

"more demand for fools than philosophers"

2006
mezzotint and letterpress
plate size 4x3"
plate eleven:

"empty vessels make the most sound"

2006
mezzotint and letterpress
plate size 4x3"
plate twelve:

"beware the man of one book"

2006
mezzotint and letterpress
plate size 4x3"
plate thirteen:

"there are bearded fools"

2006
mezzotint and letterpress
plate size 4x3"
plate fourteen:

"few hearts that are not double"

2006
mezzotint and letterpress
plate size 4x3"
plate fifteen:

"few tongues that are not cloven"

2006
mezzotint and letterpress
plate size 4x3"
plate sixteen:

"all clever men are birds of prey"

2006
mezzotint and letterpress
plate size 4x3"
plate seventeen:

"for the last comer the bones"

2006
mezzotint and letterpress
plate size 4x3"
"Only Human"

2006
Handmade book with letterpress and 17 mezzotint prints
6.5x 5x.75”