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Sweet Darkness—David Whyte

Letterpress broadside of Sweet Darkness by David Whyte,
Venus & Perpetua / 100# Mohawk Superfine / 3 inks / 11×17 inches

“Sweet Darkness” by David Whyte, from The House of Belonging, © 1996 Many Rivers Press. Designed and printed from handset metal type with a custom linocut on a 1906 Colt’s Armory Press, December 2016. First edition, 300 copies printed, signed by the poet. Available for sale in our store.

"Sweet Darkness" metal type form
Opening lines in metal: 18pt Perpetua, set one letter at a time and all locked up for printing.
detail of black and white Sweet Darkness letterpress broadside by David Whyte
“Sweet” was printed by itself in a 3rd press run, black on black with a hint of metallic purple ink mixed in.
darkness linocut in process
Linocut in process for the large titling type, “Darkness.”
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