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About |
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Throughout a work career that
took me from recording in New York City, to designing, testing,
and patenting the most efficient oil fired water heater, to a unique,
international advertising department, or to creating art that has
been shown in galleries in North America, Europe, and Asia, one
constant has been books. Writing, reading, designing. |
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I wrote my first book, unfinished,
when I was thirteen, after reading Lord of the Flies. The
only positive thing I can say about the sixty-plus single spaced
typed pages is that I must have had patience. Years later, on a
family vacation to the Shakespeare Festival, Stratford, Ontario,
we were stopped at the border and routinely asked if we had anything
to declare. My father said, as if it were a normal thing, we did
have seven typewriters with us—all five of us were writing
something, and two typewriters were backups. Four hours later customs
let us go on our way. |
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I designed and made my first
real book in 1968: 7" x 6.25", hardbound, 10 pages, 9
linocuts; 12 copies. Of the many books, paintings, drawings, and
photographs given to Frederick Sommer over the years, one of the
few he didn't give or throw away is this book, which still remains
in his library, now part of his archives. |
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I have had both good and bad
experiences being published and I have self published. And as many
people find out, the bad experiences can be overwhelming. I started
12on14 to focus more on book design, and doing fine art printing—helping
others to realize some of their dreams and to avoid many of the
pitfalls that await. I look forward to working with you, |
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Let me design your book. Prescott is an email away—contact! |
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Walton Mendelson |
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