W. B. Yeats "Cloths of Heaven" poem letterpress printOne of my students set and printed this beautiful W. B. Yeats poem on a one day letterpress workshop. We ran out of time to put the type away at the end of the day (it was rather an ambitious project for a one day two person workshop), so the poem was still sat on the press afterwards. I'd taken quite a shine to it, and Nicola very kindly gave me permission to print some extra copies for the shop. I made some minor adjustments to letterspacing and

in this single hour I live

As with all my work

The edition is limited to just 22 prints

One of my students set and printed this beautiful W

“Give crowns and pounds and guineas

the pursued

Our business here is not to live

Printed in metallic inks onto black card

but kept the lovely dark blue colour which suited the poem so well

While Ludlow tower shall stand

and makes a lovely gift

as have I by extension