Oak Knoll

Limited to seven numbered copies. A fine copy. An artist's book by Laura Wait. Part of a series of seven unique books on the intertwined symbols of 'T' and the cross.

Etchings, letterpress, handwriting and painting. Manuscript handwritten on the half title and repeated throughout the book. The pages and the Mylar sheets were first printed with wooden type on an etching press, and the paper versos were printed with etchings. Paste-painting completed on both sides of all paper in many layers. Handwriting on many pages. Sewn onto a concertina with linen thread. Spine of brown Harmatan leather with a gold "T" handtooled at the top. Boards are aircraft plywood covered in etchings printed on Japanese paper. Multiple layers of acrylic paint and varnish were applied to the covers. Brown endpapers of Walnut dyed Cave paper. Black cloth drop-back box lined with brown painted paper; paper title label on spine.

No. 3 of 7 variants on the intertwined symbols of "T" and the cross. Colophon handwritten and signed by the artist.

From the artist's website: "Technical: The manuscript is handwritten on the half title and repeated throughout the book. The pages and the Mylar sheets were first printed letterpress with wooden type on an etching press, and the paper versos were printed with etchings. Paste-painting was completed on both sides of all paper in many layers. The calligraphy finished the book pages.

The pages are sewn onto a concertina with linen thread. The spine is Harmatan leather with a gold 'T' hand-tooled on the spine. The boards are aircraft plywood covered in etchings printed on Japanese paper. Multiple layers of acrylic paint and varnish were applied to the covers. The endpapers are Walnut dyed Cave paper. The box was made by the artist and Jill Bergman, who also assisted with the printing.

Crossed-T text: "Crucifixion of murderes, fiery cross of hate, witches pyre, tool of suppression
Sign of the world, death penalty, tree of life, oak crucifix
Blood of Christ, axis mundi, Greek Theos
Tau, a mark, a plus sign, old testament cross,
X and T the same in Semitic language, Greeks crossed T since they had X
Thor's hammer, worldwide symbol of flags."