The Octopus would like to put a stop to us
Screen printed picture book
Poem by Benjamin Heathcote
Illustrations and book art by Otto
ISBN 978-0-9932990-0-1
FORM
The design for the Octopus was done in the stencil painting method of early Russian Constructivist designers, esp. Mayakovsky, 1910, who published hand stencilled posters called Rosta (=windows).
The 'text-block' is screen printed on a single sheet, then sliced and folded into individual pages. The centre page spread folds out to double size.
The illustrations were all prepared in Multichannel mode.
SPECIFICATIONS
first printed in a stenciled edition of 24 in 2010
30 pages with 13 illustrations, inluding pull-out centre spread
size: 22 x 29 cm
inside
4 colours on 200gsm Heritage Book
hard back cover
4 colours
made in 2015
Open edition
I am happy to sign a copy on request
sold out
CONTENT
The poem is about animals taking revenge on humans.
The illustrations are inspired by mid-century B-movie posters.
REVIEWS
an, Artists Newsletter
review by Sarah Bodman, Centre of Fine Print Research
Hyperallergic
Review of Art Books and Zines #2, downloadable Pdf
Design for Today