The second issue of Refilstigr is dated “høst 2023”. Høst means autumn in Norwegian. This issue was mailed out in March 2024. You may ask yourself: why is it dated “høst 2023” and then mailed out only in late winter 2024? The answer is: because I make the decisions, and that’s the decision I made.
List of contents:
“Høst 2023.”
Front page. 91 x 216 mm. (3.58 x 8.5 in.). Linocut, stamp, mechanical lettering. Relief print ink, pigmented drawing ink, archival stamp ink. Acid-free cellulose cardstock, 298 gsm (110 lbs).“Tapamveni”
91 x 216 mm. (3.58 x 8.5 in.) Linocut. Relief print ink. Rice paper.“Wild men who caught and sang the sun in flight, …”
91 x 216 mm. (3.58 x 8.5 in.). Fragment of poem by Dylan Thomas. Typewritten on onionskin paper (cotton). Relief print.“Los Justos”
91 x 216 mm. (3.58 x 8.5 in.).Typewritten poem by Jorge Luis Borges. Onionskin paper. Stamped using archival stamp ink.Fragment of A Million Random Digits
73 x 216 mm (2.87 x 8.5 in). Typewriter on onionskin paper.“Midnight at Noon”
. Indian ink on watercolor paper. Handwriting. Stamped using archival stamp ink.Envelope.
241 x 105 mm (9.5 x 4.125). Franklin clasp. Stamped using archival stamp ink.
And don’t forget, the stamps are always a consideration. For instance I used a stamp with a red fox, which is an illustration created by Dugard Stermer. On USPS’s website Stermer is described as a wildlife illustrator, but he is perhaps better known as art director for Ramparts magazine (from 1964 to 1970). If I’m not wrong, the illustration of the red fox is from his book Vanishing Creatures, a Series of Portraits (but I don’t own a copy of the book, so I haven’t been able to check).
