bryan@kringdesign.com 
Escape Plan Edition: open Materials: Paper, wood branch, acetate mounting tabs and wire Medium: Letterpress with hand watercolor painting Size: 1.625” x apx 7” x 1.125” (W x H x D) Notes: It’s always a good idea to have an escape plan. At the top branch a balloon awaits. Available in my Etsy shop.
Insecta Coleoptera Edition: 98 Materials: Paper, acrylic window, wood, screws and string. Medium: Letterpress printing with hand watercolor painting and oil stick. Size: 3.25” x 3.75” x 1.75” (W x H x D) Notes: Specimen label an map document the origin of the specimen origin. When the knob at the base of the box is … Read more
Thaumatrope Edition: open Materials: Paper, string Medium: Intaglio printing Size: 5″ diameter Notes: When the strings of a thaumatrope are twirled between the fingers the two pictures on either side of the disk appear to combine into a single image. A video of this thoumatrope can be seen below. Available in my Etsy shop. https://bryankring.kringdesign.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/birdThauma3.mov
Flying Fish Edition: open Materials: Paper, copper wire, acetate window, wire stand. Medium: Letterpress with hand watercolor painting Size: 7 1/2″ x 2 1/2″ (wings closed without stand) Notes: The fish’s head, wings, and tail are attached with copper wire spirals on which they pivot. The jaw also moves and when opened the eye looks … Read more
Dragonfly Edition: 100 Materials: Paper, book cloth, acrylicwindow, and ribbon. Medium: Letterpress and intaglio printing with hand watercolor painting Size: 3.25” x 3.75” x 1.75” (W x H x D, closed) Notes: The dragonfly is attached to a flexible “stem” so that it quivers and sways when the book is moved. Available in my Etsy … Read more
Bird Feet Edition: 100 Materials: Paper, 22 page booklet Medium: Letterpress printed. Size: 3.25″ x 3.25″ x .25″ (W x H x D) Notes: Bird Feet is a little story about searching for utopia in a bird cage, finding beauty in the sadness of nature when stripped of idealism. The story is told in five … Read more
The Fall Edition: 100 Materials: Paper, acrylic window, rivet, and string Medium: Intaglio and letterpress printed. Size: 3.25″ x 3.25″ x 1″ (W x H x D) Notes: The little astronaut in this diorama book hangs suspended among the clouds over the city. He, and the bird, are attached to flexible mounts so that they … Read more
Bug Edition: 100 (currently on the second printing edition) Materials: Paper, 56 page booklet Medium: Laser printed text with silk screened cover Size: 4.25″ x 4.25″ Notes: This story is a meditation on our interconnection and the natural desire to kill anything with six legs. Each page spread contains text and an illustration. This is … Read more
Peephole Edition: 100 (currently on the second printing edition) Materials: Paper, 56 page booklet Medium: Laser printed text with silk screened cover Size: 4.25″ x 4.25″ Notes: Told from the vantage point of a door’s peephole, this story shows how a simple obsession can overtake your life and eventually turn you into a specimen on … Read more
Wart Edition: 100 (currently on the third printing edition) Materials: Paper, 56 page booklet Medium: Laser printed text with silk screened cover Size: 4.25″ x 4.25″ Notes: Wart can be read as an allegory of a failed relationship or as a guidebook on the removal of the Verruca Vulgaris virus. Each page spread contains text … Read more
