A Del­i­cate Sight explores the cre­ative poten­tial of dark­ness using mem­o­ry, colour and author­ship. Con­ceived by Sam Win­ston and ini­ti­at­ed at Tate Gallery on Octo­ber 13^th, 2023.

The Del­i­cate Sight book fea­tures texts by the con­tribut­ing writ­ers – Ray­mond Antrobus, Bernar­dine Evaris­to, Don Pater­son and Max Porter – and draw­ings cre­at­ed by Win­ston dur­ing his month-long dark­ness res­i­den­cy.

The Patron Edi­tion con­tains a folio of prints, a unique hand-drawn book cov­er and an accom­pa­ny­ing book­let titled, ​“The Edge of Language.”

Hand-bound and box cov­ered in silkscreen print­ed book­cloth made at Book Works, Lon­don. Exter­nal dimen­sions: 32 x 52 cm / 12.6 x 20.5 in 

Accom­pa­nied by a 20-page let­ter­press read­er, a read­ing copy of Del­i­cate Sight book and a folio of six prints. Artist prints are on 290gsm Hah­nemüh­le Bam­boo paper. Print­ed on an Epson Sure­Col­or SC-P9000 with Ultra­Chrome archival pig­ment ink. 

Project web­site here.

Book design by A Prac­tice for Every­day Life. Let­ter­press print­ed by Hand and Eye Letterpress.

Hand bind­ing at Book Works, London.