My dreams were all my own; I accounted for them to nobody; they were my refuge when annoyed — my dearest pleasure when free.
(Mary Shelley’s introduction to Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus, 1831).
Pictured above are progress views of the blocks for the title page and cover image of Frankenstein’s Women, a forthcoming artist book focusing on the peripheral female characters in Shelley’s enduringly influential gothic novel.
The project began last July when I undertook a residency at Melbourne Athenaeum Library as part of Melbourne Rare Book Week 2018.
With the end of the project firmly in sight, I’ve been feeling a little like Lewis Carroll’s Alice in Looking Glass Land as I add text to the lino in mirror writing. (Click on images to enlarge).
