Nagaland

: Front cover: Book cloth & foil blocking

: Endpaper: 3 colour flexible plate

: Title page: Polymer plate & typesetting

: Intro: Polymer plate & typesetting

: Pages 1 & 2: Polymer plate from drawing

: Pages 3 & 4: 3 colour linocut

: Pages 5 & 6: 6 colour linocut

: Pages 7 & 8: Linocut & typesetting on red paper

: Pages 9 & 10: Polymer plate from drawing

: Pages 11 & 12: Magnesium plate and linocut on red paper

: Pages 13 & 14: 3 colour linocut

: Pages 15 & 16: Typesetting and linocut

: Pages 17 & 18: Polymer plate & typesetting on black paper

: Pages 19 & 20: Polymer plate from drawing

: Complements page: Polymer plate & typesetting

: Endpaper: 3 colour flexible plate

: Backcover: Book cloth & foil blocking

NAGALAND borders boundaries belonging

The old Assam of the 1940’s is now subdivided into the ‘Seven Sister’ states as a result of different tribal groups pushing for autonomy and is a politically sensitive region of disputed frontiers and borders, incursions and crossings.

In 2011 a number of states that had been subject to Protected, Restricted Area status opened up to lone travellers enabling me to journey to this remote and diverse region of Asia. The bookwork was inspired by the Angami area of Nagaland: and my fascination with the trans-cultural connections and collisions caused by war, migration and colonisation. The book was designed and printed letterpress at the London Centre for Book Arts and the images were produced from drawings done on location.