Established in 1997, The Bird Press (Thorsten Dennerline) is a small publishing/art project focused on the production of limited edition artist books.
All projects utilize some inherent aspect of the book as a point of departure, are designed to evolve in an open-ended manner, and often involve writers as collaborators.
Editions range from 15-50 and utilize various print media including: flatbed offset lithography, stone lithography, etching, letterpress, wood blocks, photopolymer plates, and digital pigment printing.
The Bird Press books are housed in numerous library collections, including those of The New York Public Library, Stanford University, Yale University, The Library of Congress, The Getty Foundation, and The National Gallery.
Contact: Thorsten Dennerline
Artwork
New Danish Poetry/Ny dansk poesi
Anders Abildgaard, Caspar Eric, Signe Gjessing, Cecilie Lind, Lea Marie Løppenthin, Rasmus Nikolajsen, Susanne Jorn, Anne-Marie Mai, David McDuff, and Thorsten Dennerline, 2019-2020
Stone, plate and offset lithography, metal and polymer letterpress, woodcuts, handmade and machine made papers, hand bound in handmade paper and in a slip case.
12.75" x 18" closed, 25.5" x 18" open
Edition: 30, plus 10 special copies
Discounted EAB FAIR Price: $4600, limited individual prints also available
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New Danish Poetry/Ny dansk poesi
Anders Abildgaard, Caspar Eric, Signe Gjessing, Cecilie Lind, Lea Marie Løppenthin, Rasmus Nikolajsen, Susanne Jorn, Anne-Marie Mai, David McDuff, and Thorsten Dennerline, 2019-2020
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New Danish Poetry/Ny dansk poesi
Anders Abildgaard, Glenn Christian, and Thorsten Dennerline, 2018-2020
Two sided print with metal and polymer letterpress
25.5" x 18" open
8 Artist proofs
Discounted EAB FAIR Price: $750
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New Danish Poetry/Ny dansk poesi (detail)
Anders Abildgaard, Glenn Christian, and Thorsten Dennerline, 2018-2020
Two sided print with metal and polymer letterpress
25.5" x 18" open
8 Artist proofs
Discounted EAB FAIR Price: $750
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New Danish Poetry/Ny dansk poesi
Cecilie Lind and Thorsten Dennerline, 2018-2020
Large format polymer letterpress on handmade paper
25.5" x 18" open
Edition: 7 Artist proofs, and 5 special print object sets
Discounted EAB FAIR Price: $800 for single print on handmade paper or $1100 for print object on Somerset paper (2 prints, see video)
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New Danish Poetry/Ny dansk poesi
Cecilie Lind and Thorsten Dennerline, 2018-2020
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New Danish Poetry/Ny dansk poesi
Anders Abildgaard, Caspar Eric, Signe Gjessing, Cecilie Lind, Lea Marie Løppenthin, Rasmus Nikolajsen
My latest project at The Bird Press is New Danish Poetry/Ny dansk poesi, I took the idea of an anthology to Susanne Jorn, Danish poet and recent winner of the Holger Drachmann literature prize, inviting her to collaborate. In response, she chose six poets who are currently making waves in the Danish poetry world. I collaborated with each poet to produce six separate four-page sections of the book. The result is a collection of six unique dialogues. David McDuff translated the Danish poems into English for this dual-language production. Anne-Marie Mai has contributed an Afterword.
The book features lithography from stones and plates, woodcuts and letterpress printing. It is beautifully bound in Twinrocker paper covers by Mark Tomlinson and includes a slipcase.
Broken Elements 1: Water
Thorsten Dennerline, 2021
Offset lithography from hand drawn film
18" X 23" closed, 36" x 23" open
Edition of 20
Discounted EAB FAIR Price: $900, (individual print from series)
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Broken Elements 1: Water
Thorsten Dennerline, 2021
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Woodcut from New Danish Poetry/Ny dansk poesi
Thorsten Dennerline, 2018-2020
Woodcut on Somerset paper
25.5" x 18"
Edition: 12 Artist proofs
Discounted EAB FAIR Price: $800: select single or double sided sheet
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Woodcut from New Danish Poetry/Ny dansk poesi
Thorsten Dennerline, 2018-2020
Woodcut on Somerset paper
25.5" x 18"
Edition: 12 Artist proofs
Discounted EAB FAIR Price: $800: select single or double sided sheet
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Emergent Forms: Visual Improvisation
Susan Sgobati & Thorsten Dennerline, 2017-2019
Box: CNC milled Bass wood with cloth bound cover, 10" x 15.5" x 2"
Volume I, Pattern:Three color letterpress on Mohawk Superfine paper. 80 pages. 3 x 6 x 0.75 inches
Volume II, Memory:Two color reduction woodcut and letterpress on Saint Armand handmade paper. Printed both sides. 8 x 6 x 0.5 inches
Volume III, Landscape: Stone lithography on Usuyou Gampi Natural paper. 8.5 x 3.5 inches
Volume IV, Dream:Polymer letterpress on Usuyou Gampi White paper. 6 x 12 inches
Edition of 30
Discounted E/AB FAIR PRICE: $4,800
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Emergent Forms: Visual Improvisation
Susan Sgobati & Thorsten Dennerline, 2017-2019
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A Cloud In Trousers (Prologue and Part One)
Vladimir Mayakovsky, Translated by Michael Dumanis with images by Thorsten Dennerline, 2016
Plate lithography and polymer letterpress
Book with wrapper. 14 color plate lithography, letterpress, handmade paper cover and handmade paper wrapper
9.25" x 7.25" closed, 18.5" x 7.25" open
Edition of 38
$1,600
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A Cloud In Trousers (Prologue and Part One)
Vladimir Mayakovsky, Translated by Michael Dumanis with images by Thorsten Dennerline, 2016
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The Wind
Mark Wunderlich and Thorsten Dennerline, 2014
Plate Lithography, Stone Lithography, Intaglio, Letterpress, on handmade paper.
7" x 5.5" closed, 14-210" x 5.5" open
Edition: 30
$2,800
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The Wind
Mark Wunderlich and Thorsten Dennerline, 2014
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