Hic Svnt Dinosavrs

handmade paper, thread; letterpress.
9 × 5½ × ¼ inches. 36 pages.
Edition of 30. 2015.

A series of prose fragments, Hic Svnt Dinosavrs explores how our understanding of the past, present, and future is continually in flux. Paired with the text are nine fossil illustrations from Othniel Charles Marsh’s 1896 book, The Dinosaurs of North America.

Hic Svnt Dinosavrs is written, printed, and bound by Thomas Helmers. The text is hand-set in Gill Sans. Images are printed from photopolymer plates and linoleum blocks. The paper for the edition is handmade by the artist using cotton fibers. The binding is a modified paper case. Each copy is housed in a three-flap portfolio case.