DESCRIPTION
Field Notes 64th Quarterly Limited Edition for 2024 is “The Birds and Trees of North America” Edition, featuring the artwork of Rex Brasher (1869–1960).
Rex Brasher’s artistic talent, love of nature, technical expertise, and persistence offer an inspiring story that should be better known by anyone with an interest in birds, nature, or art. From a young age, Brasher committed to visiting all of America’s bird species in their natural habitats. He spent a lifetime traveling, collecting notes and drawings, writing personal, insightful descriptions, and painting and re-painting birds.
Field Notes have carefully reproduced six of Brasher's colourful illustrations on two 3-Packs of Field Notes Ruled Memo Books. Covers are a lovely felt-textured 100#C Mohawk Via “Pure White,” bound by three stainless steel staples. The bodies are 60#T Domtar Lynx Opaque Ultra, ruled with pale grey lines.
Pack A features:
- Rocky Mountain and Mexican Screech Owls (Tulip tree), 1915, Volume 6, Plate 373e 373f
- Blue Jay (Swamp White Oak), 1911, Volume 8, Plate 477
- Brewer Sparrow (Cassie), 1912, Volume 9, Plate 562
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Images: Courtesy of Rex Brasher Association, Inc. ©2024
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Cover: Mohawk Via Felt 100#C “Pure White,” with a 4-colour application of process-colour soy-based inks
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Innards: Domtar Lynx Opaque Ultra 60#T “White”
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Cover and Innards: Printed on a Komori Lithrone G40" 6-colour UV printing press
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Bound: By a Muller Martini Presto II saddle stitcher with appreciation to Samuel Slocum, George W. McGill, and William J. Brown, the “Founding Fathers of the Staple”
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Corners: Precisely rounded to a 3/8" (9.5mm) radius with a Challenge round-corner machine
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Typeface: Field Notes uses only the Futura typeface family (Paul Renner, 1927) in its materials
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Printing: Proudly printed by the good people of Classic Color, Broadview, Ill
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Country of Origin: Printed and manufactured in the U.S.A.
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Limited Edition: 18,000 edition of Pack A
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Ruled Lines: 1/4" (6.4mm)
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Dimensions: 3-1/2" × 5-1/2" (89mm × 140mm)
PROVENANCE AND ETHICS
“I’m not writing it down to remember it later, I’m writing it down to remember it now.”
Inspired by the vanishing sub-genre of agricultural memo books, ornate pocket ledgers, and the simple, unassuming beauty of a well-crafted grocery list, the Draplin Design Company of Portland and Coudal Partners, a Chicago creative firm, have created Field Notes Brand, a collection of smartly-designed, vintage-styled pocket notebooks, calendars, and various office accoutrements.
From the very beginning, every Field Notes paper product has been manufactured in the U.S.A. From the paper, sourced from some of the finest mills in the Midwest, to even the inks used, the production of Field Notes has never required travel on a cargo ship or plane.
