| Title | Traveling Companions |
| Artist / Creator | Mary Beth Boone |
| Press Name | Purple Pumpkin Press |
| Place of Publication | Greensboro, NC |
| Publication Date | 2013 |
| Process / Technique | Pressure prints and letterpress printed with photopolymer plates. Set in Eric Gill's Perpetua |
| Number of Images | 11 illustrations |
| Structure / Binding | Case bound pamphlet binding |
| Medium / Materials | Iris book cloth |
| Paper Stock | Zerkall book paper |
| Number of Pages | 20 pages plus one gatefold |
| Dimensions (WxHxD) | 5.5 x 9 x .25 inches. |
| Edition Size | Edition of 20 |
| Signed & Numbered | Signed and Numbered |
Traveling Companions features the artist's original poetry—a tribute to the interconnectedness of all living things. Case bound pamphlet binding featuring pressure prints of original ink drawings.
Artist Bio
Mary Beth Boone is a book artist who makes her home in Greensboro, NC. She began making books about twenty yers ago and shows her work extensively. Recent exhibits include BookOpolis 2012, Editorial Content: Spine Tickling Artists Books at BookWorks in Asheville, NC and Seat at the Table at WoCA in Forth Worth, Texas in 2013. Her work was included in 1000 Artists' Books and 500 Handmade Books, volume 2. After completing a Winter Residency at the Penland School of Crafts in 2012, Mary Beth found and purchased a Vandercook SP 15. She prints under the imprint Purple Pumpkin Press. Her work is found in both private and public collections. Mary Beth holds an MFA from the University of SC, Columbia.