A Tramp in the Dolomites : Artist's Book
Title: ‘A Tramp in the Dolomites’
Walking Alta Via 1
An Artist’s Book by Frieda Meaney
With a text by Jamie Leptien
Pathlines is a limited-edition artist’s book documenting a multi-day hike along Italy’s Alta Via 1, shared between mother and son. Combining photo intaglio prints, screen printed text, and chine collé overlays of altered trail maps, the work explores the interwoven experiences of landscape, memory, and relationship.
Each spread pairs an image—derived from photographs taken on the hike and rendered as richly textured photo intaglio prints—with the artist’s own screen printed reflections. These texts
record the sensory details of each day: birds seen, plants identified, weather shifts, and the evolving rhythm of walking together.
A separate, standalone text by Jamie Leptien, the artist’s son, offers his own perspective on the journey, adding another narrative layer and voice to the work.
Chine collé fragments of collected maps trace the route’s geography while symbolizing the layered nature of shared experience.
Hardcover embossed linen: hand-bound in a drumleaf structure, book measures 48 x 20.5 cm and is printed using photo intaglio, screenprint and chine colle techniques on Fabriano Artistico paper. Edition of 15.