ANTIPHON EDITIONS


Books and block prints for the long defeat.

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FINDS TABLE


Cutting from an antiphonal containing a chant for Easter morning. The miniature is painted by Bartolomeo Rigossi da Gallarate, one of the most talented Lombard illuminators of the late 1400s.
Gold tremissis coin of Constans II, emperor of Byzantium A.D. 641-668
Terracotta head, South Italy, 3rd Century B.C.

Carved ivory c. 1200 depicting the martyrdom of St Thomas Becket
Attic black-figure eye cup, featuring images of Herakles and Athena, c. 500 B.C.



Antiphon Editions is the creative practice of Luke Sewell, a printmaker and book designer from Birmingham.

Antiphon uses original photography, printmaking, writing and material in the public domain to explore themes connected to the long defeat, the fire that obliterates night and the work of human hands through history.

We welcome proposals for new projects, creative direction and potential collaboration.

The best way to support the work of Antiphon is via Patreon. Patrons receive online updates, quarterly mail, every Antiphon book release and can choose to patronise an annual fine book or print project.

Education


Archaeology and Ancient History BA Hons,
University of Birmingham 2014

Museum Practice, MA
Birmingham City University, 2018

Public Projects

International Medieval Congress, Leeds
July 2026

Dublin Small Press Fair,
November 2025

Bound Art Book Fair, Manchester
October 2025

Birmingham Open Studios,
September 2024

Ikon Gallery Print Fair, Birmingham
April 2024

The Green Chapel,
Lent 2024

First Folio in Erdington,
August 2023

Selected Writing

In The Belly Of The Fish

The Long Defeat

Tolkien, Talking Trees and the Harrowing of Hell

St. Peter’s Seminary and the Lost Future

Last Updated 09.04.2026