ANTIPHON EDITIONS


Books and block prints for the long defeat.

FINDS TABLE


An Athenian tetradrachm coin, minted between 475 and 465 B.C. and excavated on the Jordanian-Syrian border in 1967
Bronze medallion of John the Baptist’s head on a platter, produced in Lyon in 1869 A.D.
Latin funerary inscription, 1st-2nd Century A.D.
The inscription reads; “Dedicated to Adia Celidon by her husband Valerius Telesphor. She lived 40 years, 11 months, and 17 days”
Free-blown glass cup, made by an unknown craftsman in a Roman workshop in the Eastern Mediterranean, 3rd-4th Century A.D.

Carved ivory c. 1200 A.D. depicting the martyrdom of St Thomas Becket


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

The Quick & the Dead, Worcester
Autumn 2026

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

Sadder Than The Sea

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 28.08.2026