BETH LEE

Calligrapher | Book Artist

Gallery - Artist Books

Spring Haiku Book

Spring Haiku Book

Accordion/butterfly books. Covers of handmade paper with turnip greens inclusions, over matboard; Arches Text Wove for text. Oriental paper hinges, painted, cut into 3x-wide strips. Handmade paints — pure pigments plus gum arabic plus (in the case of Alizarin Violet) titanium-coated mica flakes for sparkle. The washes brushed with methyl cellulose — to improve the surface for fine (that is to say, small) lettering. The lettering was done with a #5 Mitchell dip pen.

Size: 2½" x 2-5/8".