Haiku Poems Two
Freeville, NY: Carol Schwartzott, 2025. Hardcover. Number 1 of 4 copies signed and numbered by the book artist. Carol Schwartzott is an American book artist renowned for her limited-edition artist's books and miniatures, which blend typography, handcrafting, and thematic explorations of history, nature, and literature. She is known for creating intricate, miniature, and sculptural books featuring handmade elements, unique structures, and themes often related to nature, art, and culture, such as Japanese textiles or Josef Albers' color theories, using various printing and embellishment techniques. Schwartzott creates intricate assemblages using techniques such as letterpress printing, collage, stencil work, dyeing, and binding with materials like Japanese papers and custom boxes. Her works often function as journeys, layering facts, memories, and objects to evoke curiosity and intuition.
This elegant and complex work is a new and enhanced edition of a book Carol originally made in 2004. The lovely haiku poems she features are bound in the book along with beautiful decorated papers done in various designs, colors, and patterns. It has an accordion fold structure that has multi-colored decorated covers with a title label on the front. The book is housed iin a slipcase covered with beautifully patterned paper in green cream and light brown. The slipcase is held closed by a thin plastic tube that is laced through three small apertures on the top of the case. In fine condition. Book measures 4.5 x 4.25 inches. The slipcase measures 4.5 x 5 inches. ARTB/011926. Fine.
Item #38288
Price: $600.00