SPIRIT   EARTH
companion books of illustrated haiku

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Case closed - 8.5" x 12" x 1"

Case open showing mica-printed covers

Specifications - Edition of 15 sets of two books
Size – each book closed 7.5” x 5.6” x .25”
Case – 7 sets in case bound with bookcloth with pochoir design (shown above)
8 sets in paper case with magnet closure
Covers – Japanese paper over cover stock, mica-printed design, linocut endpapers
Binding - modified Japanese stab binding
Books – 13 leaves each, 10 haiku, 10 illustrations, Arches mould-made paper
Illustrations – reduction linocuts with oil-based pochoir and hand-applied accents
Inks – dry pigments in burnt plate oil, relief ink
Text SPIRIT – handset in 12 pt. Janson Italic
Text EARTH – handset in 12 pt. Janson
Printing SPIRIT – 1080 operations
Printing EARTH – 1500 operations
Printed on the Luminice Press designed and built by TPW

Thomas Parker Williams - Concept, design, original illustrations, printing, binding
Mary Agnes Williams - Concept, design, original haiku, handset text

Scroll to see illustrations and haiku of both books.