sundown is a letterpress haiga, or haiku-painting.

Haiga traditionally combine a haiku and imagery into a singular, organic composition, with calligraphy and painting done with the same brush and sumi ink. I’ve incorporated letterpress into my haiga, along with assemblage and painted elements.

Each copy is a unique composition, and they are printed on two different paper stocks: one a bright white hosho, the other a beige text-weight paper with visible laid lines.

5” x 7”

Sumi ink, black linen thread, and hand-set letterpress printed on a tabletop 3×5 Kelsey Excelsior press.