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.

Visual poem

ed. of 10 copies, each with unique composition and some on different paper stocks, ranging from white to beige.

5” x 7”

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