whistling back 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

Each copy is unique. This one is 6.25” x 6.25”, on a heavy white printmaking paper. The image is executed using decorative paper with an embossed leaf motif and red calligraphy ink.