ART ON THE BOOKSHELVES

MINIATURE ART:

A library should be sprinkled with art and poet-painter-scholar Thomas Fink delivers with four hay(na)ku paintings (2021). The hay(na)ku's body as a tercet is evident in the three elements featured within each painting:

As well, sculptor Ulysses Duterte offers a 3 x 3 inch sculpture entitled "Edge #3" (2021). I consider Ulysses' investigation of the line to be poetic and fitting for a related sculpture to be placed in a library:

NEWEST ADDITIONS:

Two Tiny Books Carved from Wood and Painted by John Melby:

Details to Come on Southwestern Art:

Vintage Carved and Painted Wood Art on t he School & Teacher Theme (artist unknown):

More To Come

GENEVIEVE KAPLAN

Handmade Sushi-Themed Notebooks (2021) by Genevieve Kaplan

Sizes: 2.25” x 3” and 3.25” x 3”

These bright teal notebooks are made with a repurposed Foodland grocery bag to create fun, durable covers. Cover print features spam musubi, chicken musubi, and assorted instructions for assembly and eating. Each notebook is handbound with green thread; interior blank pages are off white. 

Genevieve Kaplan is the author of (aviary) (Veliz Books, 2020); In the ice house (Red Hen Press, 2011), winner of the A Room of Her Own Foundation‘s poetry publication prize; and four chapbooks: I exit the hallway and turn right (above/ground press, 2020),  In an aviary (Grey Book Press, 2016), travelogue (Dancing Girl, 2016), and settings for these scenes (Convulsive Editions, 2013). Her poems can be found in Third Coast, Spillway, Denver Quarterly, South Dakota Review, Poetry, and other journals. 

A poet, scholar, book-maker, and fiber artist, Genevieve earned her MFA in Poetry from the Iowa Writers’ Workshop and her PhD in Literature & Creative Writing from the University of Southern California. She edits the Toad Press International chapbook series, publishing contemporary translations of poetry and prose. She lives in southern California. More information at her WEBSITE.