I’ve been working on a series of one-of-a-kind collages using paper and letterpress. Many have a haiku beneath the collage. Most are 8×10. I’m selling them through my etsy shop. You can see them all here.
Month: October 2011
Haiku and Haiga
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| Probably the most well-known haiku is Basho’s poem about a frog and a pond. See Rexroth’s translation at right or 31 translations on the Bureau of Public Secrets or Chad Sweeny’s 33 translations. | ||
Over the past couple of years I’ve been collecting haiku resources on the web, and, since hearing this talk, haiga as well. Here are some recent finds:
- Daily Haiku, “a print and online literary publication that exists to promote and preserve the written art of haiku.” One haiku is published every day on their website.
- John Hockensmith, like me, tries to write a haiku every day. His blog is no more moon poems. He also suggested Issa’s Untidy Hut, a blog by Don Wentworth, who publishes a small-poetry magazine called The Lilliput Review.
- Lidia Rozmus’ haiga, with brush strokes and caligraphy.
- Lastly, because I like found poetry: I recently found Haiku DB, which scours the internet for unintentional haikus. The about page says
take lots of data
look for five seven and five
use a cursive fontand here’s an example:
Book Collecting: Miniatures
Hidden Books
My first bookmaking class was with Kumi Korf. She lives in upstate NY, and when I lived in California I looked forward to visiting with her when she came to the SF Center for the Book to teach. Sam Hampton has made a documentary about Kumi. Here’s a trailer for it, and this website gives a schedule of screenings around the country as well as more information about the documentary.
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No Library Card Needed
Click here to get a build your own 3-d bookmobile.
Book Collecting: A Day at a Bookbinder’s
Last year my friend Cathy gave me this lovely tunnel book by Dominic Riley. It has slits along the sides to let in more light. Click on the images below to see an even larger photo.
