Miyako Akai
Stripes, 2009
2 x 3 in.
5.1 x 7.6 cm.
5.1 x 7.6 cm.
Japan: Kototsubo / Miyako Akai
One of five copies.
3243
(40)pp. One in a series of six miniature books produced by Miyako Akai from fabric hand-dyed by Setsuko Nakamura using indigo and natural plants. This title, published in an edition...
(40)pp. One in a series of six miniature books produced by Miyako Akai from fabric hand-dyed by Setsuko Nakamura using indigo and natural plants. This title, published in an edition of five copies, focuses on striped fabric and includes six strips of woven patterned cloth forming twelve conjugate "leaves." Title page and colophon printed on Edo-period recycled paper, and the colophon signed with both artists' seals. Bound in another pattern of striped cloth over boards. Fine. (2 by 3; 51x76mm).
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