Whispering Stones
2022
Edition of 20
Book measures 5” x 9” x 1” closed and 5 x 9 x 36" when open
7 spreads 
Mediums and Materials: letterpress, monoprint, laser cutting, watercolor  Materials: handmade paper, printmaking paper, kozo, mica, indigo cave paper with mica inclusions, ultra suede

About this Book:
Whispering Stones explores the concepts of heartache, loss, betrayal and the passage of time through hardship. Using two stones to represent two sisters, one as the moon and the other a large boulder on earth. The siblings each experience life-changing, grief, erosion, and endings in different ways. The poem unfolds as they whisper their stories and woes across the night sky of distant places. The shared conversations are offered as gifts in the deep of night. In traumatic times, there is a solace to the rhythm of companionship and cycles, whether we are stones or beings.

Book Details:
Whispering Stones is a limited edition of twenty signed and numbered copies with artist proofs. The book was created using a combination of letterpress polymer plates and mono-printed forms. Using hand paper-cutting in double-layer carousel-style false accordion binding.

Papers used in this book are handmade Khadi Natural Cotton, Thai Kozo natural for the back layer, and cave paper to create a carousel-style accordion binding. Covers are made of Ultrasuede panels with a natural mica stone inlay. The clamshell box is made with two styles of indigo-dyed Cave Paper, one includes dispersed mica flecks.

Written in collaboration with Julia Alpers. Illustrated, letterpress printed, and bound by Rhiannon Alpers of Gazelle and Goat Press.