Born from reflections on a verse by French poet Arthur Rimbaud, Creation (2024) explores the creative process through a poem and pop-up sculptures of raw architectures in white.
Accordion book, entirely handcrafted by the artist. 18 p., 6 pop-up spreads, rigid boards, housed in a collapsible paper receptacle in a cardboard box. Text in French, translation sheet in English.
30 copies, numbered and signed.
Size: ca. 15.5 x 22 x 3 cm (6.1 x 8.6 x 1.2 in) closed, and about 1.8 m (5 ft 9) long when fully unfolded.
A unique artist’s book, larger in size, is at the origin of the present series: more info here.
Born from reflections on a verse by French poet Arthur Rimbaud, Creation (2024) explores the creative process through a poem and pop-up sculptures of raw architectures in white.
Accordion book, entirely handcrafted by the artist. 18 p., 6 pop-up spreads, rigid boards, housed in a collapsible paper receptacle in a cardboard box. Text in French, translation sheet in English.
This is a unique copy, numbered 1/1 and signed. It is the origin of the smaller regular edition.
Size: 21.8 x 30.3 x 3 cm (ca. 8.6 x 11.9 x 1.2 in) closed, and about 2.5 m (8.2 ft) long when fully unfolded.
Une Saison en Enfer (A Season in Hell) is an interpretation in typographics and pop-ups of the full text by the French poet Arthur Rimbaud, created on the occasion of the 150th anniversary of the publication of the first edition.
A5 size (approx. 16 x 21 x 4.5 cm = 6.3 x 8.2 x 1.7 in), 9 pop-up spreads, in slipcase, 50 numbered and signed copies, entirely hand-cut and assembled by the artist, crafted on order (please allow about one week for crafting).
Calligrammes Animés (Movable Calligrams) is a selection of French poet Guillaume Apollinaire’s “graphic poems” interpreted into pop-ups.
A5 size (approx. 16 x 21 x 3.5 cm = 6.3 x 8.2 x 1.4 in), 9 pop-up spreads, in slipcase, 50 numbered and signed copies, entirely hand-cut and assembled by the artist, crafted on order (please allow about one week for crafting).
The calligram La Colombe poignardée et le jet d’eau (The Stabbed Dove and the Jet of Water, 1918) is a heart-wrenching picture-poem by Guillaume Apollinaire, who wonders in the midst of World War One where his lovers and his friends are.
Delicately put in volume and motion in a collectible pop-up artwork.
Edition limited to only 300 deluxe numbered copies. 14.8 x 21 cm (A5 size, 5.8 x 8.2 in) closed.
