Carpe Noctum Press ~ New Mexico
(Sialia Rieke)

A Fable
By Sialia Rieke
Sante Fe, New Mexico: Carpe Noctum Press, 2003. Edition of 27.

7.75 x 11.5"; ten leaves. Printed using a Vandercook press with 14 point Baskerville Roman type on Rives BFK paper. Tipped-in illustrations reproduced from the original watercolors using a digital process. andbound with millimeter design binding using strips of leather and sheets of custom marbled paper. Signed by the artist.

Rieke has letterpress printed the text then tipped-in the accompanying illustrations. It is a fable about loving someone so much you can not let them go.

"When he was asleep I watched his face for a long time and I knew what a mother must feel over a sleeping child. I dared not kiss him but I took a wing in my hands, feeling with every nerve the luxury of its softness and the strength it held beneath my hands."

$850

Il Granchio Prodigo a Venezia
(The Prodigal Crab in Venice)
By Sialia Rieke
Santa Fe, New Mexico:(2003). Edition of 100.

5.5 x 4.5"; 102 pages. Handsewn binding. Pictorial paper wraps. Signed by Rieke on the colophon.

A travel book of Venice from the artist's journal and letters: sketches, paintings and observations.

Sialia Rieke: "In the spring of 2002 I visited Venice for a month. I brought with me various art supplies, including many copies of a biological illustration I had done. The crab was a logical emblem for me, and became a valued traveling companion. Each day I used a crab as a springboard for sketches and observations. Every other day I folded the pages up, sealed them closed with a clear sticker and sent the packet to my family as a post card. Miraculously, every day arrived safely and they waited for me to return.

"I have edited the letters with other sketches, paintings, and observations from my journal to form a sort of travel journal / post card book. My intent is to honor my favorite city on earth: Venice herself."
$65 (Three copies remaining)