Pacific Editions ~ California
(Charles Hobson)

Poems from the Heart: Hearts in San Francisco
By Charles Hobson
2004. 4.5 x 5.5"
Hand-sewn into a painted cover and mounted in a folded corrugated folder. It contains digital pigment prints from an Epson 2200 printer which portray the printed books and poems used on the heart sculpture.

POEMS FROM THE HEART by Charles Hobson is one of 130 large sculptural hearts created by artists to support the San Francisco General Hospital and is located on the mezzanine of the main entrance of the San Francisco Public Library, 100 Larkin Street, San Francisco. Organized by a group of dedicated volunteers, the project placed the hearts around San Francisco in the summer months of 2004.

POEMS FROM THE HEART is also a hand-made artist's book picturing the heart sculpture with the eighteen poems by children about love and the heart. Sales of the book benefit the San Francisco General Hospital through its "Hearts in San Francisco" project. The poems have been used with the kind permission of the poets which have been made available through the California Poets in the Schools.
$25

The Writer
By Richard Wilbur
2004. Edition of 54.
12 x 12 x 1.25" A two part limited edition artist's book housed in a clam-shell box. Part One printed letterpress on BFK Rives with interleaved vellum pigment prints. Cut-outs and pastel monotype reproduced as a pigment print with hand coloring. Part Two printed as a flutter book with reproduced cutouts using hand painted paper and select words from the poem.

Inspired by Richard Wilbur's warm and gentle poem conveying a parent's respect and love for his child as she begins the voyage into adulthood.
$1,600

Quartet: Four essays
By Lewis Thomas
1986. Edition of 130
8.25 x 12 x 1.25"
The four essays by Thomas are each illustrated with a color etching by Joseph Goldyne. Housed in a drop leaf box with an additional etching in folder.
$1,200

The Unknown Masterpiece
By Honore de Balzac
1993. Edition of 35
18 x 12.5"
A new translation of the Honore de Balzac story illustrated with six soft ground etchings with engraving and six photolithographs by Larry Thomas. Bound in quarter leather with chemise. $3,000

3 Kisses
Made from found postcards, translucent envelopes, various papers and features the photographs of Robert Doisneau. A pastel monotype by Charles Hobson has been reproduced as a digital pigment print with hand coloring and is included as the penultimate image in the book. Black paper covered boards with red cloth spine. Edition of 90. Signed by Hobson.
$275