Book Title:
CENTLI – Corn in the Nahuatl language
A limited edition of two handmade books on the
theme of corn.
Artwork and bookbinding by Eduardo
García-Villada.
Dimensions:
Book - 4 1/4 x 5 1/2 x 1 1/4 inches
Box - 4 1/2 x 6 x 1 1/2 inches
Binding:
Book I - Keith Smith's Buttonhole Stitch.
Book II -Long Stitch Variation.
Sewn with waxed linen thread on black book
cloth.
Cover boards covered with marble paper and
colored Japanese itajime (fold and dye) paper.
Text Block:
End sheets of dyed purple Mexican amate paper.
Signatures of handmade natural corn paper
alternated with dyed blue Mexican amate paper.
Artwork:
Decorative applications of corn husks, paste
paper, dried flowers, crash linen, and pheasant feathers.
Illustrations from "Design Motifs of Ancient Mexico" by Jorge Enciso (Dover
Publication, New York, 1953) drawn with tempera, black markers, and acrylic
paint.
Written Text:
Poem fragments by Pablo Neruda (1954) "Oda al maíz."
Calligraphy in Foundational hand with white
zinc gouche.
Date:
April 2010
Ames, Iowa
USA
