Bluestocking Press ~ California
(Arminée Chahbazian)

Life of a Carpenter's Wife
By Arminée Chahbazian
2005. Edition of 100.

9 x 10"; 16 pages on domestic etching paper. Includes seven original woodblock prints. Text handset in metal type. Cover Neenah Classic Columns duplex paper, die-cut. Bound with traditional stab binding using waxed
linen thread.

This book is based on the artist's marriage to a sculptor who made his living as a carpenter. The artist kept a notebook of the carpenter's quotations along with sketches the words inspired, thus documenting small, fleeting moments in their lives.
$80