Tutti E Due

three-dimensional bilingual pop-up book

Sibyl Rubottom

Tutti e due
By Sibyl Rubottom
San Diego: Bay Park Press, 2005. Edition of 10.

9.25 x 13.25 "; diptych. English text set in 18 point Bodoni. Italian in 14 point Bodoni. Fabriano paper. Letterpress printed. Handcut and handpainted with silk portfolio box. Housed in cloth covered clamshell box. Handpainted interior case papers.

A poem by Sibyl Rubottom. Translated by Al Rubottom.
The book comes in a dream every fortnight,
triangular pages push out, alternate with flat ones.
Folds slip past the memory line, the equator of
thoughts and emotions blurring the dotted lines