midterm sushi book

for my bookarts midterm, i was supposed to make a book in the shape of something. being ever hungry, i chose sushi! the pictures left are the bento box i made for encasing my book (including glow-in-the-dark sculpey wasabi and ginger and mini chopsticks). the book itself is the roll, which opens up, accordion style to a haiku poem i wrote especially for this book.

these are its contents:

Sushi Haiku

Tangy odor of raw fish
is the mixed smell of
curiosity and apprehension

Hamachi, Maki,
Sake, Maguro
Only words on a page

Before me,
Familiar Soy Sauce!
But nothing else is the same

An ti ci pa tion
high, the waitress
Sees my foreigness

In my chopsticks,
At my mouth,
I swallow my fear.


mmm... now i'm hungry.

if you want to see more pictures of my sushi book, just go here.