Produced as an homage to Marjory Stoneman Douglas and her seminal book "The Everglades: river of grass."

"The seven images (six images plus titlepage) in the book were produced from historic images ... as well as the artist's own photographs. The photographs of the Everglades were combined with the historic images on the computer and, in each, separated a layer that became the letterpress printing plate. Ghost-like images reflecting the history of the Everglades combine with the disastrous effects of industrial mismanagement. However, the beauty and vastness of this natural wonder shine through in each image. A laser printer was used to print the under-layer for letterpress. The unprinted margins of the paper were torn away to create a deckle edge. Each sheet was then folded into a folio and then opened flat and a sheet of Yu Kou sheer was used between each folio. The interleaving of lighter-weight sheets somehow, when turning the pages, suggests the movement of the grasses in the Everglades"--Bookseller's description.

Images and text on Yu Kou heavy paper, interleaved with Yu Kou light paper. Loose leaves, housed in an envelope made of terracotta Lokta oil paper, fastened with a tie around a lozenge-shaped seed pod from a mahogany tree, made to evoke what an early settler might have used to carry a parcel of documents.

Limited edition of 36 hand-numbered and signed copies.

Everglades (Fla.) > In art.