Through a gifted bookmaking artist with an MFA in handmade bookmaking, I was connected to the contacts needed for making a leather-bound, letterpress-set, goat-vellum-printed work of art.

Once the paintings had been digitally photographed, they were ready for printing. I ordered complete goat skins from New York. A printmaking studio in Oakland, CA had the facility and equipment to print on goat vellum, a somewhat ornery material to print flat without distortion.

Then an artist who made handmade paper needed to be found, as well as the perfect letter font dies for the text, and the right press for setting the haikus in letterpress.

After the prints were completed, chemises (portfolios) to hold each of the eight images and their haikus were made: Japanese linen, Italian leather edging (each color corresponding to the archetype), and an interior lining that matched the leather. The text volume, All Is Chosen, was covered in the same linen and edged in a different leather color.

Finally, a box to house the eight chemises and the book of text itself was made: russet leather, with the title embossed in four layers of gold leaf, two each of white and yellow to add depth and richness.

It was, finally, complete.