Art in Exhibit:

Although Miller and Higby’s work is strikingly different, they both share the passionate conviction that there is a vital connection between the words of poets and writers and the books in which they are published. Miller describes his handmade books as “books with spirit,” and strives to find the perfect match among the words, the type, the illustrations, the paper, and the binding. His books are an integration of historical tools like iron presses and paper cutters and contemporary technology like Photoshop®.

Higby’s books also have a link to the past, the wooden covers and clasps harkening back to the bookmaking technology of the Medieval Age, but once you open her books, all similarities vanish. Her books combine poetry and 3-D sculptural forms that force the reader to slow down and experience the full impact of the connection between poetry and art.