Hecho a Mano en Cuba

Bound as two palm leaf books that ponder the complexity of Cuba. Each book is created with 14 paper cigars and bound with 2 cords. Hecho a Mano en Cuba contains printed and collaged maps of Cuba and found paper ephemera. Each cigar has its own historical ring, bearing the images of 19th century European monarchs, U.S.A. corporations, or rings made from AAA road maps with printing from the original tobacco lithography stones. The books are housed in a box reminiscent of a cigar box and covered with hand made paper, relief printed with tobacco leaves. On the lid of the box a recessed map of Cuba and inside is a lithograph collage of Cuban tobacco images on a U.S. AAA roadmap.

Woodcut with lithography from original stones printed at Taller Experimenta De Grafica, Havana, Cuba
Printers Yordanis Garcia DeLeado, Guillermo Vantour Garcia
Hand made paper: Taller de Papel, Havana, Cuba. The paper is made from recycled paper, printed with a collage of tobacco leaves and a woodcut matrix for the cigar shape of the book pages.
Each open book 7” x 21” Box 7.5” x 3.5” x 1.25”
This edition of 4 was completely fabricated in Cuba in 2003-04