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7 Judith Haswell
Potsherds and Geraniums
[Auckland]: Donak Press, 1988 – [1991].
Private Collection.
More often than not, private press productions are a labour of love.
In creating her book of poems, Judith Haswell, an Auckland poet
(and librarian), used a chopstick and a broken razor blade to cut
the text in to large white rubber erasers (one is on display). She
then used a small press and stamped the poems on to paper, adding
colour by hand. One hundred copies were printed; an effort that
took three years. Haswell also supplied the calico bag. |