By Patricia M. Smith, hand bound artist book, lithography, 4 inches x 6 inches, closed

This secular book of hours is a vehicle for recollection and reflection. The text references both the canonical hours of a day and the catastrophic events of our time. The images are taken from graphite rubbings by the artist. This codex contains three signatures, each with four folios. The experience of the hours builds to the folio entitled Vespers which pulls out as an extended accordian. Hours is bound with a. hard cover wrapped in purple Chinese silk book cloth with a black spine. It was Printed by the artist on the Heidelberg Kors offset press at the Borowsky Center for Publication Arts, The University of the Arts, Philadelphia, 2003.

Edition of 150