Claire Van Vliet
West Burke, Vermont

Keri Hulme, The Silences Between (Moeraki Conversations)

This book was inspired by the combination of the strong sense of place at the Moeraki beaches on the Pacific coast of New Zealand's South Island and the great variety of rock formations in that small geographic location. Some of the formations are basalt extrusions, limestone, and uniquely, the largest round concretions in the world.

Handmade papers.10 x 9.5 x 1.25 inches. 26 x 24.5 x 3.5 centimeters. Created in 2016.

The Janus Press, which CLAIRE VAN VLIET started in 1955, has issued over 100 titles. In 1989 she received a MacArthur Foundation Prize Fellowship and in 1993 an honorary doctorate from the University of the Arts; in 1995 she was elected to the National Academy of Design in New York; in 2002 she was granted an honorary doctorate from San Diego State University; and in 2017 she received the Goudy Award from The Rochester Institute of Technology.