Trees Can Kill You is a morbidly playful response to a near-death experience that occurred at the close of a backpacking trip with my husband. On a clear, still, afternoon one fall, a giant Douglas fir, at least seven feet in diameter, fell across our trail less than thirty feet in front of us. Ever since that moment, I have regarded trees not only with awe and wonder, but also with a healthy dose of suspicion. …. Do they really have a secret plan to do us in? The 12 small headstone “chapters” of this book each tell the imagined, sad story of the victim of a tree. The victim’s story can be read by looking through the “veil” of the peaceful images of wood, trees, and logs in a “before” view of the site of death.

Materials: The twelve tunnel books are printed on Rives BFK grey with an ink-jet printer. The paper is embellished with Fabrico stamp-pad ink and colored pencil. The typeface is Bookman Old Style. Tree images are printed with an ink-jet printer on cotton organdy. The box is constructed of binder’s board and book cloth.

Dimensions: 4”H x 10”W x 8”D

Edition Size: 2

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