Sarah Horowitz

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Endive Murex

$800
Endive Murex
Sarah Horowitz
line etching, image 4.25x3”, paper 9x6.5”

Nerite Snails

$800
Nerite Snails
Sarah Horowitz
line etching, image 1.5x1.5”, paper 9x6.5”

Turritella Terebra & Dark-Spotted Auger

$800
Turritella Terebra & Dark-Spotted Auger
Sarah Horowitz
line etching, image 3x4.25”, paper 9x6.5”

Cobweb Cone

$800
Cobweb Cone
Sarah Horowitz
line etching, image 4.25x2”, paper 9x6.5”

Chambered Nautilus

$800
Chambered Nautilus
Sarah Horowitz
line etching, image 2.5x2.5", paper 9x6.5"

Royal Cloak Scallops

$800
Royal Cloak Scallops
Sarah Horowitz
line etching, image 2.5x2.5", paper 9x6.5"

Heart Cockle

$800
Heart Cockle
Sarah Horowitz
line etching, image 2x3.5", paper 9x6.5"

Reeve's Turban

$800
Reeve's Turban
Sarah Horowitz
line etching, image 2.75x2.75", paper 9x6.5"

Indian Volute

$800
Indian Volute
Sarah Horowitz
line etching, image 5x3", paper 9x6.5"

Baba Yaga's House, 2/10

$1,200
Baba Yaga's House, 2/10
Sarah Horowitz
etching with gouache hand-coloring, 11.375x8”

Baba Yaga, edition of 40

$3,200
Baba Yaga, edition of 40
Sarah Horowitz
fine press book and case, 11.375 x 8”

Baba Yaga Weaving, 1/10

$1,200
Baba Yaga Weaving, 1/10
Sarah Horowitz
etching with gouache hand-coloring, 11.375 x 8”

They Let Her Pass, 1/10

$1,200
They Let Her Pass, 1/10
Sarah Horowitz
etching with gouache hand-coloring, 11.375 x 8”

Cat at the Loom, 2/10

$1,200
Cat at the Loom, 2/10
Sarah Horowitz
etching with gouache hand-coloring, 11.375 x 8”

Chickens, 2/10

$1,200
Chickens, 2/10
Sarah Horowitz
etching with gouache hand-coloring, 11.375 x 8”

Ask for a Needle and Thread, 1/10

$1,500
Ask for a Needle and Thread, 1/10
Sarah Horowitz
etching with gouache hand-coloring, 11.375 x 16”

Bio

Sarah Horowitz lives at the base of the eastern Cascade Mountains in Leavenworth, Washington where she has her printmaking studio. She previously lived in Portland, Oregon where she was a member of Atelier Mars printmaking studio for fifteen years, and worked as a printmaking and drawing instructor at Portland State University for seven years. Horowitz creates prints, drawings, and produces hand printed and bound artist's books under her imprint Wiesedruck. Her work focuses on formal aesthetics and the natural world, with an emphasis on the ephemeral and memory.

THURSDAY, AUGUST 10 FROM 4PM | Sarah Horowitz Artist Talk
gallery talk with Sarah Horowitz, free and open to the public.

Baba Yaga, fine press book

Etchings with gouache hand-coloring.
Size 11.375 x 8” (11.375 x 16” spread)
Edition of 40

This artist’s book tells the story ‘Baba Yaga’, the Slavic folkloric witch who lives in a house on chicken legs and flies around in a mortar driven by a pestle. Sarah Horowitz is well known for her printmaking, drawing, and artist books. She uses her hand-colored etchings to lend her love of botanicals to this old European tale. Plants weave through the etchings, guiding the story with their meanings - invasive, prickly and toxic plants begin the story with discord, bright sunflowers punctuate the ending with optimism. 

This retelling was based on the folktale originally recorded by Aleksandr Afanas’ev and translated by W.R.S. Ralston. Sarah Horowitz illustrated the story with hand colored etchings. The text is set in Maiola, inspired by early Czech typography and designed by Veronika Burian of TypeTogether. Graphic designer Joshua Berger (Plazm) contributed to and edited the typography and layout. Arthur Larson of Horton Tank Graphics printed the text on Zerkall paper with polymer plates made by Boxcar Press. The book was bound and boxed by Carolina Veenstra with assistance by David Myhre and Sarah Horowitz.