We delved into Cendrars' poetry and into the stunning expanse of Delaunay's paintings, fashion, stage sets and interior design. At the invitation of Steve Wodall, we visited the Legion of Honor in San Francisco where we viewed an original copy of La Prose and other contemporary volumes. A pochoir workshop with Bettina Pauly marked the transition from research to making.

The graduate students collectively designed a format reflective of the initial volume. As with Cendrars and Delaunay, they worked in five pairs of two, incorporating both text and image. They adopted the original size for each pairing and devised a folding form to bring all five sections together. And then they made marvellous art, responding to the visuals, the topics, and to the spirit of La Prose, a "sad poem printed on sunlight."

Archival pigment prints, laser-cut woodblock & hand-cut linoleum etchings with pochoir on Asuka. Cover 7 wrapper archival pigment prints on Mohawk.