Book – Handmade, signed and numbered by Eileen Arnow-Levine, mixed media – offset lithography, black ink, silver ink, silk bookcloth, Bertini paper, 80 lb. linen cover, 60 lb. text, PVA glue, thread, Davey binder’s board, 5.25” x 7.25” x .25”

Box – Handmade, signed and numbered, Bertini paper, U.S. Silkscreen paper, Davey binder's board, ribbon, 80lb. linen cover, offset lithography, silver ink, PVA glue. 6.375” x 8.375” x 1.875”

Hidden inside a secret box, The Child With a Bent Spine is an illustrated fictional diary of a ten-year-old Victorian named Eliza K. Blackwell. Her story opens with an event that sets off a string of tragedies, the death of the child with a bent spine. Haunted by delusions, Eliza follows a peculiar path that inevitably leads to her own demise. The text is typeset in a handwritten script that mimics a penmanship style popular in the19th century. The illustrations are bold yet detailed black and white line drawings that bleed through to the other side creating a ghostlike effect further accentuating the haunting nature of the tale. The cover depicts an archetypal white horse symbolizing Death, a recurring theme throughout the book.