“The world exists because books exist”
The book is a part of my history, my roots. The book is a symbol of different eras, the symbol of a people. The recovered book, the treasured book, the preserved book, the burnt book, the uncovered book, the dreamt book, the buried book… To be able to say: “I am in the book. The book is my universe, my country, my home and my riddle. The book is my breath and my calmness. I wake up with an opening page and drift into sleep with a closing page. I will evoke the book and provoke the questions. If God is, it is because he is in the book. If the saints and profets exist, if erudites and poets exist, it is because we find their names in the book. The world exists because the book exists; because existing is growing with one’s own name”.
The Book of Questions – Edmond Jabes
I choose the book, convinced that the future of humanity does not lie in the warrior, but within the book.
Myriam Jawerbaum

6 cm x 11 cm x 14 cm / Handmade paper, polyester resin / 2013

6 cm x 11 cm x 14 cm / Handmade paper, polyester resin / 2013

6 cm x 11 cm x 14 cm / Handmade paper, polyester resin / 2013

15cm x 15cm x 15cm / Handmade paper and stone/ 2012

15cm x 15cm x 15cm / Handmade paper and stone/ 2012

15cm x 15cm x 15cm / Handmade paper and stone/ 2012

30cm x 67cm x 18cm / Artist book, original book, handmade paper / 2006

30cm x 67cm x 18cm / Artist book, original book, handmade paper / 2006

30cm x 67cm x 18cm / Artist book, original book, handmade paper / 2006

30cm x 67cm x 18cm / Artist book, original book, handmade paper / 2006

10cm × 21cm / Artist book / 2002

10cm × 21cm / Artist book / 2002

62cm × 30cm / 80cm × 140cm / Hndmade paper and cotton phormium / 1999

62cm × 30cm / 80cm × 140cm / Hndmade paper and cotton phormium / 1999

10cm x 10,5cm x 5,5cm / Handmade paper, digital printing and ceramic / 2012

10cm x 10,5cm x 5,5cm / Handmade paper, digital printing and ceramic / 2012

13,5cm x 13,5 cm x 9,5cm / Handmade paper, nickel chromium wire and wood / 2012

13,5cm x 13,5 cm x 9,5cm / Handmade paper, nickel chromium wire and wood / 2012

350cm × 70cm / Handmade paper / 2001

350cm × 70cm / Handmade paper / 2001

350cm × 70cm / Handmade paper / 2001

350cm × 70cm / Handmade paper / 2001

46cm × 29cm / Handmade paper on cotton and cassava/ 1997

46cm × 29cm / Handmade paper on cotton and cassava/ 1997

10cm x 9cm x 5,5cm / Handmade paper, digital printing and ceramic / 2012

10cm x 9cm x 5,5cm / Handmade paper, digital printing and ceramic / 2012

10cm x 9cm x 5,5cm / Handmade paper, digital printing and ceramic / 2012

24cm x 34cm x 7cm / Artist book, handmade paper and phormium/ 2003

24cm x 34cm x 7cm / Artist book, handmade paper and phormium/ 2003

24cm x 34cm x 7cm / Artist book, handmade paper and phormium/ 2003

80cm × 140cm / Copper and handmade paper of phormium / 2000

80cm × 140cm / Copper and handmade paper of phormium / 2000

80cm × 140cm / Copper and handmade paper of phormium / 2000

65cm × 90cm / Handmade paper and phormium / 1998

65cm × 90cm / Handmade paper and phormium / 1998