Soy

An artist book created by Christie Tirado
Edition of 10

Soy is a handmade artist book that reflects on belonging, migration, memory, and the layered question of where one comes from. Written in Spanish, the poem moves through images of maíz, hands, volcanic stone, nopales, maguey, monarchs, and family migration to explore identity as something rooted in ancestry, place, movement, and lived experience.

Each page is handmade from corn husk fibers, abaca, and cotton linters, creating a direct material connection to the imagery and themes within the book. The corn husk paper carries its own texture, history, and relationship to food, labor, land, and home. Through this material, Soy becomes both an object and a vessel for memory.

The imagery is hand-carved in linoleum and printed with oil-based inks on a Takach press. The text is screenprinted using the typeface Tejuela. The book consists of 13 circular pages, each approximately 6 inches in diameter, with relief printing on the front and screenprinting on the back.

Each book is wrapped in 100% linen cloth and housed in a woven palm-leaf tortilla basket made in Mexico. Basket weaving and linen colors may vary slightly throughout the edition.

Soy was completed in May 2026 in an edition of 10. Each book is titled, signed, and numbered. If you are interested in acquiring this book please send and email to christietirado.art@gmail.com