Laimah Osman

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  • letters to sisters

    letters to sisters

    This series is based on a collection of letters and messages to and from my sisters.

  • BIG cherry blossom book

    BIG cherry blossom book

    BIG cherry blossom artist’s book, July 2022 13 x 14 ½ inches, single section case binding structure, linen bookcloth on cover is dyed with avocado seeds, pages are woodblock printed with watercolors on natural Kitakata paper

  • cherry blossom spring 22

    cherry blossom spring 22

    Printed an edition of cherry blossoms for this year! There are 7 prints (edition of 7). Each one is hand-printed and a little different (a variable edition). I am selling these prints. If you’re interested in purchasing one, fill out the contact form.

  • Gaze Series

    Gaze Series

    I am happy to have my print included in the next group show at International Print Center New York (IPCNY). Unfinished: New Prints 2022/Winter opens January 20  Juried by Queer. Archive.Work.

  • erasure book

    erasure book

    Artist’s book, 5 x 6 ½ inches, November 2020 Single section case binding structure, bookcloth for cover is made with dyed and repurposed Roberta Roller Rabbit tunic, pages are made with archival Okawara paper, woodblock prints on endsheets and spread on Kitakata paper Erasure of Ruling Your World by Sakyong Mipham

  • cherry blossom

    cherry blossom

    Woodblock print on Okawara paper, 12 x 12 inches, August 2020, Edition: 5 This woodblock print was made with watercolors, using traditional Japanese Mokuhanga techniques.

  • Selected Artwork

  • untitled

    Untitled, 2009Etching, Sugarlift and Spitbite AquatintPlate size, 18 x 12 inches drawings inspired by dried cotton stems

  • Gates series

    Gates series

    “Gates” is a series of three monoprints drawing on Muradi’s poem of the same name, which explores themes of immigration and identity. The prints are rendered in a style reminiscent of classical illuminated manuscripts in Persian. The lines play with the Farsi/Dari diacritical marks “zabar,” [above] “zeyr,” [below] and “peysh,” [before] which denote short vowel sounds […]

  • Apartment Still Life

    Pencil, tea, watercolor on paper. 2012