You Bet / Martha L. Carothers

Pamphlet bound book, double side printed on hand made paper with cutouts in the shape of playing card suites (heart, club, diamond, spade); signed and dated by the artist. Cutouts feature either red or black embroidered yarn that has been vertically embedded into the paper and revealed through each cutout. The printed text presents idiomatic phrases that begin with "You Bet", as in "You bet your life," "You bet your bottom" etc. With the exception of the first page, each phrase is accompanied by an illustration.