30 Strange Spoons: Measuring an Unhomed Time is a new artist’s book created in collaboration with acclaimed Turkish writer Ece Temelkuran, author of How to Lose Your Country: the 7 Steps from Democracy to Fascism and Together: A Manifesto Against a Heartless World.

The book combines new writing by Ece, with excerpts from her most recent book, Nation of Strangers (2026) combined with images of the spoons she has stolen over a decade in exile. As Ece puts it, “These stolen coffee spoons are proof of my life, evidence that I lived the last ten years. They are also the timeline for the mutating homeless self from a state of being shrunken with fear to a self that learns how to begin living after being unhomed.” Ece’s writing runs along the bottom of each page accompanied by silhouettes of 30 spoons, printed in tinted varnish, creating a visual exploration of “our unhomed time” and it’s material manifestation.

The book is 48 pages in accordion format, measuring 4 1/2” x 7” (11.5×17.78cm) It unfolds to 18 feet when fully extended. Letterpress printed in two passes on Gmund Cotton New Grey text, with a foilstamped cover on Gmund Colors Stone. It is wrapped in a letterpress printed Lokta band.

PRE-ORDER: The book is currently being bound.  Images shown are of the prospectus and process images of the book flats. This special pre-order pricing is only available through March 19, 2026. 30 Strange Spoons: Measuring an Unhomed Time will be released March 21, 2026, as part of a collaborative installation project of the spoons and printing at Betterpress Lab, Rome on March 21, 2026.