Center for Book Arts is thrilled to share artist Golnar Adili’s Father Gave Water/Baabaa Aab Daad: An Homage to Childhood, Persian, and Process—an edition of artist’s books inspired by childhood language education. With this project, Adili makes reference to her own childhood education in Iran, where all first graders learn the phrase “Baabaa Aab Daad” (translates to “Father Gave Water”) as a foundational example of the elemental letter and sound composition in Persian. Adili also views this artist’s book as a didactic tool for English readers to learn the phrase “Baabaa Aab Daad.” She is fascinated by the connections between English and Persian, which are both Indo-European languages, and pursues new formal and visual translations through her art practice. “Artist Golnar Adili combines exploration of language with sensitive use of materials and highly developed craft of bookbinding,” says CBA Artist Programs Manager Camilo Otero.