Mar 21
The cloth for this book was a piece of indigo batik cloth that I bought in Japan. I had just enough for a baby’s bath yukata, and when my babies grew out of it, I saved the cloth. The transparent rainbow embroidered overlay is something I picked up in the scrap bin at Jo Ann’s, …
Mar 18
This is a book I made for Jeff Vandermeer, one of my Clarion teachers. Like the others, it’s approx. 3″ x 4″x 1/2″. I wanted something a little surreal, a little weird, and the sort of Victorian-era artwork makes it slightly steampunk.   Originally the cover was meant to have a cat’s head on a geisha’s …
Mar 16
This is a book I made for Ann Vandermeer. I knew I was going to see her and wanted to give her a book, so I made something a little weird. The cover is Chinese New Year’s money pasted over a muslin background for strength. I pasted a nearly translucent piece of cotton cloth over …
Mar 12
I made this book because I wanted to experiment with leather covers. The leather is a bit thicker than I would have liked (6-7oz) but that thickness is supposed to be superior for tooling. The design is based on one of my favorite fairy tales “Ivan and the Firebird”. On the cover, the firebird is …
Mar 10
This is one of my handmade books approx. 3 X4 ” and 1/2″ thick. It has a collaged cloth and paper cover, with sewn embellishment. (I didn’t make the embellishment.)
