Top: one of my experimental books with leather laces incorporated into the spine and fore edge. The cover material is Japanese washi that I decorated using pigmented paste.
Bottom: a detail of the spine.
Bottom: a detail of the spine.
I started making these for friends! Collaged papers adhered to a glass front, edged in copper with an ultrasuede back (so that it feels soft against the skin).
Some of my letterpress cards.
The images are a combination of vintage metal cuts and old wood type. I print them on the Vandercook or my Showcard flatbed press. Polymer plates aren't part of my repertoire . I'm a bit of a Luddite, so I can't create the vector files needed to have polymer plates of new images produced!
The images are a combination of vintage metal cuts and old wood type. I print them on the Vandercook or my Showcard flatbed press. Polymer plates aren't part of my repertoire . I'm a bit of a Luddite, so I can't create the vector files needed to have polymer plates of new images produced!
A large album with a fuzzy heart and dragonfly pendant sewn onto a pink burlap cover.
Some books.
Top: concertina book covered in Japanese washi decorated using a paste resist method.
Middle: book with exposed stitches through the spine. The cover is more of my handmade paper made with a mix of cotton pulp and kozo fibre. There is a button sewn on the front and a cord to tie the book closed.
Bottom: book has exposed stitching and a cover made of card stock letterpress printed with an assortment of vintage cuts. The cord cinching stitches on the spine is also used for tying the book closed.
Top: concertina book covered in Japanese washi decorated using a paste resist method.
Middle: book with exposed stitches through the spine. The cover is more of my handmade paper made with a mix of cotton pulp and kozo fibre. There is a button sewn on the front and a cord to tie the book closed.
Bottom: book has exposed stitching and a cover made of card stock letterpress printed with an assortment of vintage cuts. The cord cinching stitches on the spine is also used for tying the book closed.
5 comments:
I see you've been a busy bee. That's a good thing. Would love to take your workshops. And I still have to pick up my stash from the "Market".
Hi!
Yeah. I'm trying to keep busy at the studio.
I'm pretty much there every Friday and Saturday afternoon from 2 - 6 pm if you want to drop by!
Maybe when the weather gets brighter!
wow the books look AMAZING!!!!!!!!!
can I drop by one friday? Oh, I started a blog. it isn't very exciting yet. But I thought of you when I was in Grimsby a few weeks ago, for the hawk watch :)
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julia.
Gorgeous! I love everything you've shown. Makes me itch to get creative.
Thanks for the compliments you guys!
Julia, yes, please drop by one Friday!!! I'm at the studio between 2 and 6 pm! I usually get there earlier to putter!
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