Series- Webs

a little petite double 3 signature book


simple bindings, modified leather and pamphlet bindings

Series- Watch Out

3 covers ended up this way. One was already posted, another a coptic variation, and the last a twisted link and kettle.

Series: Map Books

So libraries withdraw things from their collections and my library was withdrawing a guidebook to all of Europe. I was like, say it ain't so! and took advantage of having maps! in color! and made this series of map books sewn with coptic. Some of them had lined pages...some didn't...


let's see, I had London, Paris, Rome, Venice, Prague, Moscow, Berlin, Madrid, Dublin...

Barcelona

Amsterdam

More Ledger Books

green's binding finished in a 4 string braid

green

yellow

i love making this type!

Censorship

possibly one of my favorite painting combinations

it can do to a body

what the state can do to paper

'quick book' the size of scraps. Japanese stab binding of the 2 hole ledger type. quote is about censorship. acrylic (burnished), india ink, and repurposed paper.

Series: Holey (Escape?)

Another series out of my school notebook leftovers (I really didn't take a lot of notes that semester! See here for elaboration.). This design came from an original (made with a certain friend in mind) that I liked so much that I decided to replicate it. I probably made 4-5 books in this manner (I retained 1.)


the original was green

inside first pages

purple

All are coptic with interior reused paper. Covers were first stenciled then overlaid with the fancy fibrous paper using a fantastic amount of gloss medium. This gave the covers a lovely texture and a slight sheen while tinging the originally white fancy paper with the underlying color.

Series: Flying

After classes ended last semester, I ended up with many unused signatures in my class notebooks. Taking home empty signatures in my suitcases doesn't make sense but as I also should've been studying for exams, I couldn't do my usual unique-to-the-book covers. So to kill two birds with one stone, I set out to make more standard covers that I could make while studying. (I did well on my exams, thanks for asking.) Thus this series; I made (I forgot to count before giving them away) probably 7 in this manner. Pictured here are the ones that made it across the ocean with me.


full cover design. I liked the interchangeability of front and back.

interaction of first inside page and cover

first inside pages

green

red

All are Coptic with reused interior pages. Covers are of nice cardstock and various Japanese inspired decorative papers.

School Books

I tend to simplicity for my school notebooks. All are Coptic bindings and about 96 pages. I use coptic for many reasons. Ease of construction (I may be able to do single-needle coptic in my sleep at this point), sturdiness of the binding, and the fact that it's easy to later add or remove signatures.