HANDMADE BOOKS

These are deliciously non-digital projects made from scratch. As such, they take on many unconventional shapes and sizes. They hearken back to my pre-Photoshop days (prior to 2006). My main schooling and reference for these projects is the wonderful book: Cover to Cover by Shereen LaPlantz (1998).

2006-2007 panoramic photo book of pictures from New Zealand

2009, WETA Digital handmade memory book for friend Rob upon the end of his ex pat stint in Wellington, NZ.

2006 June – Commemorative art book made of ancestor photos printed on velum for my maternal Grandparent’s 50th Wedding Anniversary, and returned to me upon their passing.

These are books of bound pamphlets, two from traveling to NZ, two from the UK, and two containing hearing aid pamphlets from work. 2009-2018.

This project was made for my 30th Birthday – it contains one picture of me for each year of life. It was made to display during my birthday party. I made a similar book for my sister’s 18th birthday, 2013.

This is my CHOCOLATE BOOK – it contains business cards, stickers, cards, guides, and promo materials for a whole variety of chocolate makers. All of these materials were gained through multiple trips to the annual Northwest Chocolate Festival in Seattle, WA.

I taught a volunteer class to a group of young women of how to make this book. Here are the instructions I drew up:

This is a recent project (FEB 2020). I made a small 6×6″ fabric Harry Potter book as a present for a friend’s baby who is turning one. The design of the book is my own but the fabric is official print bought at my local Joanne Fabric store.

JUN 2020 – This small handmade book has a Japanese stab binding with waxed linen thread. It is made up of 40 pages – one for each day that clinic was closed to patients but we were required to be present in clinic. One side has a “planned” vs “what actually happened” sheet by the half hour, and the other has a printed version of, “my COVID story for posterity.”

The cover of this book is made out of a poster printed as part of a socially distanced solidarity event between those that work at the hospital, and first responders (who parked outside and held signs back at us).