Mar 05
To create the cover of this book, I first started by stamping onto a piece of muslin. You can see the postmarks of the stamp in the upper right hand corner. After the pigment had dried, I attached the muslin to the semitransparent green fabric with acrylic medium. I sewed the copper beads on before …
Feb 29
This is a how to of how I make books. I do it very differently from other people. For one, I don’t have that loom-like contraption that most books on hand-binding feel is essential. The books I make are around 3X4 inches, so I am able to hold the entire block in my hands easily. 1. …
Feb 27
This is my sister’s art journal. We made a pair of them and took turns doing pages. She currently has mine, and I have one page left to do in hers. We might take a while to finish it, as we are in the middle of another art project, the altered book round robin.  Reproduction allowed courtesy …
Feb 24
This is one of my old faeries, one of the first I made with paperclay faces. She’s also one of my favorites. Everything is made by hand. I painted the wings, made the hair, made the dress from my own pattern, sculpted the face and hands and feet, painted them, wired them together, etc. Pretty …
Feb 21
These are simple to make, and we often make them if there isn’t enough time left in class for anything else. You can make them with spiraled stems, but I like them straight, as they fit into a cupholder.
