Jan 04
This is the first of a series of four books I made all using the same base material. The base material was a piece of thin tie-dyed cotton that had been part of my daughter’s skirt before it got too ripped to repair. This cover worked really well because thin cotton adhered to 20lb paper …
Dec 17
 Fellow artist Jane Cheek gave me some fabric dyes, and I decided to try them out on a book cover. I started out with a calico that had spiral patterns on it. After all, using just plain fabric wouldn’t be much of a change over using paper. Some of the fabric dyes stain just …
Nov 12
For the base of this book’s cover, I started with a piece of cotton cloth to which I adhered black paper with a block print of a swallow on it. I had some paper scraps left over from end papers from different books, so I adhered them onto the black paper with acrylic medium. I had …
Nov 07
I did this book right after the celadon book, so I wanted something that didn’t have any cloth except for the muslin base. I had some handmade paper, and I used decorative paper-shaping scissors to cut the Victorian frame edge. The scissors cut very poorly, and were difficult to use. I layered the gold and …
Nov 04
This was another mistake that turned out well. I started with a piece of canvas to which I applied gesso. I wanted a dark color, so I poured black acrylic on it and brushed it around, only to find that the black became grey. No good. While the paint was still thick and wet, I …
