Sunday, October 31, 2010

Fretboard


a present for a guitarist friend's birthday. Since the only drawing things I have are apparently water based which inevitably smears upon application of the matte medium I use to seal off my covers, I lit on the idea of drawing it on tracing paper and then simply gluing the drawn side to the cover. simple innovation that erases all that frustration!


binding is a twisted link and kettle with doubled over variation

Monday, October 18, 2010

Artist Cards

So when I first created this blog and begun to sell my books, I also developed an artist card. Since the first one, I've gone through 3 designs but the basic premise has remained the same; my artist card is a mini book-zine to stay true to my DIY aesthetic.


my first card was not at all slick-handwritten, glue sticked, photocopied much like the zines of the 90s underground scene.


the text is the same as the sidebar to this blog.

I went through some other designs that I was not too fond of so they had limited runs and I couldn't find evidence of my taking pictures of them...


My current one is very different. It incorporates my own photos as backgrounds to each page and was designed on the computer.


the text is a little more philosophical/political and less autobiographical than my original one, but it's in a way, much more my own than previous ones......and though it doesn't quite fold too well (illustrator and me printing don't quite work out too well) it is my favorite

Friday, October 15, 2010

Subtle



it's very hard to see but this is a centipede stitch with stabilizing coptics at the edges.

Saturday, October 9, 2010

Icarus


heavily modified coptic

Tuesday, October 5, 2010

Series- Webs


a little petite double 3 signature book



simple bindings, modified leather and pamphlet bindings