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Artist’s Books |
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I always say that the best thing anyone ever did for me, in terms of my artistic development, was to boot me out of the house on summer mornings when I was a kid and say, “Find something to do until dinner time”. I’m fortunate to live in an area where an amazing array of materials for papermaking and books is available literally in my back yard. My artist’s books usually grow out of the act of engaging with these materials and my small, rural community, and discovering the unexpected. |
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A copy of the sixties book “Knit a Dress a Day” bound in a piano hinge binding on knitting needles. |
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I can’t remember ever conceiving a book first, then going about making it. It is always an evolutionary process that begins by moving my hands, folding paper, responding to textures, handling a yard sale find, and discovering ways to fix things that didn’t work out the way I had intended.
I love experimenting with all types of fibers and found objects. Friends often let me raid their gardens or bring me an interesting thrift store find using the standard line, “...we figured you could do something with this”.
Feel free to browse through this selection of work, some new, some older, some made for exhibits and collectors, some made for retail outlets and some made just for fun.
You can also go to the Gyromancy page to print and assemble your own copy of this little artist’s book created from one sheet of paper. This project has been completed by hundreds of book enthusiasts around the globe - the web is truly amazing.
The artist’s books and bindings are loosely grouped into
Artist’s Books and Bindings 4 (handmade paper) Artist’s Books and Bindings 5 (more handmade paper) Artist’s Books and Bindings 6 (miniatures) Altered Books/Sculptural Works/Misc |