Book 3: I forgive you for all the things you missed and here’s a collection of things you’ll never miss again Part 2

I already gave the rundown of papermaking in my previous post so if you haven't seen Part 1, check it out for more detailed information. Part 2 of this project was an unexpected delight. My professor, Michelle Rozic, told me to let loose and try some things out that were fast and experimental. I had …

Book 2: I forgive you for all the things you missed and here’s a collection of things you’ll never miss again Part 1

The whole process of bookmaking this time around was much different than I'd experienced before. It took place during a 2 week intensive course at CSU Summer Arts. I think in total I work around 120 hours on this project. Considering that we worked a total of 9 1/2 days, that's a lot of hours. …

Book #1: Spring Cleaning

This semester I took a bookmaking class. We only have 2 deadlines, this post will cover the first book and a lot of the mistakes and victories I experienced over the course of that time. We were told to make an edition of 2, that it would need to include a colophon, 2 pages of …

Progression #17

I don't have any progress shots of this because I did most of the work in one sitting. I originally planned to make these little boxes out of clay, but as they are done in paper now, they take on a different meaning. They represent my lanterns. There are many festivals that focus around lanterns. …

Progression #16

I started work on this based on a sketch I had in mind. I was exploring themes of maternal bonds and childhood. I remembered when I was little how much of an emphasis was placed on the length of my hair. I was never allowed to cut more than a 1/4th of an inch at …

Progression #12

This is where I started. I started this piece with a "balance" idea. I had wanted to create a frame out of PVC and have these largely covered in yarn. You can see from the sketches I had some big plans that didn't exactly work out. As you can see here I sort of had …

Progression #10

I've always flocked to sewing paper. In this case, that's exactly what I did. I had intended on using my sewing machine because I wanted everything to move more quickly than I had in the past. Hand sewing looks way better, but it also takes a long time to complete. It took me a lot …

Progression #9

So this is where I originally started. I found this wooden embroidery frame when I was hunting around for hoops. I had sketched this idea out beforehand and had the paper pieces prepped and ready with gray. I had anticipated that I would be building a wooden frame but in the interest of time, I …

Sketchbook Addition

This one technically isn't inside of my sketchbook. It's actually done on Bristol paper (11 x 14). I've had this idea in my head where I wanted to arbitrarily designate whites and blacks as different colors. It's not a super original idea but I've been meaning to play with the concept for a while and …

Sketchbook Addition

I told myself I wouldn't work at all tonight because I've been working nonstop these last few days but I was feeling restless. I took all my usual materials to my parent's house last weekend and found some things to mess with tonight. I really like the little white dots and all the colors. (Sorry …