bookish lady

I just returned from a month in Paris, where one of my favorite places to go was the Musée de Cluny, the National Museum of the Middle Ages.  I liked these fancy books:

and especially these leather book cases:

Francisco Campos-Lopez of CityDance produced the following mini documentary about my book, your body will know.

The book is part of Moving Parts, a collaboration between CityDance Ensemble and Pyramid Atlantic Art Center.  I was one of 10 artists asked to produce an edition of 50 miniature artist books inspired by CityDance’s last season.  Limited edition […]

About a year ago I was invited to participate in a large-scale collaborative project between Pyramid Atlantic Art Center and CityDance Ensemble, our area’s most fascinating modern (and sometimes ballet) dance company.  10 visual artists (including me) were asked to attend CityDance performances and get to know their performers and their work, and then produce […]

I had a busy winter, but mostly focused on custom work and travel.  Here are some highlights:
A hand-set poem by Denise Levertov:

This close to a bison in western Montana, this close to lava at Volcan Pacaya in Guatemala:
 
Helping Ian print text for this album cover:

I’m in the middle of 4 artists’ books so I’ll […]

When I started working at Pyramid I decided that one of the first things I wanted to do was make a type catalog showing examples of all the typefaces there.  But with 88+ cases of type, that job was wayyyyyy easier said than done.  (I just learned from this New Yorker article that your average […]

Last night I went to the second meeting for Moving Parts, a collaboration between Pyramid Atlantic and CityDance.  The idea was to make an edition of artists’ books, and I was invited to be one of ten artists to contribute.  We will each design and produce 50 (!) copies of a miniature art book inspired […]

I remember my interest in book arts exploding at the Pyramid Atlantic Book Arts Fair and Conference four years ago.  The biennial event is back this year, at the fancy new Morris and Gwendolyn Cafritz Foundation Arts Center at Montgomery College (Takoma/Silver Spring campus).
The opening reception is Friday, followed by two days of conferences and […]

I posted a few new books to the site, including these Sacred Heart Journals. I have three left. Growing up Catholic I always loved the burning heart–I think of it as a symbol of passion so intense that it’s a little creepy. I’m really happy with how these turned out. I […]

In French, that’s “She has the close tear,” or she cries easily. My grandmother Simone’s aunts used to say this about her, and I definitely ended up with the same genes.
This season I started making journals that are a little bigger than my standard size. This one is 5 1/2″by 8″ with 90 […]

I can’t seem to make these quickly enough! I’ve got two new designs in the shop, plus one left from an earlier edition, and six new designs I plan to finish this week. The boudoir series was inspired by a custom journal I made as a Valentine for someone special a few years […]