Artist Books

Folding, cutting, printing, stitching – all of these have been entry points for me into the artist book form. I feel fortunate to have studied with highly skilled book artists like Bonnie Stahlecker and Cerese Vaden and to pass along what I have learned, and what I keep learning, to my own undergraduate students. Below is a selection of some recent books:

our only hope for survival is to take cover and wait, Japanese Boro mending stitch with hand-marbled paper-cuts, 4×3″

Keep still. Wait. This is the moment of no turning back. Hanging installation of handmade paper and stitched papercuts.

this temporary disruption, a conversation of vague intention. Spiral accordion book with papercuts and paper scrolls

A fragile creature, she fears rodents, the elements, and clumsy hands, rust prints with cut paper and Coptic stitch, 4×6″

Now the garden is gone to seed, monotype prints with Coptic and centipede stitching, 4×5″

Our backyard miracle began on the south side of the house, monoprinting with lotus blossom stitch, 4×6″

We survive storms with laughter, spiral accordion and handmade papers, 3.5″ diameter

Have you planted the marigold seeds that I sent? accordion fold with handmade seeded papers, 4×2.5″

I imagine three nights of full moon, accordion and flower folds with monoprinting, 3×3″