Posts Tagged ‘Books’
The Willow Collection
Friday, March 5th, 2010
I’m very excited to announce the debut of the Willow Collection!
I’ve been working on this collection for a long while,
and it’s so nice to finally have finished it.
I love bookplates,
and thought that they would be a nice addition to my sketchbooks.
I wanted something that would personalize the book for each artist.
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Nancy Muller is an extremely talented illustrator,
and I was thrilled when she agreed to illustrate some bookplates for me.
I wanted something earthy, and LOVE her animal illustrations.
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The collection is comprised of 25 books,
and there are 5 books available
for each type of illustrated bookplate.
There are birds, a fox, a buck, a bat, and owls.
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Here are a couple of the finished ones:
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Check out www.NancyMuller.com for more of her amazing illustrations!
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New Thread Colors
Monday, February 8th, 2010
When I first started bookbinding,
I only had one color of thread.
White.
Easy, simple, and a necessity.
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As time went on,
I started to experiment
with various different binding styles.
I found exposed bindings
to be my favorite.
So, I found myself in need
of various colors of thread.
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One grew to three.
Three grew to ten.
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Now, my collection has grown
to 33 different colors.
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Oh my.
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Kickstarter!
Thursday, January 21st, 2010
Dear Friends,
With less than 2 days left
on my completed my kickstarter project,
I cannot be more thankful
for everyone’s support
and enthusiasm.
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Thank you to everyone that donated
and spread the word.
I went into this with no idea what would come of it.
Through this project I’ve made new friends,
reconnected with old ones,
and have had a great experience.
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Thank you!
I’m so excited
for where my business is going!
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Sneak Peek!
Monday, January 18th, 2010
Just a little peek of the small books
that I’ve been working on
for my kickstarter backers!
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I’m loving this new leather!
It’s SO soft.
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Another!
Friday, January 15th, 2010
This morning I finished up a custom order.
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It’s double the size of my full-sized books
and has 100 pages.
Wahoo!
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Here are some images:
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She really liked the look of this one,
So I made her a larger one
with the same color thread, button, and end papers.
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TGIF!
Custom Order
Thursday, January 14th, 2010
So this morning I’ve been discussing
and working on a custom order.
I think it’s an adorable idea.
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She loved one of my books, but wanted to add envelopes to it.
The idea was to have friends and family write notes and stick them in the book.
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Here are a few images of the finished piece!
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Happy Thursday!
New Sketchbook!
Monday, January 11th, 2010
This morning I worked on
a new sketchbook for Mark
since he only has a few empty pages left
in the last sketchbook that I made him.
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It’s always fun picking out paper and book cloth
for these types of projects,
and it makes for a nice change of pace.
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Here are some images of the finished book.
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The endpapers are a gorgeous yellow patterned paper
that I recently ordered
from Smock.
They do some beautiful work.
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Handmade News
Wednesday, January 6th, 2010
Dear friends,
Today I am the featured artist on Handmade News,
a blog about handmade art and the artists that create them.
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Please go here and vote for my article!
If I get over 23 votes, I get on the front page!
Just click on the green thumbs up right above the comments section.
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Thanks!
Looking Back and Looking Forward
Friday, January 1st, 2010
It’s New Year’s Day,
and I think it’s a simple necessity
to look back at where I’ve come from
and forward to where I want to go.
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This blog started off as a rambling jumble about my life,
and has changed drastically
to become much more about my work and my goals.
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I like it.
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In this new year I hope to expand my business.
I want to spread creativity to all those around me,
and hope to inspire those around me.
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Happy New Year!
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Also, for those of your who haven’t heard,
please read my story over at kickstarter
about turning this bookbinding into a full time career!
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Thanks.
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Photo Shoot
Wednesday, December 30th, 2009
I’ve been working
on some new photos
of my new books
these last few days,
and I thought I’d share
some photos of my set up.
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My dining room transforms
quite nicely into a photo studio.
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Happy Wednesday!