Posts Tagged ‘Italy’
cucchiaino.
Saturday, June 19th, 2010
During the spring of two thousand and eight, I lived atop a hill in Tuscany.
For three months, I studied art, bound books, and wrote poetry. It wasn’t until at least half way through my three month stay that I discovered two of my two very best friends. All three of us fell in love with Italy. The place, the people, and the food all found their way into our hearts. By the end of the trip, we were binding books together, making paper, and hoping by some miracle to never leave. In truth, in our hearts, we never did leave. Our dreams of opening our own bookbinderies stayed in our thoughts, constantly creeping in every time we walked into a paper store or had a cup of cappuccino.
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Now, two years later, we still itch to go back to the place that helped us dream and believe that the impossible could be possible. I opened To Boldly Fold in September of last year, and now I want to share something that is very near and dear to my heart.
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My best friends, Miss Bobbi Pinkston and Miss Casey Berry are two exceptionally talented individuals. One with a love of literature and another with a knack for art history, they traveled to Italy not knowing what to expect. When the left, they were expert bookbinders, and never looked back.
Their wit and excitement culminate into this amazing energy that could keep even the most exhausted fingers binding books for hours.
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Living in three different time zones, we manage to video chat on a constant basis. I miss them daily, but am so proud to see how far they’ve come.
…And don’t worry, we plan to return to Italy very soon, but more on that later!
*All images property of Little Spoon Bindery.
Photography.
Saturday, January 2nd, 2010
When I first started photographing,
I was always in a rush
and constantly snapping my camera
at anything around me.
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As time went on,
I discovered the beautiful quality
of the medium format camera and couldn’t stay away.
It needed a slow hand and allowed me to truly see the things around me.
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I find it funny that my work is now very physical in nature,
from the tearing of the paper to the sewing of the sections,
and now I have fully embraced the digital camera as a medium.
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These days, I pick up the digital camera far more than my beloved 6X6,
but I still translate the slow precision from the camera to my bookmaking.
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Here are a few images from my travels in Italy.
They are palladium prints, which take the utmost care and time to produce.
These prints cannot be made without a loving hand.
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Take a moment to enjoy the new year.
Oops! Work I forgot to show you.
Wednesday, March 4th, 2009
Here are a few images from my recent show at the Wilgus Gallery, which I forgot to post here. Enjoy!
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