Book Arts & Papermaking

I started experimenting with papermaking during my undergraduate coursework at Herron School of Art + Design in 2006.

Bookbinding soon followed in the summer of 2007 while studying abroad.

book & print series, 2007
“clusterfuck” book & print series
Engraving on handmade paper with hair inclusions, 1/1; Italy, 2007.
“Too much to take in…”
Drypoint/ etching on waxed handmade paper with hair inclusions; 2007.
"Enmeshed"; drypoint & etching on waxed handmade paper with hair inclusions; 2007. Published in ‘Canvas Magazine’, fall 2008 issue, Bloomington, Indiana.
“enmeshed”
stab-binding with expandable spine, fine and handmade papers, waxed cord and photos; 2007.
Venetian memory album
An accordion-style artist book created from stone/ aluminum lithograph, collagraph, artist's hair, hand-stamped kitikata body cut-outs, and meat hooks; within a cloth-covered clamshell box, 2007.

“just another piece of meat…”

French door artist book. Paper, waxed thread, drawings on parchment; 2007.
French door, stab-binding
French door artist book. Paper, waxed thread, drawings on parchment; 2007.

maze book 1

spine view; upcycled prints and art supplies; 2007.
piano hinge binding

Coptic-bound collaboratively printed broadside; Herron

Sketchbooks created during my time as an au pair; Vicenza, Italy.

Artist's paint palette-shaped clock made with molded abaca paper, watercolor and clock motor. 2011.
“Palette Clock”
Accordion style artist book created for 'Monumental Ideas in Miniature Books' (MIMB1) internationally travelling exhibition. Etching, digital, and handmade paper bound with transparent monofilament thread and artists' hair; 2008.

“Manufactured Lust”

“Every Day”

Artist book created for MIMB- “Monumental Idea in a Miniature Book 2”, Juried internationally traveling exhibition; Handmade paper, digital, drawing 1/6, 2011-2013.
Artist book 1/5 for 'Monumental Ideas in Miniature Books 3' traveling book exhibit. Twenty-six .25"x19" tiny hand-stamped/ stained/ written mini scrolls & 1 Colophon scroll inside a handmade gearbox covered in handmade coffee paper with translucent front.

“you know what really grinds my gears?!”

Yellow Springs, Ohio, August 2022
Papermaking workshop led by Tim Barrett and hosted by Sarah Strong @ Antioch College, Yellow Springs, Ohio, 2016
scented art sachets; made with handmade essential-oil dipped papers and ephemera.
“Smell Me- ReFreshing Art”
artist book in progress

“Spinal Tap”

artist book in progress

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