The Rug Edition: Open Materials: Paper, ink, bookcloth, and a magnet in the button nose to keep it shut. Medium: Letterpress printed text, Giclee printed watercolor painting, inlaid paper cat’s eyes on cover. Size: 5″ x 5.25″ x .25″ (closed), 15″ x 5.25″ x .25″ (open) Available in my Etsy shop.
Lunae Secutor Edition: 100 Materials: Paper, wood, brass, rocks, an led light, a battery, wiring, a glass window, and brass screws Medium: Letterpress printed text, hand-painted caterpillar Size: 5” x 2.75” x 2.25” (W x H x D) Notes: Lunae Secutor is a moveable book in the form of an insect specimen, a caterpillar. On … Read more
Traveling Together Apart Edition: 40 Materials: paper, ink, thread Medium: Letter press printed text, intaglio printed artwork Size: 4″ x 5” (closed), 8″ x 5″ (open) Notes: This book is a collection of three short stories. In the first, the couple is on a sinking raft. In the second, they are in a noisy train … Read more
The Hunter and the Bear Edition: 100 Materials: Paper, book cloth, button and string Medium: Letterpress printed Size: 4″ x 4″ x .25” (W x H x D) Notes: In this fairytale-like story a hunter and his team head into the mountains to kill a fearsome beast of legend, an extremely large bear. What he … Read more
Learning to Fly Edition: Open Materials: Paper, plexiglass, book cloth Size: 2.5” x 3” x 1.25” (W x H x D) Notes: When the wheel is turned a “little movie” plays. It has a plexiglass front window and back so that when held to the light the scene inside this diorama is backlit. Available in … Read more
Expedition Edition: Open Materials: Paper, plexiglass, book cloth Size: 2.5” x 3” x 1.25” (W x H x D) Notes: When the wheel is turned a “little movie” plays. It has a plexiglass front window and back so that when held to the light the scene inside this diorama is backlit. Available in my Etsy … Read more
Vessel Edition: 100 Materials: Paper, wood, thread, wire, and acetate window Medium: Letterpress printing with hand watercolor and ink painting Size: 7″ x 4.5″ x .5″ (W x H x D – plus stand) Notes: Has moveable wings, a shade that can be drawn closed at night, and a short story on the back. Available … Read more
Insecta Coleoptera Edition: 98 Materials: Paper, acrylic window, wood, screws and string. Medium: Letterpress printing with hand watercolor painting and oil stick. Size: 3.25” x 3.75” x 1.75” (W x H x D) Notes: Specimen label an map document the origin of the specimen origin. When the knob at the base of the box is … Read more
Dragonfly Edition: 100 Materials: Paper, book cloth, acrylicwindow, and ribbon. Medium: Letterpress and intaglio printing with hand watercolor painting Size: 3.25” x 3.75” x 1.75” (W x H x D, closed) Notes: The dragonfly is attached to a flexible “stem” so that it quivers and sways when the book is moved. Available in my Etsy … Read more
Bird Feet Edition: 100 Materials: Paper, 22 page booklet Medium: Letterpress printed. Size: 3.25″ x 3.25″ x .25″ (W x H x D) Notes: Bird Feet is a little story about searching for utopia in a bird cage, finding beauty in the sadness of nature when stripped of idealism. The story is told in five … Read more
