I love making custom made matching boxes
for my artist's books. Here are a few:
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| Green book made for a wonderful lady in New York City, Liz. |
I've been experimenting with various textures
on the covers. My goal: to create strong, sturdy, and
durable textures that would allow years of
handling and the books still look great.
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| Restroom, artist's book and matching box, 2013 |
Restroom's cover is created with fabric,
acrylic paint, mulberry paper and dictionary
pages. A layer of methylcellulose (a glue
and binder used to create paste papers as well
as book conservation) was brushed on top
to seal the design.
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| Invisible, currently part of the Art in Embassies Program |
The cover of Invisible was also sealed with
methylcellulose. I like this binder much better than
acrylic mediums as they tend to feel sticky.
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| Yellow Jazz, currently on exhibit at the US Embassy in Niamey, Niger. |
Yellow Jazz is one of my favorite creations using
pigments and acrylic mediums. The cover started as a
paste paper and turned into a heavily textured
cover for the book and box.
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| Geometry of Chaos, artist's book and box |
Geometry of Chaos: I used black acrylic paint
and mixed it with Golden's mediums and additives.
Maybe Golden will let me demonstrate my
techniques with their products?
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