Artist's books and boxes

I love making custom made matching boxes

for my artist's books. Here are a few:

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.

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.

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.

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.

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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Surviving my Teen Years with Shakespeare

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