Days 6 to 11 - July 18

[in the voice of Joe Peschi from Die Hard] Okay, okay, okay… On Friday, July 13th, I traveled up to Alexandria, Virginia, to visit my father and his wife. I had the best intentions for making books the entire time we were visiting. However, I managed to whittle away the weekend watching the Orioles play in Camden Yard, visiting the Corcoran for an amazing exhibition on Modernism, and eating way too much yummy food and pie. We returned on Tuesday 17th, and I didn’t get back into a ‘book making way’ until Wednesday the 18th. On the 18th I made up a bit of ground, making the three following books.

book 7: long stitch binding (modernism)
{paper} text block and covers: two cannibalized brochures from the V&A’s and The Corcoran’s exhibition, Modernism; covers: also used black creased scrap booking paper
{binding} sewn with assistance from Books, Boxes, & Wraps by Marilyn Webberley and JoAn Forsyth. I have to admit that the basic idea of the book is understandable, however the instruction were a bit opaque. Through some trial and error I arrived at this final product. The idea to use the brochure (the size of the book is the width of the brochure, and 1/3rd the height) came when I realized that it would make easy miniature signatures. And, this small book makes an interesting little memento of my visit to the exhibition. The cropped copy and images from the brochure document some of the best work of the early 20th century. What better content could there be?!

book 8: isosceles triangle accordion
{paper} trimmed silk-screened print
{binding} accordion fold with ribbon and beads for a closure

This binding came about as a quick and dirty book to make. The ribbon and bead were a happy accident. The paper wouldn’t stay closed, and I thought the ribbon and bead would be a good way to provide some tension to keep the structure shut.

book 9: sewn dots
{paper} black creased scrap booking paper
{binding} red thread

I had this idea for a book after using the hole punch for one of the earlier books. I thought that attaching the dots along a thread could provide an interesting contrast form and size. I also wanted to explore a non-traditional structure. The result is this strange hanging ‘book.’