Category: Bookmaking

This is Hedi Kyle’s “Soap Opera” from 2009. Part of an exhibit at the Michener Art Museum in 2010. Mary Lee has a nice section on Hedi on her website that includes links to images and videos and books.

My friend Barb has been making tunnel book models recently, and sharing them with me. So I guess I’ve had tunnel books on the brain… Here’s one I found by Harold Lloyd that I liked very much.

Last weekend I helped take down a book arts exhibit in Rowe NM at the AMS Community Art Gallery in Rowe NM. I took a bunch of pictures before putting the books away. This is Madeleine Durham’s “Whimsical Flag Book” made using transparent flags with pointy black ends. One great thing about the book is when you close it up, some of those pointy flags stick out of the covers…

I got a kick out of finding Nancy Hulan’s smart phone case, disguised as a girdle book. She says

Smartphones are handy to have, even at historical reenactment events. This luxurious leather case, bound as a medieval girdle book, protects and disguises your phone while adding to your persona’s overall look. Made with all the materials and techniques of fine bookbindings, including quarter-inch-thick wood boards, supple goatskin leather blind-tooled in a medieval design, hand-marbled paper, and metal corner bosses and latch, this case will make you the envy of all your friends.
The Turk’s Head knot, a key feature of girdle books, tucks under your belt to keep the case securely by your side. You don’t need to remove it from your belt to check your text messages or the time–just lift the case upward and open the covers. Quick, easy, and unobtrusive.

See all of Nancy’s work in her Etsy shop