This book is from Lauren Lavender’s Interactive Paper Project. She’s got more books and interesting paper work here.
Interactive Paper Project
Flag Book: Alligator Hunt
After seeing several flag books in the Santa Fe Book Group’s exhibit, I’ve been fooling around with a flag book I made years ago and was never happy with. I’m still not. The other day I ran across the flag book below on Etsy by Deep Sea Press. The author says
This one-of-a-kind hand made artist book features an image of a 400-year old engraving by the french artist Jacques LeMoynes entitled How the Indians Kill Alligators (Alligator Hunt). LeMoyne’s drawings of the Timicua indians depicted all aspects of the lives of the native Northern Floridians including hunting…Flag books have so much movement to them I wanted to feature an image in which movement was central.
And that made me realize why my own flag book was unsuccessful—the images I’m using don’t convey movement. See more books and by Deep Sea Press here.
Perception: Matchbox Book
My latest matchbox book: Perception. Claude Monet made a sequence of water lily paintings at the end of his long career as an artist, from 1897 to his death in 1926. Apparently beset by cataracts, he had a special way of seeing his world. This tiny book in a matchbox shows the progression of these paintings over time, highlighting how radically perception changes what we see. More here.
Exposed Spines
Jody Alexander makes fabric books that cry out to be touched. She’s a bookbinder and paper maker in Santa Cruz, CA. These are from a series she calls “Exposed Spines.” These are new to me— the ones I’ve seen in person are from a series of “Ghost Books”. I wrote about those back in 2008 and there’s more about them here. And finally there’s more on Jody’s website
All About Papercutting
I’ve admired Elsa Mora’s work for quite some time. She has a new blog called All About Papercutting, with examples, reviews, tutorials and supplies for sales. Below is Elsa’s newest miniature book.
2013 San Francisco Bazaar
I’ve gotten a table at the 2013 San Francisco Bazaar, Dec 7th and 8th, from 11-6. If you are in the area, do stop by and say hello. Admission is free and it’s at the Concourse Exhibition Center (620 Seventh St.– at Brannan — San Francisco, CA 94103).
