This was an early book representing the progression of time. I took photos of an apple from the beginning through every bite until the end when it's just a core. I chose decorate paper that would help illustrate this idea. Sew with the regular Coptic stitch.
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This is a closed spine book, more along the lines of a regular hardcover book.
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Another Coptic stitch book, this one is only 2 inch by 1 1/2 inch!
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Even smaller at only 1 inch by 1 inch is this accordion fold out book. It looks like a normal little book, but if you take out the holder in the spine, the whole thing accordions out.
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Another regular Coptic stitch, but the paper covering the book was made by...yep, me! It also has a recessed window in the front if you wanted to put a plate or photo there. (none shown)
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For a major project, I custom made a photo book for myself that I could bring to the darkroom. When I do my photography, I have to write a ton of information down in a neat and orderly fashion. With the book i customized for my particular process, it made things run a lot smoother. I used the hard cover binding method here to give my the most coverage and durability.
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Inspired by "Army of Darkness", I made the Necronomicon, a book of the dead, bound in flesh and written in blood. It's pretty hard to come by flesh these days and I did want to book to be somewhat archival, so I found a paper that looked just flesh. Around this time is when i decided to go explore more obscure stitching techniques when I came upon the Caterpillar stitch. It looked like veins going through the board, binding it all together. Creepy, cool and perfect. Once I learned this stitch, it quickly became my favorite.
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A small Caterpillar stitch, pocket size. Once a stitch is learned, there are endless possibilities of what can be done. I always try to make something different, see what happens.
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This was a functional journal that I made, one of many to come. The Caterpillar stitch was my favorite for a while, still may be, but it's difficult to do.
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This was a gift I made for someone. That was one of the reasons i continued to make books, for giving them as special gifts. Books are extremely hard to make, they take a lot of blood, sweat and tears, but there is nothing like that one of a kind gift that leaves someone feeling completely special. It's worth it.
I worked very hard on these covers giving them a psychedelic feel while still remaining feminine with the pink velvet material. Once again I used the coptic stitch, always neat, secure and classic.
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