I love making books. I love the design of a well-made book; I love the utility of a sturdy blank book. I also love paper, fabric and color and am delighted I get to work with them all day long. I think of every book I make as a collaboration between myself as the bookbinder and whoever ends up filling the pages. It’s a special joy to think that my books inspire people to be creative, to record and celebrate their lives, to commit memories and stories to paper. My favorite hand-sewn binding technique is called the button hole binding. It’s sturdy and decorative. It doesn’t use glue, so there is nothing to yellow or crack. It allows the cover to be artfully cut open, exposing the decorative endpapers. It’s a ton of fun to make. I joke that it doesn’t look like a normal book because it’s better - but it’s no joke. I design journals to inspire and build them to last.
I am a one-woman studio. I design, screen print, fold, cut and bind everything myself (in addition to doing sales, promotion, customer service, and light accounting). When not in journal-production mode (which I love), I make artist books. My work has been exhibited throughout New England and is held in several library special collections. My 2nd floor studio is in my home, an old, green farmhouse in sunny Auburn, Maine.
Thank you for getting to know my work!
photo credit: James Hardman Photography
