My archive
Over the years I have built up a personal archive of my bindings, some kept because they represented a turning point in my technique, design, and content creation. They now represent a body of my life’s work. Here are a selection of those works.
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MORANDI'S BOTTLES 1992. Text by Paula Hocks. Underpainted plexiglass and leather.
ANATOMY III, 2000. Leather laminate case with cut work and first efforts at reverse stamping.
KEEPING TIME, 2009. Goatskin with back-pared onlays, foil stamping. Text written, illustrated and inkjet printed by binder.
REMEMBERING JAN SOBOTA, 2014. Text by Ladislav Hanka. Bound in Hewit Pentland goat with cut-foil stamped designs on leather inlaid in cover recesses.
IN THE GARDEN, 2016 binding. Text printed by Laura Wait, enhanced by binder's interior illustrations. Bound in full Pergamena leather, with brayer printing and cut foil decor. Large format: 15-1/4" x 11-1/2" x 1".
STORM SURGE, 1992. Text by Joe Sanders. Full Harmatan goatskin, early example of back-pared goat onlays and in-lay leather lines.
THE SHEPHERDS CALENDAR, 1981. First design binding attempt as student at London College of Printing. Full goatskin, leather onlays and gold tooling.
PAPER POOLS 1981. David Hockney, commercial edition, 1st. Student binding the at London College of Printing.
AGRICULTURAL NOTATION, 1993. Text by Ladislav Hanka. Full goatskin case, first use of back-pared leather onlay technique learned from binder Sylvia Rennie.
KEEPSAKES, 2016, Artist Book. Sewn Boards binding, leather spine. Original text written, illustrated, and inkjet printed by binder with pop-up elements.
BOSQUE, Woodland for Wildlife, 2021. Artist book with poetry, cutwork illustration, painted pages all created by the binder. Cover bound in full leather with cut foil stamped designs.
EAGLE, JAGUAR, & SERPENT, 1987. Text by Corvarrubias. Full goatskin binding with leather onlays and inlaid line work, gold tooling.
GARDEN OF WEEDS, 2021. Bound in leather, laminate case with onlay design. Text written, illustrated on painted pages by the binder -- her struggle to keep weeds out of her garden.
BICYCLE DIARIES, One New Yorker's Journey through 9-11. Full leather binding, 2019, with back pared leather onlay work.Text by Richard Goodman, printed 2011 by Midnight Paper Sales.