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Wedding Book
This is a post hole design with lovely textured white paper, the post holes are painted gold and have freshwater pearls attached. The photograph was taken of the gardens where the wedding took place and has the name of the couple printed on vellum and sewn in with gold thread. The open page has a poem printed on vellum with a photograph printed on canvas in the background.
Listening
A flip open signature stylebook with ceramic feet. Text printed onto vellum and sewn onto a collograph print. Gold saucer clasp with black thread. Page open reveals text on vellum which is collaged onto a print. This book celebrated a 40-year wedding anniversary.
Memory Book 3
Tie binding journal. Hand printed paper, with machine-sewn lines, gold paper with purple gossamer thread. A blank journal for any occasion.
Memory Book 4
Posthole bound Asian style journal. Framed cover with photograph inset (swirling Cherry tree) textured paper edged with silver posthole. This book was created for a couple who wanted a special book to hold their wedding vows along with images and poetry from their wedding. Open page, grey Strathmore paper with Japanese rice paper for end page.
Memory Book 5
Asian sewn signature stylebook. Hand printed with pearls sewn in and a collograph print framed in the middle. This memory book was created for a woman who had lost her sister to cancer the previous year. She chose a poem that was her sister’s favorite along with images of them as young girls. The open page: Cream colored Strathmore cold press. The pages were embossed with text collaged and sewn in.
Memory Book 6
Leather bound book with dowel hinge. This small book has various prints sewn together and mounted on gold plated board. A mother whose daughter was graduating from high school commissioned it. She choose the girl’s favorite colors and added photographs of her daughter through the years. The open pages are lined with Japanese and gold foil papers sewn into the lining of the edges
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