Handmade artist book filled with Croatian recipes, such as “war cake”. The condition and staining chronicles the turbulent and mysterious journey this cookbook has undergone. Diary-like entries and handwritten notes shed light on the life of the owner.
Read more about the process of creating this book on my previous post: Bookbinding Inspiration.
Nagy Family Cookbook. Hand-Stitched, Modified Coptic Binding & Mixed Media. © 2009 Haley Nagy.
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Nicely done, Haley! Very interesting “innards” and beautiful cover and binding.
Love this. The binding is beautiful.
That war cake recipe sounds so interesting! The book looks wonderful.
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