Category Archives: Artist Books

The Flu and a New Commission

Did you miss me last week? I’ve been out with the flu. Yes, bonafide, doctor diagnosed, real, live “Flu A”. More like Flu A-Z if you ask me. You name the symptom and I probably had it… and had it on the high end of the pain scale too. This flu made all those nasty [...]

New Work: Eye of the Beholder

This collection of images is a digital “book” that takes advantage of the internet and social networking sites to distribute the content across new media platforms. Imagine this piece as if it were an electronic set of playing cards accessible to anyone with an internet connection. Each card is a self portrait of the artist. [...]

New Work: Saving Yourself

“Saving Yourself: Steps to Preserving the Chastity of Adolescent Girls” is a collection of photographic essays. The interior pages leave black smudge marks on the hands of the reader, causing them to dirty themselves simply through the act of reading. Just as the true nature of the photographs are revealed, the participants in this dialog [...]

New Work: Nagy Family Cookbook

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 [...]

Work in Progress: The Neverending Story

A couple of months ago, I woke up from a dream in the middle of the night with an idea in my head… a fully formed, highly detailed, visual image of two artists books. The images were so strong, I felt like the books already existed and it was merely my job to help them [...]