Tag Archives: Bookbinding

Special Commission: Fabric Island Journal

Now that the holiday season is over, I can finally share with you a special journal commissioned as a surprise Christmas gift for a very talented jewelry-maker, writer and all around crafty lady… who also happens to be one of my collectors. I decided to create a horizontal format journal because all the experts [...]

Calls to Artists: A Book About Death

A friend sent me this information. Considering my current state of mind, it seems perfectly suited to me.
A BOOK ABOUT DEATH
1000 ARTISTS CONTRIBUTE 500 POST CARDS EACH TO CREATE AN UNBOUND BOOK ABOUT DEATH.
The Emily Harvey Foundation in New York is hosting this event from September 10-22, 2009.
This show was inspired [...]

Special Commission: Sweet Baby Rose

Sweet Baby Rose. 4 x 6. Encaustic & Mixed Media on Paper. © 2009 Haley Nagy. SOLD.
I just finished binding the special commission I received last week. Before I show you the final product, I wanted to give you an overview of the process itself.
The patron of this project (Rose’s godmother) provided the content [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]