books handmade in 2023-2025
final products and some of the process
Maddy I think I'm going insane - freshman year, 2023
Ideation 'field notebook' - freshman year, 2024
drawing every day for a while (maybe?) - work in progress, started freshman year, 2024
recycled leather book for yasmin ^-^
sketch paper, trace paper, paper bag
march, 2026
left: cover (block print, fabric, book board)
above: inside cover, Maddy I think I'm going insane (old crusty stamps)
right: pages 1&2, entries about my connection with can tabs and my different 'ex' relationships (can tab, thread, more stamps, acrylic paint, pen)
left: pages 3&4, my favorite color and one of my favorite places, their role in my life, and what I have experienced from them (scrap fabric, acrylic, pen, more crusty stamps, scrap piece of rope)
right: pages 5&6, rambling at 3 am about a night that doesn't really matter anymore and a makeshift hammock (scrap fabric and thread, pen)
above: pages 7&8, some photos of tags i've left around in random places, a representation of me saying "hey, i've been here", a paragraph about who I am. what my name means to me (paper, ink from printer, photos transferred with some cool technique I don't remember)
left: pages 9&10, writing about the question "where are you from?", why the question means so much to me, the nuances and effects it has, asking myself where i consider home
about the book: fabric, book board, mixed media