Monday, May 31, 2010

As promised...

Here are a few of my non-book art projects Ive done in the past.



This is a line of wine glasses I designed as a gift for my sister. I sandblasted the barcode inspired design on the glass itself.




Because I am so stubbornly against working digitally, this is from the one and only digital class I took in university. This image was the center piece of the series, with single images of her walking away were on either side, in 8x10 then 5x7 to give the feel of her walking away into the distance. This particular image was 11x14.
It didnt project here as well as the print itself looked.


This image is one of my ultimate favorites. Im not sure if I appreciate that its a long exposure image with a medium format camera or if I really appreciate it because it was a total experiment that turned out well.
I had just gotten my first medium format camera, a Yashica A, a very old camera that doesn't take a single battery. Its completely manual and I love it.




This next series was completed in my second year. The print quality wasn't as strong as I had been able to achieve later on and the scanning quality was lacking but I am so proud of this piece on Gender Roles in the Domestic Space.





Through my years studying photography, one of my favorite places to shoot was at a local cemetary, one that was the subject of many highschool stories of where to stay away from at night. I found such beauty in some of the statues and the juxtaposition of life and death in one gated place.

She was one of my favorite statues, although this image doesn't showcase why. Her arm was broken off just below where the image crops off. She had such a tragic beauty behind her, she was broken but still so strong. I thought she was beautiful.















Sunday, May 30, 2010

Around the world in 80 Pages is on its way!

I have begun listing items in my new store Aroundtheworldin80pages ! I am proud of the books in this store and cannot wait to send them out into the world!


Ive decided to showcase some of my non-book art, so as soon as the crazyness of the new store settles, Ill be posting some of that!

Thursday, May 27, 2010

The days are passing all too quickly

 

Just a few more days until Around the World in 80 Pages officially opens up! Im very excited about this. Im also quite busy these days trying to build up some inventory plus submit a donated book for Feed the Children and choose a book for the book swap Im involved in.

So many books and so little time!

Saturday, May 15, 2010

I have just learned something new!


And I am stoked!

Just wanted to add a punch of summer on a day that looks a little gloomy outside!

Friday, May 14, 2010

Thursday, May 13, 2010

ROUNDTHEWORLDIN80PGS OPENING JUNE 1ST 2010!!!


I will be launching a new store, Roundtheworldin80pgs on June 1st and I can't wait! I will be showcasing and selling the books that I handbind using papers that I have ordered or picked up from different countries around the world : Japan, Italy, Nepal, China etc etc and of course local papers.

I am so excited about the new store and my new focus. I will still be able to fill custom orders but in the mean time I will be working on a line of photo albums/ scrapbooks.

And as always, all my books are one of a kind!

Hope to see you soon!
Be well