Saturday, September 14, 2019







Ziggurat

I set myself the project of creating a Pop-Up Accordion Book using Japanese Papers, which are very tough, but also soft. I wanted to make a sewn book. All of the structures are sewn into the backing paper. Some lino-print patterns have been added, as well as decorative stitching. I had to devise a way to stitch the structures so they would move freely and didn't use the tabs I would normally use to glue them in place. It was fun having to figure out new ways to make the pop-ups work within the parameters I set. You can see by the not-quite-as-neat stitching on the Tetrahedron (pictured last) that there was some trial-and-error. I didn't pull out the stitching for fear everything would tear, though the paper is very resilient. 

Thursday, September 12, 2019


Summer Projects

Trying to get odds and ends used up and finish some projects that were started and abandoned. Sometimes everything goes together beautifully but most often it's a struggle!
I've got several of these small (5 1/2"x 11") folios on the desk at the moment. It will be great to get them done and on display.