The year of 2013 has been surprisingly busy, both in my business and my personal life. Over the course of the year I established my own business, bound my first leather embroidered binding, became an Aunt for the second time, started an impressive board game collection, interviewed with Susan Mills for Bookbinding Now and moved into a spacious new apartment with my husband, Jason.
I’ve also been busy posting on my blog and creating more bookbinding-related content. This year I started an interview series that I will continuing into the new year. Thanks again to all of those who agreed to be interviewed for my blog. The content from the interviews has really allowed my blog to blossom. Below is a small collection of some of my favorite posts from the year. Enjoy!
1. Artist: Matias Santa Mari
2. Moving Images: Whale Fall
3. February // Bookbinder of the Month: Hannah Brown
This was my first interview. Thanks to Hannah for being my guinea pig. Her work continues to inspire me and I am always looking forward to her next binding.
4. June // Bookbinder of the Month: Sonya Sheats
Sonya’s interview was so inspiring from her unique training in French fine binding to her use of nontraditional binding materials. I’m in awe of each binding Sonya creates.
5. Tutorial: Top Secret Belgian Binding
My goal for this upcoming year is to offer more tutorials on my blog. The Secret Belgian was my first and a blast to work on.
6. August // Bookbinder of the Month: Annette Friedrich
I could not pass up featuring Annette’s bold and distinctive style. I admire her ambitions to bind all of Virginia Woolf’s novels.
7. September // Book Artist of the Month: Michelle Ray
Michelle’s work is so flawlessly executed as she beautifully combines letterpress and book arts with her fascination of the sea and water.
8. Photographer: Alma Haser
9. Artist: Christian Maychack
10. Artist: Mark Warren Jacques
11. Daily Glimpse Project
This 365 project began in 2012 and ended in July of 2013. The image above is the final image sent between my friend, Anna, and I. Over the course of the project, I collaborated with 11 people as we sent images to one another daily. Capturing the same single moment of our days.
12. December // Bookbinder of the Month: Karen Hanmer
This interview was my most ambition to date. On top of the initial interview, I asked Karen a single question about each piece to be featured throughout the month. This format will carry over into the new year. Karen also had one of the highest viewed interviews, no doubt due to her popularity and thoughtful responses.
13. My Hand: Field Book of Western Wild Flowers
As I mentioned above, I completed my first leather embroidered binding this year. Inspired by the historical embroidered bindings I attempted by first embroidered binding on cloth and then stumbled upon the work of Hannah Brown. In this 3-part post I write about my process behind such an ambitious fine binding.
Happy New Year!
