boook love

Books have always been a huge part of my life and to this day I will jump at the opportunity to spend the afternoon in a cozy chair with a cup of tea and a great book.  I remember coming home from school every day when I was 8 years old and sitting on top of the monkey bars in our backyard reading until dark...I was convinced that I was going to be an author or librarian :)  While I still spend much of my free time (ha ha what free time?) reading, I've also begun to make my own books in the last couple years. Some would say my interests in making books has partially been inspired by my childlike fascination for texture, colour and pattern; but it also feeds into my desires to create books that have been well made with precision and accuracy.

Japanese stab bound book containing a collection of old family photographs printed on acetate

tacket bound book containing a collection of seeds and plant growth instructions

An inspiring and innovative friend of mine, Theresa Duong, incorporated a great deal of bookbinding in her jewellery thesis work this past year. She describes the themes and purpose of her work as follows: By recreating, repurposing, and repositioning the book form, I am emphasizing that the binding holds everything together and that each of these parts, like humans, placed in the context of the body, are created for a purpose fitting into their ordained place of perfect design.   Feel free to check out some of her jewellery and bookbinding work at http://theresaduong.com/.