Some little books I’ve been making!
• Left - bound with red waxed thread
• Middle - homemade paper with seeds and flower petals, bound with waxed thread, using 4-hole japanese binding
• Right - bound with wire
Finished this spoon a couple weeks ago!
I started it about a year ago as my first whittling project. I had mentioned to people that I wanted to get into whittling/wood carving and was graciously gifted the materials to get started from @elijahbloome and @lillydupuis .
It was a piece I would pick up and make a couple marks on every so often. I would bring it on camping trips & places I was traveling, thinking I would get into it. It mostly sat by my bedside for the past year and I would invite whoever came into my room to make a couple cuts in it. It’s a good reminder that beautiful things can take time and patience to come to fruition and I think fondly of the many people (friends, strangers, lovers) that lent their hands to it.
About a month ago I finally felt inspired to finish it. Inspired to the point of staying up late at night to keep chipping away at it. That’s when I added the balls, which were never a part of the original vision.
Now I feel eager to keep going and create more! Perhaps a set of utensils?
Treasure tree 🌳
Made from copper wire, stone, shells, glass, pine cones & wood shavings.
• Base stone - Greenport, Long Island
• Pine cones - Breckenridge, Colorado
• Shimmery shells - a beach in Fairfield, Connecticut
• Other shells/glass - Rockaway beach, NY
• Wood shavings - my floor
I’ve grown fond of collecting items from nature that speak to me. I enjoy the visual reminder of places I’ve been & how they can come together and be cohesive. The objects consume my room on any surface with available space. I’ve been trying to give them away to people they remind me of, and turn them into new objects, in order to make room for more.
I love the way it jiggles and shakes.
Little handmade Valentine’s Day book for a lover 💛
Each section was made by gluing 2 pieces of paper to each side of a tab, and then gluing that tab to the spine.
Held closed by some embroidery thread and a button - inspired by string & washer envelopes.
I’m so excited to play around more with book format and non-traditional forms of binding :)
Day 3 of isolating with Covid, holed up in my tiny room!
I was reading through old notes in my notes app and one from almost a year ago said “I surprised myself today”. Don’t remember the context of that - whether I thought it, or read it, or heard someone say it. But I guess it resonated!
“Ourselves, Collected”
About a month ago I finished up this project - a book of designed writing. It is a collection of various short forms of writing, submitted to me from people around the world. The idea was to design each piece to look unique from the others and capture the essence of the writing before you even read a word.
💥I still have copies of the book left, if you’re interested in getting one either message/text me and I will get one to you! (Ship or pick up/drop off in Philly)💥
This project was a HUGE undertaking! From getting the word out, collecting submissions, communicating with 30 authors in different locations, creating a timeline, finding a printer, reading all the writing so so many times & of course designing the damn thing while working a job and moving! This project followed me through a particularly dynamic 7 months of my life.
Needless to say, I’ve spent the last few weeks burnt out/recovering, but I am so incredibly proud of how this came together! Thank you thank you so much to those who submitted! And another thank you to everyone who came to the release party in Philly 💛 The night was an absolute dream and I couldn’t have been happier sharing a project with such a supportive community. Cheers to collaborative creation ✨
Trash Mag’s “We Skate Too” issue is officially out!
This interview with Karina is the first work I’ve done for a print issue since joining the t mag team ~ it felt so good to be collaborating with other designers and I’m stoked about how it came out!
“We Skate Too” started as an interview series (done by @hollytheewriter ) that highlights non-traditional skaters & skate groups — and now we made it a whole damn issue!
Get yours in the link in @trashmagtrashmag bio
Flyer for Triple Decker Split release show
Featuring music from @elijahbloome , @yendawg , and @pierogibelly 🌸
I know that a lot of hard work, care and artistic planning has gone into this release and the show - If you’re in Philly April 2nd ~ head over to @luckyaidephilly to be charmed by their wonderful music✨
And s/o to @bamb_central for drawing such an incredibly delectable sandwich!
Often my work is inspired by moments from my life. A visual diary oh so personal to me, but made to be shared ~ I made this series by collaging a photo of the sky in October, and my shadow holding leftover pasta as I walked home last night. Reflecting on a feeling of change I’ve talked with so many about - as winter becomes spring, old becomes new & consistent becomes chaos.
