Storytelling is an essential human activity. As a physical object, a book lives through the interaction of its elements – the text, the pictures, the pages, the binding, the sound, the rhythm of the turning of the pages, the display – and the individual who is reading it. I enjoy making by hand miniature books, each book is unique.

Below are earlier books I have created or worked on:

Butterfly Wing
Pink Dragonfly

Bee Time miniature book

Item Number: MB220715
Item Details: Small Coptic bound blank book, cover up-cycled from a vintage book cover, clock parts, beads.
Personal collection of Lynn Ramey.

1880 Leather album refurbished with inner handmade journal

Item Number: MB220801
This is an 1880 leather album which I refurbished, strengthened the spine and rebuilt the clasp. I then made a handmade book of watercolor paper bound with a Coptic stitch, that then pressure fit inside the leather album. I learned a lot in working on this project. Personal collection of Christopher Johnson.

“Paleontology” Miniature Hand Bound Journal

Item Number: MB220607
Item Details:
“Paleontology” is a Miniature Hand Bound Journal with wood covers and a Coptic open stitch binding. Material: Wood, thread, button, tagua nut beads, upcycled vintage illustrations on inside covers, decorative divider papers, blank paper.
Paper: 112 blank pages of 100% cotton, 90 lb. (190 g/m2) acid free paper with vellum finish, for mixed media. Book Size: H 3″ x W 2.25″ x D 1.125″.
Personal collection of Maribel Salazar.

“Traveling Crow” Miniature Hand Bound Journal and Case

Item Number: MB211116
Item Details: Miniature book about the size of a small matchbox, book cover is made from an old wood ruler, clock parts, crow hand-carved from ebony wood, and ephemera.
Personal collection of Cody Meyocks.