NEWS
I am thrilled to announce that my new artist book, In the Dark, has been selected as a finalist for the 2024 MCBA Prize! Read more about the project here. Learn more about the MCBA Prize here.
I had the recent honor of being interviewed by Collectible Book Vault about my work with Suntup Editions and my personal artist book work. Read the interview here.
My artist book, The Record, is featured on an episode of the Bainbridge Island Museum of Art’s web series, “Artist’s Books Unshelved: Here and Gone.” This episode looks at books that examine erasure and transfer of information.
Upcoming Events
Tropic Bound, Miami’s International Artists’ Book Fair
February 6 - 9, 2025
Miami, FL
current & UPCOMING exhibitions
MCBA Prize Exhibition, Minnesota Center for Book Arts Main Gallery, Minneapolis, MN, August 17–October 12, 2024
PREVIOUS TEACHING (SELECT)
BookArtsLA
Focus on Book Arts
Idyllwild Arts
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Morgan Art of Papermaking Conservatory
Paper & Book Intensive
Penland School of Crafts
Pyramid Atlantic Art Center
San Diego Book Arts
San Francisco Center for the Book
Santa Fe Book Arts Group
Sitka Center for Art & Ecology
UCLA
University of Georgia, Cortona, Italy
University of Iowa Center for the Book
FEATURED WORKSHOP
Japanese Papermaking & Bookbinding Intensive
Location: Willow Pond SLO
4-day workshop
Thursday, July 24 - Sunday, July 27, 2025
Register Here.
The Japanese Paper-making & Bookbinding Intensive is designed to give students the unique opportunity to learn four distinct Japanese crafts: Nagashizuki hand paper-making, natural dyeing and cover decoration, hand bookbinding, and portfolio box-making. Each day we will build upon skills learned in previous sessions to create a body of work that is considerate of the resources, materials, and aesthetics that define Japanese bookmaking. Students can expect to leave this workshop with a collection of hand bound books housed in a custom built Japanese portfolio, as well as a stack of luscious hand dyed decorative papers to use for further exploration.
On the first day of the workshop, we will begin by making our own paper using traditional Nagashizuki methods. Our focus will be on fiber preparation and sheet formation as well as traditional pressing and drying techniques. On the second day, we will learn several traditional methods for decorating the paper we made including brush and dip dyeing with natural dyes common to Japan such as kakishibu (persimmon tannin), clove, and indigo, as well as burnishing and embossing techniques using carved stone and wood blocks. We will also cover shibori, a manual resist dyeing technique for creating patterns in cloth and paper that dates to the 8th century, as well as momigami, a folding and crumpling technique (also known as kneaded paper) that strengthens the paper and gives it the appearance of leather.
We will then use our handmade decorative papers to create laminated cover papers for our bindings. Students will have the opportunity to work from blocks carved with traditional Japanese patterns to emboss their papers for historical effect. On the third day, we will use these materials to bind three traditional Japanese books: the ledger, multi-section, and stab binding. On the final day, we will create a two-flap Japanese portfolio with bone clasp closures to house our books and to tie together the work we produced into an elegant, finished product.