Dark and Light, October 1998
This is the first book I made in Genie Shenk's class. It is an accordion book, about 2 by 3 inches in page size. My good qualities are lined up on one side of the book and my bad qualities appear on the other side of the pages. I like the way I was able to pull my good and bad traits together into one piece, just as they are all together in my personality.
Mandala Series, October 1998
This model for an accordion book includes scans of all the colored pencil mandalas I've made along with the versions done in Adobe Illustrator, with a text describing the psychological process of making these images. For more information on my mandalas see the mandala page.
Some Times There Is No Need For Words, August 1999
This art for this accordion book was made by scanning a piece of my handmade paste paper and changing the hue in Photoshop. The text was burned into the image using Levels in Photoshop. The text reads, Some Times There Is No Need For Words.
Fold-and-Stitch Picture Books
These pamphlet stitched booklets are made by printing scans of photos on both sides of coated paper and then folding and trimming to create an 8-page book. These two commemorate the Mendocino Village Garden Tour and the Mendocino County Fair in 1999.
Anger and Fear, August 1999
This three-layer accordion book can be folded back on itself to create a star shape. The images on the back layer are various monsters and villains drawn by the Mexican artist Posada. The text on the yellow paper reads: "The anger and fear that live in the unconsicous can be covered over by art and craft but cannot be destroyed."
