{"id":12186,"date":"2020-05-03T15:37:54","date_gmt":"2020-05-03T19:37:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.herringbonebindery.com\/blog\/?page_id=12186"},"modified":"2025-09-15T15:29:17","modified_gmt":"2025-09-15T19:29:17","slug":"my-hand-designing-books","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.herringbonebindery.com\/blog\/my-hand-designing-books\/","title":{"rendered":"My Hand \/\/ Designing Books"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Writing about my own work has become an important part of my practice. It gives me an opportunity to reflect on my designs and techniques in addition to sharing my work with others. I hope these posts will inspire and inform others about the creative world of bookbinding.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Design Bindings:<br \/>\n2019:<\/strong><br \/>\n&#8211; <em>2001: A Space Odyssey<\/em> by Arthur C. Clarke \/\/ <a href=\"https:\/\/www.herringbonebindery.com\/blog\/2019\/04\/22\/my-hand-2001-a-space-odyssey\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">one<\/a> \/ <a href=\"https:\/\/www.herringbonebindery.com\/blog\/2019\/06\/13\/my-hand-2001-a-space-odyssey-part-two\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">two<\/a><br \/>\n&#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.herringbonebindery.com\/blog\/2020\/04\/29\/my-hand-happy-abstract\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>Happy Abstract<\/em><\/a> by William Blake<br \/>\n&#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.herringbonebindery.com\/blog\/2020\/05\/26\/maker-talk-creating-a-design-binding\/\"><em>La Prose du Transsib\u00e9rien<\/em><\/a> by Blaise Cendrars with pochoir by Sonia Delaunay-Terk [Re-creation by Kitty Maryatt]\n<p><strong>2017<\/strong>:<br \/>\n&#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.herringbonebindery.com\/blog\/2017\/08\/04\/my-hand-feed-sacks-the-colourful-history-of-a-frugal-fabric\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>Feed Sacks: The Colourful History of Frugal Fabric<\/em><\/a> by Linzee Kull McCray<br \/>\n&#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.herringbonebindery.com\/blog\/2018\/03\/13\/my-hand-invisible-cities\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>Invisible Cities<\/em><\/a> by Italo Calvino<\/p>\n<p><strong>2016<\/strong>:<br \/>\n&#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.herringbonebindery.com\/blog\/2016\/02\/16\/my-hand-the-nightingale-and-the-rose\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>The Nightingale and the Rose<\/em><\/a> by Oscar Wilde<\/p>\n<p><strong>2015<\/strong>:<br \/>\n&#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.herringbonebindery.com\/blog\/2015\/05\/01\/my-hand-dune\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>Dune<\/em><\/a> by Frank Herbert \/\/ <a href=\"https:\/\/www.herringbonebindery.com\/blog\/2014\/11\/06\/my-hand-a-desert-inspired-edge-for-dune\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">edge decoration<\/a> \/ <a href=\"https:\/\/www.herringbonebindery.com\/blog\/2014\/11\/11\/my-hand-hand-sewn-headbands-on-dune\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">headbands<\/a> \/ <a href=\"https:\/\/www.herringbonebindery.com\/blog\/2015\/02\/10\/my-hand-covering-dune\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">covering<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>2014<\/strong>:<br \/>\n&#8211; <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.herringbonebindery.com\/blog\/2015\/03\/16\/my-hand-goose-eggs-other-fowl-expressions\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Goose Eggs &amp; Other Fowl Expressions<\/a><br \/>\n<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>2013<\/strong>:<br \/>\n&#8211; <em>Field Book of Western Wild Flowers<\/em> by Margaret Armstrong \/\/ <a href=\"https:\/\/www.herringbonebindery.com\/blog\/2013\/10\/08\/my-hand-field-book-of-western-wild-flowers-part-one\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">one<\/a> \/ <a href=\"https:\/\/www.herringbonebindery.com\/blog\/2013\/10\/15\/my-hand-field-book-of-western-wild-flowers-part-two\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">two<\/a> \/ <a href=\"https:\/\/www.herringbonebindery.com\/blog\/2013\/10\/31\/my-hand-field-book-of-western-wild-flowers-part-three\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">three<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>2012<\/strong>:<br \/>\n&#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.herringbonebindery.com\/blog\/2012\/12\/03\/my-hand-charlie-and-the-chocolate-factory\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>Charlie and the Chocolate Factory<\/em><\/a> by Roald Dahl<br \/>\n&#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.herringbonebindery.com\/blog\/2012\/10\/29\/my-hand-fantastic-mr-fox\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>Fantastic Mr. Fox<\/em><\/a> by Roald Dahl<br \/>\n&#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.herringbonebindery.com\/blog\/2012\/07\/23\/my-hand-fantasy-nonsense\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>Fantasy &amp; Nonsense<\/em><\/a> by James Whitcomb Riley<br \/>\n&#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.herringbonebindery.com\/blog\/2012\/08\/06\/my-hand-flatland\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>Flatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions<\/em><\/a> by Edwin A. Abbott<br \/>\n&#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.herringbonebindery.com\/blog\/2012\/11\/05\/my-hand-james-and-the-giant-peach\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>James and the Giant Peach<\/em><\/a> by Roald Dahl<br \/>\n&#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.herringbonebindery.com\/blog\/2012\/08\/20\/my-hand-little-birds\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>Little Birds<\/em><\/a> by Ana\u00efs Nin<br \/>\n&#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.herringbonebindery.com\/blog\/2012\/11\/12\/my-hand-the-bfg\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>The BFG<\/em><\/a> by Roald Dahl<br \/>\n&#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.herringbonebindery.com\/blog\/2012\/11\/19\/my-hand-the-enormous-crocodile\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>The Enormous Crocodile<\/em><\/a> by Roald Dahl<br \/>\n&#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.herringbonebindery.com\/blog\/2012\/07\/17\/my-hand-the-songlines\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>The Songlines<\/em><\/a> by Bruce Chatwin<br \/>\n&#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.herringbonebindery.com\/blog\/2012\/11\/26\/my-hand-the-twits\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>The Twits<\/em><\/a> by Roald Dahl<\/p>\n<p><strong>Client Work:<br \/>\n2018:<br \/>\n<\/strong>&#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.herringbonebindery.com\/blog\/2018\/08\/21\/my-hand-the-new-house\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>The New House<\/em><\/a> by David Mamet<strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>2016:<br \/>\n<\/strong>&#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.herringbonebindery.com\/blog\/2016\/10\/18\/my-hand-into-this-world\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>Into This World<\/em><\/a> by Natalie Goldberg<\/p>\n<p><strong>2015:<\/strong><br \/>\n&#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.herringbonebindery.com\/blog\/2015\/10\/15\/client-work-ye-sette-of-odd-volumes\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>Ye Sette of Odd Volumes<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>2014:<br \/>\n<\/strong>&#8211; clamshell boxes: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.herringbonebindery.com\/blog\/2014\/09\/19\/my-hand-boxes-for-laura-davidson\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>Almost Home<\/em><\/a> by Laura Davidson<br \/>\n&#8211; multi-section slipcase: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.herringbonebindery.com\/blog\/2014\/08\/05\/my-hand-multi-section-slipcase\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Charles Dickens Christmas Set<\/a><br \/>\n&#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.herringbonebindery.com\/blog\/2014\/08\/25\/my-hand-recreating-the-stepped-roofs-of-bermuda-on-a-book\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>Residence in Bermuda<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>2013:<br \/>\n<\/strong>&#8211; clamshell boxes: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.herringbonebindery.com\/blog\/2013\/12\/03\/my-hand-bullet-boxes\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Bullet Boxes<\/a><br \/>\n&#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.herringbonebindery.com\/blog\/2013\/08\/06\/client-work-single-section-half-leather-binding\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Massachusetts Law Review Journals<\/a><br \/>\n&#8211; <em>Three Nyatitis and Talek <\/em>by Evan Ziporyn and Christine Southworth \/\/ <a href=\"https:\/\/www.herringbonebindery.com\/blog\/2013\/07\/30\/client-work-single-section-full-leather-binding-part-one\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">one<\/a> \/ <a href=\"https:\/\/www.herringbonebindery.com\/blog\/2013\/08\/01\/client-work-single-section-full-leather-binding-part-two\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">two<\/a><br \/>\n&#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.herringbonebindery.com\/blog\/2013\/05\/14\/my-hand-custom-project-mountain-collage-coptic\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>Weggef\u00e4hrten<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>2012:<\/strong><br \/>\n&#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.herringbonebindery.com\/blog\/2012\/08\/05\/my-hand-talking-to-myself\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>Talking to Myself<\/em><\/a> journal<br \/>\n&#8211; clamshell box: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.herringbonebindery.com\/blog\/2013\/05\/07\/my-hand-clamshell-box-for-seven-miniature-shakespeare-books\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">William Shakespeare Miniature Set<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Writing about my own work has become an important part of my practice. It gives me an opportunity to reflect on my designs and techniques in addition to sharing my work with others. I hope these posts will inspire and inform others about the creative world of bookbinding. 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