{"id":6572,"date":"2013-08-12T01:00:21","date_gmt":"2013-08-12T05:00:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.herringbonebindery.com\/blog\/?p=6572"},"modified":"2025-09-15T16:20:52","modified_gmt":"2025-09-15T20:20:52","slug":"book-artist-of-the-month-jody-alexander-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.herringbonebindery.com\/blog\/2013\/08\/12\/book-artist-of-the-month-jody-alexander-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Book Artist of the Month: Jody Alexander"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.herringbonebindery.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/pharmacistdaughter1-jodyalexander.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"6573\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.herringbonebindery.com\/blog\/2013\/08\/12\/book-artist-of-the-month-jody-alexander-2\/pharmacistdaughter1-jodyalexander\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.herringbonebindery.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/pharmacistdaughter1-jodyalexander.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1000,647\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"pharmacistdaughter1-jodyalexander\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.herringbonebindery.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/pharmacistdaughter1-jodyalexander-300x194.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.herringbonebindery.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/pharmacistdaughter1-jodyalexander.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-6573\" alt=\"pharmacistdaughter1-jodyalexander\" src=\"https:\/\/www.herringbonebindery.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/pharmacistdaughter1-jodyalexander.jpg\" width=\"630\" height=\"408\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.herringbonebindery.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/pharmacistdaughter1-jodyalexander.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.herringbonebindery.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/pharmacistdaughter1-jodyalexander-300x194.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 630px) 100vw, 630px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.jalexbooks.com\/PHARMACISTSDAUGHTER.HTML\" target=\"_blank\"><i>The Pharmacist&#8217;s Daughter<\/i><\/a> is a &#8216;boxed book&#8217; piece by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jalexbooks.com\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\">Jody Alexander<\/a> created in 2005 based on the character of the same name. The Pharmacist&#8217;s daughter used thread and stitching to heal, mimicking the actions of her father. The viewer is asked to fill in the rest of the story. Housed within the wooden box are glass bottles filled with various colored threads. The book is pack-sewn over cords; the cords have been used to create the raised design on both covers. The book is bound with gampi\/kozo paper.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.herringbonebindery.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/pharmacistdaughter2-jodyalexander.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"6574\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.herringbonebindery.com\/blog\/2013\/08\/12\/book-artist-of-the-month-jody-alexander-2\/pharmacistdaughter2-jodyalexander\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.herringbonebindery.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/pharmacistdaughter2-jodyalexander.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"600,990\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"pharmacistdaughter2-jodyalexander\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.herringbonebindery.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/pharmacistdaughter2-jodyalexander-181x300.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.herringbonebindery.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/pharmacistdaughter2-jodyalexander.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-6574\" alt=\"pharmacistdaughter2-jodyalexander\" src=\"https:\/\/www.herringbonebindery.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/pharmacistdaughter2-jodyalexander.jpg\" width=\"480\" height=\"792\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.herringbonebindery.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/pharmacistdaughter2-jodyalexander.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.herringbonebindery.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/pharmacistdaughter2-jodyalexander-181x300.jpg 181w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Pharmacist&#8217;s Daughter is a &#8216;boxed book&#8217; piece by Jody Alexander created in 2005 based on the character of the same name. The Pharmacist&#8217;s daughter used thread and stitching to heal, mimicking the actions of her father. The viewer is asked to fill in the rest of the story. Housed within the wooden box are [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[677,68,681],"tags":[680,572,1191,1181,1195],"class_list":["post-6572","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-book-artist-of-the-month","category-bookbinding","category-feature-artist-book-of-the-week","tag-artist-book","tag-book-arts","tag-boxed-book","tag-jody-alexander","tag-the-pharmacists-daughter"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2Btis-1I0","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":6756,"url":"https:\/\/www.herringbonebindery.com\/blog\/2013\/08\/19\/book-artist-of-the-month-jody-alexander-3\/","url_meta":{"origin":6572,"position":0},"title":"Book Artist of the Month: Jody Alexander","author":"Erin Fletcher","date":"August 19, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"Jody Alexander found inspiration in Truman Capote's character Miss Sook Faulk, who is directly based off of his cousin Nanny Rumbley Faulk, whom he called 'Sook'. 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Each object is comprised of discarded books, fabric and thread.\u00a0 At the\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;book artist of the month&quot;","block_context":{"text":"book artist of the month","link":"https:\/\/www.herringbonebindery.com\/blog\/category\/book-artist-of-the-month\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.herringbonebindery.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/preparingforevanescence3-jodyalexander.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.herringbonebindery.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/preparingforevanescence3-jodyalexander.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.herringbonebindery.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/preparingforevanescence3-jodyalexander.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.herringbonebindery.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/preparingforevanescence3-jodyalexander.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":6328,"url":"https:\/\/www.herringbonebindery.com\/blog\/2013\/08\/02\/august-book-artist-of-the-month-jody-alexander\/","url_meta":{"origin":6572,"position":4},"title":"August \/\/ Book Artist of the Month: Jody Alexander","author":"Erin Fletcher","date":"August 2, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"Sedimentals\u00a0is an altered book project that Jody Alexander completed between 2011 and 2012. 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