{"id":6756,"date":"2013-08-19T01:00:58","date_gmt":"2013-08-19T05:00:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.herringbonebindery.com\/blog\/?p=6756"},"modified":"2025-09-15T16:20:52","modified_gmt":"2025-09-15T20:20:52","slug":"book-artist-of-the-month-jody-alexander-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.herringbonebindery.com\/blog\/2013\/08\/19\/book-artist-of-the-month-jody-alexander-3\/","title":{"rendered":"Book Artist of the Month: Jody Alexander"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Jody Alexander<\/a> 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’. Miss<\/em><\/a> Sook’s Dropsy Cure Drawer Remained Unbeknownst to Most<\/a>\u00a0<\/i>is a ‘boxed book’ piece created from 2006 to 2009.\u00a0<\/p>\n

A found wooden sewing machine base is perfectly stuffed with handbound exposed spine books in addition to other found objects. The smaller compartment houses a single hand-sewn book made from handmade kozo\/gampi paper; pack sewing over cords. The cords continue onto the covers, creating a raised mirrored design.<\/p>\n

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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’. Miss Sook’s Dropsy Cure Drawer Remained Unbeknownst to Most\u00a0is a ‘boxed book’ piece created from 2006 to 2009.\u00a0 A found wooden sewing machine base is perfectly stuffed with handbound […]<\/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":[573,572,1191,1181,1202],"class_list":["post-6756","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-books","tag-book-arts","tag-boxed-book","tag-jody-alexander","tag-miss-sooks"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2Btis-1KY","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":6370,"url":"https:\/\/www.herringbonebindery.com\/blog\/2013\/08\/05\/book-artist-of-the-month-jody-alexander\/","url_meta":{"origin":6756,"position":0},"title":"Book Artist of the Month: Jody Alexander","author":"Erin Fletcher","date":"August 5, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"If She Thought It Would Help, Zelda Would Use Her Antediluvian Curse Cache to Attain Her Revenge\u00a0is the title for a 'boxed book' project that Jody Alexander created in 2004. 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