\n– an updated website with all the projects I completed in 2014 (including some beautiful design bindings)
\n– a Herringbone Bindery newsletter
\n– more posts on my own projects (expect to see more on Dune\u00a0<\/em>as I will be covering right after the holidays)
\n– another round of interviews<\/p>\n
As we ring in the new year, I just wanted to share my favorites posts from 2014.<\/p>\n
1. February \/\/ Bookbinder of the Month: Haein Song 4. My Hand: A Desert Inspired Edge for Dune<\/a> 7. My Hand: Boxes for Laura Davidson 11. November \/\/ Bookbinder of the Month: Sol R\u00e9bora Happy New Year!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" As the year 2014 comes to a close,\u00a0I want to send out another thank you to the nine bookbinders and book artists who took time away from their busy schedules to participate in my interviews. 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\n<\/a>Haein Song was recommend to me by Hannah Brown and I was so thankful for her suggestion. Haein’s work is so clean and skillfully crafted. Her headcaps are so impeccable that I gape in awe.
\n2. Artist: Marcela C\u00e1rdenas<\/a>
\n3. May \/\/ Bookbinder of the Month: Monique Lallier
\n<\/a>I\u00a0greatly admire the work of Monique Lallier and was just ecstatic that she agreed to be interviewed for the blog. She has become such an influence in our field and openly shares her support and wisdom.<\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n
\n5. August \/\/ Bookbinder of the Month: Mark Cockram
\n<\/a>The interview with Mark Cockram captures the boisterous and enthusiastic charms of both his personality and love of the craft. Each post examines\u00a0the intensity of his designs and complexity of his techniques.
\n6. Conservation Conversations<\/a> Column
\nBeginning this year, I invited six of my colleagues working in conservation to post about\u00a0a field that encapsulates their professional lives.\u00a0Topics range from using the appropriate adhesive and what to consider when building a conservation lab to various conservation considerations and philosophies.<\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n
\n<\/a>My first project with Laura Davidson after interviewing her on my blog.
\n8. Artist: Lydia Hardwick<\/a>
\n9. Photographer: Andrea Galvani<\/a>
\n10. January \/\/ Book Artist of the Month: Mary Uthuppuru
\n<\/a>I’m so charmed both Mary Uthuppuru and her work. She really engages the craft by exploring and experimenting with bookbinding and printmaking techniques. Mary is quite inspiring.<\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n
\n<\/a>It was a pleasure to interview Sol R\u00e9bora. Her insights to bookbinding in Argentina were refreshing, as are her imaginative and unique design bindings.
\n12. February \/\/ Book Artist of the Month: Diane Jacobs
\n<\/a>Diane Jacobs employs\u00a0important topics like feminism, body issues and societal issues against women in book arts and other art forms. I am very engaged and compelled by these issues and enjoyed dissecting her work in the interview.
\n13. My Hand: Leather Embroidery Samplers<\/a>
\n14. Artist: Jennifer Davis<\/a><\/p>\n