in 2021 I started binding books by hand, starting with cutting old sketchbook paper to size and sewing the signatures together. I use a variety of papers for these books, and decorate the outside with found objects. I have filled no less than four of my own handmade journals, and gifted many others to friends.

this cover is made from scrap fabric quilted together; inside are purple banana leaf papers interspersed with recycled papers

this cover is scrap fabric; the paper inside was handmade by me

this journal has a top binding rather than a side binding, and the cover is charcoal illustrated on paper

this charcoal paper notebook is covered in old copies of a laser-cut skull print

i embroidered the cover by hand for this journal, which has a mix of grid and blank pages inside

this cover is made of scrap fabric