Bookmaking
Skill Established - 2017
Song from the uproar - Cincinnati Opera
This book was commissioned during my time at Cincinnati Opera as a props intern for the production of Song From the Uproar. The opera, which is based on the real life events of poet Isabelle Eberhardt, contains a journal that Isabelle uses to write her poems. I used a white PVC base which I then measured and cut with a jagged angle to simulate the real leather cut of pigskin. I then painted and aged the PVC faux leather piece to appear as aged pigskin and added a painted felt piece to the interior to give it the real weight of leather. I then printed registers of custom printed pages that appeared to be handwritten and stitched them into the faux leather exterior and added embellishments to give it character.
Paper Hardcover Books
Over the course of a year, more than 60 different paper cover books have been made from scratch for personal consumption and to be bought. I have started a small buisness called Blue Yeti Creative where I sell various goods including some of the books shown above.