Category Archives: Handmade Books

Gifts from Cathryn Miller

Posted on January 6, 2016 | 2 comments

Artists in general are some of the most kind and generous people I’ve met. Book Artists, specifically, are especially giving of their time and talent. It is pretty easy to find free tutorials on how to bind handmade books, but unusual to find books with actual content available for free.

Cathryn Miller, of Byopia Press, offers two artists’ books for you to print and make at home.

The most recent, a DIY artists’ book (although she’s really done most of the work for you) is titled Feathers. It is beautiful! And well worth your time.

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Another interesting, well designed and fun project for you to make at home is CROP. Cathryn includes excellent step-by-step instructions with photos.

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I hope you enjoy the projects. Be sure to drop Cathryn Miller a line and say thank you!

~Ginger

http://www.gingerburrell.com

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Book Release: Birth/Control

Posted on January 26, 2015 | Leave a comment

Birth Control - Ginger Burrell - For Website resized (2 of 7)

Today I am proud to share with you a new artist book, Birth/Control.

Birth/Control explores the history and public debate surrounding what should be a private decision between a woman and her doctor.

Birth/Control features eleven signatures, each with an original poem and layered imagery of quotes, birth control methods and the female reproductive system.

In between signatures are female silhouettes, not of the stereotypical sexualized form, but of real women, each as individual as the choices she makes.

The locket, which usually would hold photos of one’s children, instead holds the title and alludes to the clamshell design of birth control pill packets.

I’ve had a wonderful response so far to Birth/Control with comments about the beautiful design elements as well as the rich content. I’ll be showing the work at Codex beginning February 8th, 2015. For more images.

Halloween Cut and Fold Books Free for You to Make and Share

Posted on October 6, 2014 | Leave a comment

I made these years ago for a class I was teaching and enjoy offering them every year about this time. Feel free to print and make as many copies as you’d like. The images and jokes are from around the web. Obviously they are not for commercial purposes… In case you haven’t made this kind of book before (sometimes called an X book), there are instructions at the bottom of this post.