Handmade books with character.
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When I and my brother were little, our father would tell us stories about Heikki Taneli, the Elk. Now, that we both have children of our own, the young grandpa has put his stories onto paper.
It took me ridiculously long to get the manuscript typed out, illustrated, printed and bound. But, at last it is ready – and in time for Christmas!
Finally finally I did it. Took action to make those summer necklaces for children I’ve so long been thinking of. In my Treasure Map Scrap Book is a tiny picture of three kids with only knickers and necklaces on, arms on eachothers shoulders they quite relaxedly look into the camera. For me ultimate summer bliss is nakedness: when it’s so hot you don’t NEED clothes.
At it, I plunged into the next ambition: using a model for my pictures. Since it was in the morning and there were only two of us in the kitchen, one used the camera and the other was modelling/clowning around. And don’t you worry, my son got his payment too: bubblegum.
I love making these posters… And the cultural meetings! Thank you all who participated, for another successful Open Day!
Approaching is the International Edible Books Festival, celebrated annually on 1st April. This is my contribution to the gastronomical bibliophile feast, entirely made of edible, (mostly) sweet stuff.
The “Sweet sampler” is a sample book of potato stamp patterns.
The book structure is a free variation on a palm leaf binding…
The pages are made of sugar paper.
The red “ink” is beet root juice, the brown “ink” soya sauce.
As glue, to attach the layers of sugar paper to each other, I used honey, which I now regret since it is so painfully visible on the non-stamped covers…
As binding string I used candy “shoelace” in strawberry flavor, and licorice disks for “stopper beads” at the end of those strings.
The invitation for the Open Atelier day 27th February 2009
I have had fun with photoshop lately! Creating images out of my head and into a book, they now are where they belong: inside the book “Dreams are the first art”.
Every year I gave my pocket diary a self-made cover. This year, instead of stripping the text block of its original cover, I just made it a new jacket. Here it is, front, and back, and in details.
Why limit yourself when there’s so much to enjoy?
-NJ09
