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The Apelt ArmaDillo Farm
Texas Historical Commission Marker Unveiling
May 2010 - Comfort, Texas

To coincide with the dedication of one of the Texas' coolest historical sites, I made
two books for Ms. Harriette Gorman to commemorate her achievements in
historical home preservation and to show off artist Sylvia Morgan's beautiful
watercolor paintings of the restoration projects.


"The Learnings of Dr. Tom"
The CHRISTUS Health Book Project

For the retirement celebration of the CEO of CHRISTUS Health, I made 300
Japanese-bound hardcover memory books.  Luckily, the good doctor himself had
composed the content and his terrific art team handled the graphics and printing
so my only job was to cut 900 pieces of book board, cut and glue 600 purple
mango paper covers, cut and line the 600 covers, trim 300 text blocks, drill 4,500
holes, and cut and stitch almost 300 yards satin ribbon.  Phew!




The Summer Book Arts Studio
at the Museum of Printing History
Students spend three days in this beautiful Houston
museum making paper, designing paste papers, and
printing a stone lithograph.  On the fourth day, they
get me!  We spend the day making books from the
papers and art the students created earlier in the week.
           



           "A Stay in Comfort"
                 Bed & Breakfast in Comfort, Texas        
                                                                 
                  I made three guest books, one for each of Paula's                
                                   charming little guest cottages cozily grouped on one              
                                   shady lot in a lovely part of town.   Each Longstitch               
                                    book is covered with a wrap-around photo I shot                 
                                 when I was lucky enough to stay in the Karger House              
                                this summer. Once home in my studio, I selected inside             
                                pages and patterned papers to reflect the 'vintage chic'            
                                accommodations and to provide fellow guests a place to           
                               record their thoughts and thanks for a welcome retreat.      
                                    














The Dunhuang Project Books

My class at the Museum of Printing History created replicas of the five different
styles of books discovered in a cave along the famous Chinese Silk Road. These
ancient book structures include the butterfly binding, stitched binding, the Chinese
pothi, whirlwind binding, concertina binding, and the wrapped-back binding. We
will use handmade papers and rice or mulberry papers to get as close of a feel of
the original books as possible. More information on the books from the
Dunhuang International Project may be found here:

The International Dunhuang Project

More
Custom
Books!