one of a kind, handmade books
These books are in my personal collection, but I'd love to make you one of your own! Email me at friendsofmaxx@gmail.com to get started or fill out Custom Work Quote
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The Book of Many Folds - I created this book after two students were in their second quarter of bookmaking with me. They wanted a challenge after mastering 8 other book styles and requested "something with more folding". Nothing I researched provided quite the challenge I was looking for, so I invented it. This book is full of folds - even the cover is an accordion fold. It's broken into three sections - A pull-out accordion fold, a Turkish map fold, and on the reverse an origami wallet inserted into a folded pocket. This type of book is eager for someone to fill it with secrets that are revealed with each unfolding. And one of the best things - zero glue meant for an easy clean up!
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Handmade paper (not by me) with window cover, stab binding, inner pocket and mixed media pages.
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What to do with all those leftover scraps of paper? Make a book, of course.
This book has a fabric covered outer spine, fabric accents, and signatures sewn into fabric that is glued into the spine. It also has two triangular pockets perfect for collecting more scraps. Fabric is hand-dyed yellow with vegetable and herb dye as I didn't like the original cream color. |
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When you only have a thin strip of beautiful paper, make a book with a fancy spine. This blue bird book has an accordion binding inside, ideal for scrapbooking or a photo album.
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Thermal bound diagonal paper cover, with fabric woodland theme inner cover and twine bookmark.
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Stay-closed cover book. This book was repurposed from a food box. I incorporated the closure flap to make a book that stays closed. The flap is covered in fabric and is stiff enough to hold the book closed. The inside is filled with sketch paper. I use this to practice sketching text and letters when I'm stuck on other ideas.
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A teeny book with satin ribbon enclosure and decorative stitch-binding. Tiny pockets and complementary decorative inner cover paper.
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Small decorative stab-bound book filled with mixed media paper for painting flowers
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Stab-binding, vellum flap, repurposed wrapping paper.
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An accordion book with an accordion insert.
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Accordion book with an accordion spine and pop-up tree inside, diagonal cut pocket back cover.
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Accordion puzzle book. A tiny book full of fold out accordion pages opening in different directions. With an accordion-bound spine.
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Variations on a simple saddle-stitch book. Top one with stitched pocket inner cover.
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