geraldine newfry

bee address book

i used to make a lot of these address books.  they're simple and not too costly.  this style is called "simple artifact."  the book is quite small, maybe 3 x 2 inches.  i got the blanks from the paper source, and just cased them into polymer.

i love the paper source.  so much paper!  but they are starting to look a bit like a scrapbooking store.  still, there are lots of bookbinding supplies, and i have three or four locations from which to choose when i shop.  each has it's own merits.  i took my first bookbinding course there and wondered what i had been doing with the rest of my life.  why hadn't i been bookbinding all along?  i've always loved journaling and was always searching for the perfect blank book.  now i could make my own!  and that's how it all started.  i decided i didn't really enjoy glueing and thought the whole process would be easier with polymer clay.  viola!  something uniquely my own.

i'm beginning to get a bit of the creative spark back.  soon i will get together with my student for private lessons.  i'm so glad it's warming up!

autumn

this is the second incarnation of the board books.

i started with book board and created a background with acrylics.  the foreground was created with a rubber stamp and gesso.  all the board books were treated with dorland's wax to seal in the flavor.  :)

this is a relatively recent one.  i'm going in alphabetical order, so you may see some recent and some vintage ones as i carry on.

this is sewn with the paired needle coptic stitch.

i'm waiting for inspiration and motivation to make more.  hopefully that happens before i run out of picture files!  my hiatus seems to have stretched on.  i've not signed on to teach or do shows this year.  the best i can say is that i need to recharge and heal and that i will be creating again within a year.

at the beach

the first board books i made were with little fabric collages i created.  all the board books have been made in the past year, so you may have seen this one before.  the image of happy bathers is covered in tulle and held in place with eyelets.  this one is about 6 x 4 x 1 inches.