Binding Examples

Artist Books

Ruth Meredith

Journey of Life1999

Scroll [Libros collaboration]

Mixed Media: Collage, paint , wood and fiber

Palindrome1993

Accordion binding

Paint , collage and gold foil on paper

Night Journey1995

Codex sewn binding

Mixed media: acrylic paint and rubber stamps on arches paper

cover--paint, modeling paste relief

Pavane for a Dead Princess199

Carousel Book (simple pop-up binding)

Color Lazer prints from collages mounted on cardstock

When Pigs Fly1992

Origami Binding

Printed on a single sheet of 8 ½” x 11” copy paper, this text for an “origami book” folds up into a book that is 4 ¼” high by 2 ¾” wide. This is a very small book compared to a paperback at a standard 7” x 4 ¼”. The pigs are also a bit smaller than normal.

Memories of Mummy1995

Found object book

Fan fold binding

Mixed media collage pages with polymer clay interior cover

Scarab1998

Venetian Blind binding

Mixed media: palm leaf with rubber stamp images

Cover—wood with stamped and burned images, Leather cord, scarab bead

Road Trip1997

Tunnel book binding

Mixed media: cardstock, paint, photographs, postcards fabric, collage

The Book of Why1998

French Doors [stitched binding]

Lazer printing on cardstock

Based on surrealist game

How to stuff a Tortilla199

Unbound book

Lazer printing on handmade paper cover-recycled tortilla wrapper

Book Defined1992

Accordion binding [complex] with codex insert and pullout page in K

Mixed media: paint, collage, gold foil over modeling past relief on cover

Critic’s Mouth1992

Found object book

Mixed media: plaster teeth, oriental paper scroll, gold ink, metal charms, velvet, paint