Yes another post can you believe it?

 This is a slit and tab book structure-it is unique in the when you pull a strip out of the tab you can slide all the pages out. This one has interactive elements- pockets for tags. These are analog meaning I cut and glue the elements on the pages, There are more pages in the book but it would be too many for a post. As is often the case with me- I loved this structure so much that I made many of these. There is something so special to make work in a book structure. Here are some photos of one of the slit & tab books.

 This is the cover

 

Back cover

 

It has been since April - I will try to start posting here again.

 I get emails from time to time from some of you that want to see my work here. For what ever reason I just stopped posting here. I am reminded that many of you are not on instagram so you don't see my work.

I will say that I am in my studio most everyday. My studio is my lifeboat-my sanctuary.  Given the mess this country is in-  without my studio I would be in the abyss of despair. I facilitate a collage group here in Albuquerque- we meet up once a month and that is such a wonderful group of people. I manage 2 different Artist Trading Card groups and I am active in Libros- the book arts guild here.

I will start with A shipping tag book. I just love this structure.  The tag is 4 inches by eight inches and folded to create the cover. I sew in a signature of pages using a simple pamphlet stitch. Then I make the collages for it. They are the same size as artist trading cards- two and a half inches by three and a half inches. I create the collages and then glue them on the pages. So the photos below start with the front cover and end with the back cover.