history of books: first.

"lucky."

9"x9"

fall2008.

"lucky" holds a special place in my heart, for it will always remain the first book i ever made. this accordion book was assigned to me my first semester at PNCA--abra ancliffe's 2D class. all of the imagery was done with a single hand-cut stamp.

unfortunately, though the entire eleven page book only has approximately 8 and a half words, i still misspelled one. (this is superbly ironic given my obsession with words and spelling. the word i misspelled was "beautiful." i mean, come on.)

history of books: fourth.

"we are the champions."

5"x8"

march2009.

this third book of mine, "we are the champions," was assigned by ryan pierce during my second term at PNCA. the assignment was called "landscape memory."

my memories wrapped around one of the first houses my family lived in, a run-down sanctuary in small town california.

all of my time in those days was dedicated to imaginary games i played with my brothers.

this was only the second time i'd tried sewing a binding, and it proved difficult. (still my sewing jobs on bindings are pretty janky, honestly.)

however, this book captures well a specific scene in my childhood that has a large part in describing who i am today.

(ooo, personal.)