Book/Box Collaboration

The other day Rice Freeman Zachary had a connection to a video of the most incredible book and box construction that anyone could imagine. http://vimeo.com/7694315. I forwarded it to my book making friend Chele and we decided we should collaborate on a structure using books, boxes and drawers.

Yesterday she came by and we discussed many possibilities regarding structure and materials and actually settled on and idea and made "assignments" as to who will do what part as a beginning. It may only be a mock-up for the time being, but it will be a challenge for both of us.

The drawing is our first ideas for the structure.

I'm pretty excited about this as I've been looking for something to spur my imagination and creativity. We'll see where it goes.

My part, for the moment, is to make drawers and to experiment with staining different weights and types of paper for the book pages. Chele will begin her part with constructing the little books.

And away we go......................

One Year Later

Hard to believe it's been a year since I last posted. Much has happened, but most notably the passing of my wonderful husband, Jack. He fought the brain tumor for 10 months, radiation and chemo therapy. Ferry trips daily for 7 weeks to the University of Washington where we had an incredible team of doctors, but alas Jack lost the battle. However, he has gained something that we all long for, pain free peace. He's singing with the angels now and happier that ever. We, left here, miss him terribly, but knowing where he has gone makes it alot easier. Thanks to everyone for your prayers and support.