The Forest of Abandoned Things - NEW BOOK!!!

I'm pretty excited about finally finishing this tunnel book. This was created for a group exhibition with my fellow MFA Book Art candidates at Mills College in December of 2014. The edition version is now completed!!!  

 The Forest of Abandoned Things consists of six illustrated panels, originally made in pen and ink. For the edition, the illustrations were converted to polymer plates and letterpress printed.

The tunnel book is housed in a tri-fold, portfolio case type binding with a relief image on the cover, bound in Japanese Moire book cloth. This is an edition of 50, now available on kericontrary/etsy.com.

El Dorado

Been forever since I last posted. I have a bunch of new work to post!

This book is an origami fold structure, digitally printed background, and letterpress text and imagery. It measures 3.5" square when closed, and 9"x29" open.

It's about a literal and figurative search for El Dorado - the legendary city and also ghost town in Nevada. Some of the writing is my own and others are sourced from old Nevada mining town books and news articles.

Searchlight

Letterpress broadside.  Reduced short story

Bookbinding Conference Go Fund Me

I've created a Go Fund Me campaign to attend the Guild of Book Workers conference this October.  As a student, I'm on a tight budget and it isn't really feasible for me to go without some help.  I've been researching and making medieval girdle books for the past year, and there is a seminar specifically on girdle books!   I have bookmarks,  zines, blank books and miniature books to give in exchange.  It would really mean a lot to me. Thanks so much!

http://www.gofundme.com/kerisbooks

Miniature bookbinding

I made some miniature full-leather books this week.  Unsurprisingly,  they are just as big of a pain in the ass to make as bigger books!  But they are fun and cute and will be making more, even tinier books soon!  I'm thinking of making them into necklaces, or leaving them as is??

New Bookmarks

Cryptid Park and Phantasmagoric Garden

A collaborative project between myself and Beverly Bryan from 2013.  Pen and ink illustrations digitally scanned and printed as a tri-fold brochure.  Will be editioned (someday).  We're working on opening the real zoo someday too. 

CRYPTID PARK -cover view

Petting Zoo with cute little Astrid the unicorn!

Overview map fold-out

Who doesn't love a skunk ape?

We still have annual memberships available!