May 2021 | Iowa City, IA
Letterpress // Book Arts // Typography // Binding
Boyfriend / Lover / Partner is an original piece written, designed, typeset, and bound by me. It outlines, in three sections, the different kinds of “love” relationships we experience with ourselves and our intimate partners. The “story” is told through an autobiographical, though second-person, account mixed with free-form poetic narrative.
The final edition includes thirteen books in total. There are a few available to view, on request, in the UICB archives.
December 2021, Iowa City
Graphic Design // Bookbinding
Menu miniatures made for a winter prix fixe meal at Big Grove Brewery & Taproom. Digitally typeset and hand-bound.
July 2021, Iowa City | Sky
November 2020, Iowa City | White + Brown
Bookbinding
November 2022, Iowa City, IA
Letterpress
The End was designed and printed to support the University of Iowa Center for the Book Ladies Typographic Union. Each year, the union makes a collaborative calendar to raise funds for UICB student materials and scholarships. I was assigned the month of December for the 2023 calendar project.
Thinking about the calendar as a book genre, I was inspired to use December as the last page or “conslusion,” so I included last lines from some of my favorite books in the main image of the calendar page and ended the illustrated book on page number 365 to represent days in a year.
The print consists of a mix of hand-set metal type and a digitally designed book illustration that was transferred via inkjet negative to a metal polymer plate. It was printed in two colors on two press runs.
I am one of many artists who worked on this project — to see an archive of our collected works, visit (& follow!) the LTU Instagram.
December 2020, Iowa City
Graphic Design // Bookbinding
Menu miniatures made for a winter prix fixe meal at Big Grove Brewery & Taproom. Digitally typeset and hand-bound.
November 2021 | Iowa City, IA
Graphic Design // Letterpress
Ms. November was designed and printed to support the University of Iowa Center for the Book Ladies Typographic Union. Each year, the union makes a collaborative calendar to raise funds for UICB student materials and scholarships. I was assigned the month of November for the 2022 calendar project.
Ms. November is centered around allyship and the recognition of Native American Heritage day — she cooks a meal while reading a fictitious book titled, “Decolonizing Dinnertime: Holiday Advice for the Modern Ally.” Her text backdrop is an excerpt from the University of Iowa land acknowledgement.
The print consists of a mix of hand-set metal type and digitally-set type / repurposed vintage ad art that were transferred via inkjet negative to a metal polymer plate. It was printed in two colors on two press runs.
I am one of many artists who worked on this project — to see an archive of our collected works, visit (& follow!) the LTU Instagram.
October 2020, Iowa City
Bookbinding // Suminagashi
October 2020, Iowa City
Bookbinding
December 2020, Iowa City
Bookbinding