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Artist Books

When collaborating on a one of a kind project, I work with the artist to create a binding that beautifully presents the artwork within. The binding is a protective vessel for the information within, but it should also act as an introduction to the content. A successful one-of-a-kind binding should put the viewer into a frame of mind that allows them to fully appreciate the art within.

Please contact Nancy Leavitt or Priscilla Juvelis for purchasing and commissions.

The Sweet Silence Before Sunrise

Description

2011 – 9” x 12”
  
Limp paper binding sewn on vellum tabs
Clamshell box with painted paper linings
 
Manuscript and painting by Nancy Leavitt
Handmade papers by Katie MacGregor
Book and box bound by Joelle Webber

Credits

Nancy Leavitt, Calligrapher
 
Katie MacGregor, Paper maker
Whiting, ME (207) 733-0991
  
Priscilla Juvelis, Book Dealer
www.juvelisbooks.com

Sweet Things Wrapped in Words

Description

2010 – 6.25” x 10.25”
 
Case bindings sewn on concertina
Clamshell boxes
 
Manuscript and painting by Nancy Leavitt
Handmade papers by Katie MacGregor
Book and box bound by Joelle Webber

Credits

Nancy Leavitt, Calligrapher
  
Katie MacGregor, Paper maker
Whiting, ME (207) 733-0991
 
Priscilla Juvelis, Book Dealer
www.juvelisbooks.com

Variorum

Description

2009 – 6” x 10”
 
Limp Vellum binding sewn on a concertina
Clamshell box with handmade paper linings
 
Manuscript and painting by Nancy Leavitt
Handmade papers by Katie MacGregor
Hand made and dyed vellum by Jesse Meyers
Book and box bound by Joelle Webber

Credits

Nancy Leavitt, Calligrapher
  
Katie MacGregor, Paper maker
Whiting, ME (207) 733-0991
 
Jesse Meyers, Parchment maker
 
Priscilla Juvelis, Book Dealer
www.juvelisbooks.com

Crow Poem

Description

2008 – 6.25” x 10.25”
 
Accordion text sewn into a case cover
Clamshell box with painted paper linings
 
Manuscript and painting by Nancy Leavitt
Book and box bound by Joelle Webber

Credits

Nancy Leavitt, Calligrapher
 
Priscilla Juvelis, Book Dealer

Nessun Dorma

Description

2007 – 6.5” x 14”
 
Accordion text sewn into a case cover
Clamshell box with painted and lettered papers
 
Manuscript and painting by Nancy Leavitt
Book and box bound by Joelle Webber

Credits

Nancy Leavitt, Calligrapher
 
Priscilla Juvelis, Book Dealer

Snow Garden

Description

2007 – 8.5” x 13”
 
Limp Vellum binding sewn on vellum tabs
Clamshell box with velvet linings
 
Manuscript and painting by Nancy Leavitt
Velvet book chemise by Nancy Leavitt
Hand made vellum by Jesse Meyers
Book and box bound by Joelle Webber

Credits

Nancy Leavitt, Calligrapher
 
Jesse Meyers, Parchment maker
 
Priscilla Juvelis, Book Dealer

Inner Garden

Description

2006 – 4” x 5.75”
 
Limp cloth binding sewn on a concertina
Clamshell box with paste paper linings
 
Manuscript and painting by Nancy Leavitt
Handmade papers by Katie MacGregor
Decorative papers by Liliane Kell
Book and box bound by Joelle Webber

Credits

Nancy Leavitt, Calligrapher
  
Katie MacGregor, Paper maker
Whiting, ME (207) 733-0991
 
Liliane Kell, Paste papers
Ellsworth, ME (207) 664-0350
 
Priscilla Juvelis, Book Dealer

Outside the Realm of Time

Description

2006 – 9” x 13”
 
Wooden board binding sewn on cords
with a vellum concertina
Clamshell box with hidden compartment
in the bottom
 
Manuscript and painting by Nancy Leavitt
Handmade papers by Katie MacGregor
Dichroic glass stones by Allison Thibault
Book and box bound by Joelle Webber
 
 

Credits

Nancy Leavitt, Calligrapher
  
Katie MacGregor, Paper maker
Whiting, ME (207) 733-0991
 
Alison Thibault, Dichroic glass
 
Priscilla Juvelis, Book Dealer
 
 
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