![[Portfolio 2014-07] Set the world on fire](/content/images/size/w600/2019/09/set_the_world_on_fire_cropped_square.jpg)
Lyrics of a song. Pen White ink on oil-based printing ink background. 2014
![[Portfolio 2014-03] She is not my type](/content/images/size/w600/2019/09/IMG_2253-suqare-2.jpg)
Box for class notes. Requirements: include student's full name and the word "type". The title has no meaning. Hand-bound and embroidered. Lineco book cloth, Laval book cloth (lining), embroidery thread, beads. 2014
Embroidery detail
The inside of the box and its contents: ideas for this box.
![[Portfolio 2014-01] Made-up alphabet](/content/images/size/w600/2019/09/IMG_2256-square.jpg)
Text written in a made-up alphabet. 9x12 inches. 2014
Alphabet key, inspired by the origin of letters.
![[Portfolio 2012-05] Book and box](/content/images/size/w600/2019/09/book_square.jpg)
A book in a box. Hard cover. Hand-bound. Canson Mi-Teintes, Lineco book cloth, Japanese paper, Laval velvet book cloth, ribbon. Blank pages. 2012
![[Portfolio 2012-02] Printed poem](/content/images/size/w600/2019/09/IMG_2262-square.jpg)
The text on the left is hand-set and printed on a printing press. I also designed the frame, which was made into a custom printing plate, hand-inked, and printed onto the page. The text on the right is set digitally, since CMU didn't have Cyrillic lead type. 11x8.5 inches. 2012
![[Portfolio 2011] Jabberwocky](/content/images/size/w600/2019/09/jabber_square.jpg)
Book with Lewis Carroll's Jabberwocky. 8x8 inch. Hard cover. Hand bound. Stonehenge white and black paper, gouache. This was the final project for my first semester of calligraphy at CMU. 2011
The goal of the project was to explore different modifications to a simple Roman minuscule hand.
This is my favorite page because it is written backwards.
![[Portfolio 2009] Poem](/content/images/size/w600/2019/09/IMG_2261-2-square.jpg)
I really wanted to get into a calligraphy class, and I wrote this angsty teenager poem in a "fancy" hand to impress the teacher, so that she may let me in the class. Of course, I had sent it via e-mail, which I didn't realize she never checked, so it took 2 more years before I ended up in her class. 2009
![[Portfolio 2008] Story](/content/images/size/w600/2019/09/IMG_2260-square.jpg)
The assignment for my French class was to write a story using passé simple, and I decided to write out in a "fancy" hand on a nice piece of paper. This was before I had any formal training. 11x8.5 inches. 2008
