First, look at the pictures of the finished book here, then read how she made the book, including creating the design using Illustrator then using a laser cutter to do the cutouts. While there’s wonderful detail in this post, I especially appreciated that she decided to put a hole into both the back and front covers to entice viewers to open the book… There’s more on her blog about making books and other artful things. (Unfortunately I can’t find the name of the artist anywhere on her blog!?)
UPDATE: Since I wrote this, the artist added her name and contact info to her blog. It’s Hannah Prentice. (Thanks Celia, for noticing this!)
Thanks for alerting me to this – I love art students’ blogs!
Her name is Hannah Prentice – it’s on her blog.
I helped the student make the box for this project and it’s great to see some pictures of the final piece! They don’t submit their work to me (I work in the printroom) so I don’t normally get to see the finished things, so thanks! Her book is really beautiful isn’t it 🙂