Artists’ Books

Artists’ books, one of a kind and small editions, via Bionic Hearing Press.

Sample Book Series III

Sample Book Series III (2024). Ink, natural dyes, beeswax on hanji, abaca paper & thread, and paper mulberry bark. 24.25 x 16 x 1.5” closed; dos-à-dos. One of a kind.

Trip (knitted version)

Trip (knitted version) (2025). Indigo, persimmon juice, letterpress, and pen on hanji. 4.5 x 3.75 x 3” closed, 8.5” wide open. Variable edition of 18.

Potential (honeycomb version)

Potential (2025). Inkjet print on handmade paper, board, bookcloth. 12 x 6.5 x 0.75” closed, 12 x 13.25 x 2” open. One of a kind. Cynthia Sears Artists' Books Collection.

How we survive (2025). Indigo and inkjet on hanji. 2.5 x 2 x 0.5” closed, 4” wide open. One of a kind. Cynthia Sears Artists' Books Collection.

Sample Book Series IV: Butterfly salt

Sample Book Series IV: Butterfly salt (2025). Natural dye, pigment, inkjet, pencil, thread on handmade paper and bark. 10.75 x 14.5 x 0.5” closed. 26.75” wide open. One of a kind. Cynthia Sears Artists' Books Collection.

Tree by tree / green version (2025). Pen on handmade yucca-cotton-abaca paper. 5.6 x 7.8 x 0.3” closed, 11.25” wide open. 8 leaves; one of a kind. Ohio University Robert E. and Jean R. Mahn Center for Archives and Special Collections.

Pelagic inheritance

Pelagic inheritance (2022). Inkjet print and natural dyes on handmade papers, thread, paper thread, bark lace, woven paper, deconstructed paper dresses. 12.75 x 8 x 0.5” closed. One of a kind. BIMA collection.

Golden memory (yellow version) (2022). Pen on cotton and abaca paper. Average dims 6.75 x 4.1 x 0.25” closed. Variable edition of 3. Cynthia Sears Collection, Tufts SMFA Library Special Collections

Feral (2024). Inkjet on hanji, bark lace. 4.4 x 2.75 x 0.5” closed, 5.5” wide open. Multiple collections.

Close / duck (2025). Corded and twined hanji, inkjet print on hanji. Duck: 8 x 8.6 x 0.25”; book: 3.2 x 1.75 x 0.25” closed.

Sample Book Series II

Sample Book Series II: Page Two, Unbound (2023). Mixed media. 24.25 x 18 x 0.5” closed, 36.5” wide open. 15 leaves, one of a kind. Cynthia Sears collection.

There you are (2023). Basket: coreopsis dye & gouache on corded and twined hanji; 5 x 5.5 x 5.5". Book: pencil on coreopsis dye on hanji, thread, 7” hanji cord; 2.5 x 2.5 x 0.5” closed, 2.5 x 60” open. One of a kind.

In Place Of (2019). Ink, natural dye, and inkjet print on handmade papers, woven paper thread, iris leaf, butterfly cutout. 5.5. x 8.5 x 0.5" closed, 10 pages (plus 1 endsheet), variable edition of six.

Vocabulary lessons

Vocabulary lessons (Version 2) (2023). Inkjet print and persimmon juice on hanji; woven paper thread. 2.5 x 4.25 x 0.75” closed. Smithsonian American Art and Portrait Gallery Library Collection.

Go gently (2023). Inkjet print on handmade papers (hanji, abaca, paper mulberry), thread, woven paper thread, silk/hanji fabric, natural dyeing, crayon grave rubbing, paper lithography, suminagashi, joomchi, pulp painting. 7.25 x 5.25 x 0.3” closed, 10.5” wide open. 14 leaves, variable edition of two. Cynthia Sears Collection, Newberry Library.

Cradle to grave

Cradle to grave (2023). Beaten Thai paper mulberry bark covers, abaca and milkweed coma/seed paper endsheets, bark lace and inkjet print on paper thread embedded into abaca paper pages. 10 x 8.25 x 0.5” closed, 16.6” wide open. Tufts University, W. Van Clark, Jr Library Collection.

We might never know

We might never know (2023). Handmade papers, dyes, pen, ink prints of bark lace, acrylic paint. 8.6 x 6.5 x 1” closed, 13.3” wide open. One of a kind. Cynthia Sears collection, BIMA.

Interior duck (2021). Natural dyes on corded and twined hanji; pen and indigo dye on handmade paper and bark lace. Duck: 4 x 6.6 x 2.4”. Book: 2.5 x 1.75 x 0.25” closed, 6.25 x 3.75” open. Private collection.

Right now (2021). Gouache on acrylic/methylcellulose on Mohawk Superfine. 3 x 1.86 x 0.3” closed, 14.75” wide open. Furman University Duke Library Special Collections.

Savor (2018). Inkjet print, ink, and marker on handmade papers and paper thread. 3.75 x 2.25 x 0.5” closed, 7.6” tall open. 8 leaves, 1st edition of 2, 2nd edition of 10. Collections of Bainbridge Island Museum of Art, Baylor University, SCAD.

Steady (2021). Pen, acrylic, and gouache on handmade paper. 8.5 x 5.75 x 0.75”. Cynthia Sears Collection, Bainbridge Island Museum of Art.

Sample Book Series I: Name this place

Sample Book Series I: Name this place (2023). Inkjet print on milkweed paper, indigo and persimmon paper string, assorted handmade botanical papers. 11.75 x 7.1 x 0.25” closed, 14.3” wide open. 26 pages, full and half sheets. One of a kind. Cynthia Sears collection, BIMA

Good Neighbors (2020). Pen, gouache, acrylic on handmade paper. 6 x 8 x 0.4”. 6 leaves. BIMA Cynthia Sears Collection, Carleton College Gould Library

The Drama of a Few Square Feet

The Drama of a Few Square Feet (2020). Acrylic and gouache on Wake Robin papers, thread, marigold dye (6 leaves, mulberry & milkweed covers, milkweed endsheets, mulberry chiri pages). 5.3 x 4.25 x 0.5”. Private collection.

One rhododendron bush in May 2020

One rhododendron bush in May 2020 (2020). Pen, gouache, and acrylic on handmade paper (milkweed paper covers and straps, harakeke pages). 10 leaves, unique, 5 x 4.75 x 0.5” closed. Cynthia Sears Collection, Bainbridge Island Museum of Art.

Covered (2019). Natural dyes and inkjet print on handmade paper, thread. 7.5 x 7.45 x 0.5" closed, 11 pages, variable edition of 10.

How It Begins (2018). Inkjet on handmade milkweed and mulberry paper embedded with paper threads and woven paper. 9.75 x 6.75 x 0.25" closed, 10 pages. Scripps College Denison Library collection.

Peculiar & Commonplace

Peculiar & Commonplace (2018). Pen, pencil, and inkjet printing on hanji, handmade papers, thread, manipulated papers and materials (including but not limited to natural dye, beeswax, ink, suminagashi, woven and knitted paper, ribbon, and fabric). 11.5 x 7.5 x 0.75" closed. 14 pages. Variable edition of 10.

This is the start

This is the start (2017). Ink, pencil, and onion skins on paper, gold thread. 4 x 4 x 0.75" closed, 4 x 32.5" open. Baylor University Library Special Collections.

Luminous and simple

Luminous and simple (2017). Inkjet prints on handmade milkweed paper with varied inclusions, sewn with paper thread. 14 x 8 x 0.5" closed, 16.25" wide open. 14 leaves. UC Riverside Rivera Library collection.

Either way (2017). Abaca and mulberry paper with persimmon juice, pencil, beeswax, paper thread and yarn. 9 x 5.75 x 0.5" closed, 12" wide open. Wesleyan Olin Library Special Collections.

Weight of the moment

Weight of the moment (2016). Inkjet and calligraphy ink on handmade mulberry paper, paper thread, miscanthus. 12 x 8 x 1.5". Baylor University Library Special Collections.

All it takes (2016). Stamped foil and persimmon dye on paper mulberry bark, thread. 2 x 5.75 x 0.75" closed, 2 x 11.25" open. 10 leaves. Collection of Baylor University Crouch Library.

Lapse relapse (2015). Ink and persimmon dye on kozo and hanji, thread. 8.5 x 13.75 x 1.5” closed, 8.5 x 26.25” open. Oberlin College Art Library collection.

blue moon (2015). Naturally dyed, spun, and woven mulberry paper, milkweed paper covers, thread; 4 leaves. 1.75 x 4.25 x 0.5" closed, 1.75 x 8.75" open. Collection of Baylor University Crouch Library.

Resilience (2011). Pencil on handmade paper, edition of 10, 5.5 x 4.25 x 0.75" closed. Various collections.

Etude: sample book #1 (2015). Handmade papers, paper thread, natural dyes, beeswax, 19 pages. 7 x 5.5 x 0.7” closed, 7 x 11.6” open. Stolen.

What’s a conscience?

What's a conscience? (2012). Pen on paper, cochineal dye, ink, spun and woven hanji, 8 panels, 4 x 3.75 x 2" closed, 34" wide open. Indiana University Fine Arts Library collection.

Myeongwol / bright moon talisman

Myeongwol / bright moon talisman (2010). Hanji, pine paper yarn, pen and inkjet print on handmade paper. Edition of four. 2 x 2.25 x 1.25”. Various collections.

The story of a book

The story of a book (2011). Pen and pencil comic on handmade slippery elm paper, slippery elm-dyed hanji yarn corded and woven, kon'nyaku-covered covers. 3.25 x 3.25 x 0.5". Lost by USPS.

Book in a basket (2011). Pen on handmade slippery elm and dak paper, cochineal-dyed hanji and pine paper yarn. Book: 1.375 x 1.25 x 1". Oberlin College Art Library Collection.

Shatter stories

Shatter stories (2011). Handmade gampi paper, hanji, St. Armand paper, thread. Inkjet print and pen on handmade paper, creped and textured. 6.25 x 4.25 x 0.25". Collection of FSU Strozier Library.

Concrete Love (2010). Pen on handmade mulberry paper and cochineal-dyed hanji. 6 x 4 x 7/8”. Edition of 2. Various collections.

Figure and ground

Figure and ground (2006 - 2011). Pen on handmade paper, tacket binding. 12 pages. 8.75 x 6.25 x 0.5". CIA Gund Library Collection.

How I Fell For Breakdancing

How I Fell for Breakdancing zine (2005). Pen on paper in accordion style, bandage, edition of 60; 2 x 2".

On the Jaw Situation

On the Jaw Situation (2008). Pen on Zaan paper and handmade cotton paper; 4 x 5 x 3". Private collection.

Every fall (2024). Ink (bark lace relief print) and inkjet print on handmade paper, crayon gravestone rubbing on hanji, thread. 7.75 x 4.2 x 0.4” closed, 8.25” wide open. 16 leaves, hanji wrapper with bark lace print, variable edition of 3. 3/3 lost by USPS.

A Reading of Chuang Tzu’s The Inner Chapters

A Reading of Chuang Tzu's The Inner Chapters (2012). Pen on canvas, thread, hanji, 14 leaves, 11 x 9 x 2". Center for Book Arts collection.

Learning to speak up

Learning to speak up (2024). Pen on various handmade papers, lacquered hanji cover, thread. 8.75 x 6.2 x 1.5” closed, 12.5” wide open. 20 leaves, One of a kind. Cynthia Sears Collection.

I’d like a home

I'd like a home (2007). Handmade abaca and milkweed paper, papercuts and pen, 72 pages. 4.25 x 7 x 1". Oberlin College Art Library Collection.

Lines (2024). Inkjet print on handmade paper with tip-ins of paper, print, and textile techniques by various artists. 7.75 x 5.75 x 0.3” closed, 11.6” wide open. 10 leaves; one of a kind. Cynthia Sears Collection.

Mixed (2024). Eggshells, lacquer, pen, and paper thread on handmade paper, thread. 8.25 x 5.2 x 0.5” closed, 10.4” wide open. 12 leaves, variable edition of two. 1/2 BIMA Cynthia Sears Collection, 2/2 lost by USPS.

Seeing differently

Seeing differently (2024). Inkjet, bark lace relief prints, and cosmos dye on hanji and Arches paper, 8 x 6.5 x 0.35” closed, 13” wide open. 8 leaves; one of a kind. Lost by USPS.

Something from Something

Something from Something (2024). Pen, dye, pigment, printing on handmade paper, thread. 9.2 x 7.25 x 0.25” closed, 14.75” wide open. 14 leaves, one of a kind. Lost by USPS.

False calm (2024). Inkjet on botanical contact prints by Velma Bolyard, hanji, cotton/abaca paper, thread. 5.1 x 4.1 x 0.5” closed, 12.5” wide open. One of a kind. BIMA Cynthia Sears Collection.

what’s the word

what’s the word (2024). Pen, ink, dye on handmade paper encased in abaca paper. 9 x 5.6 x 0.25” closed, 11.25” wide open. 8 leaves including covers. One of a kind.

Trip (printed unique version)

Trip (2024). Letterpress on handmade abaca paper encasing dye on hanji and bark. 9 x 5.6 x 0.35” closed, 11.25” wide open. 12 leaves including covers. One of a kind. IU Herron Art Library Artist Book Collection.

Frugal (version 1) (2024). Pen on handmade paper, thread. 5.9 x 7 x 1” closed, 14.1” wide open, 5” tall open. Lost by USPS.

Hirsute #2 (2016). Ink and suminagashi on Rives BFK and handmade prairie cord grass paper. 7 x 5.5" closed. MIA.

Unity (versions 1-4) (2024)