Sunday, June 17, 2012

Artist Spotlight: Part Eighty-Two

Remember that awesome book I won?  Well, it's time to tell you some more about her, Andrea of Blue Highways.

She lives with her husband and boxer dog in northeast Ohio, and she does book binding and art full time!  An avid reader, she's always loved books, and now she makes some of the most beautiful ones I've ever seen.



She loves working with different fabrics and papers, and all different types of closures.






She also loves to try different binding techniques, each of which is gorgeous.





Heck, even the innards of her books are beautiful.



So why the name Blue Highways?  According to Andrea, old road maps used to have the back roads, those less traveled, printed in blue.  Those are the roads preferred by her.

Since she also encourages customers to contact her for custom items, working with them on size, fabric, binding, page count, type of paper, and more, be sure to check out her blog for ideas.

4 comments:

Unknown said...

Fabulous feature! Love her handbound journals!

Handmade Artists' Forum and Shop said...

Lovely post Larissa, love Blue's work!

Thunder Rose said...

Wonderful post! Beautiful journals.

Unknown said...

Great post Larissa, Andrea makes beautiful journals! Sweet, kind, talented, funny… need I say more about this amazing artist!

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