Custom dies

P454

For a creative high I fervently recommend you sketch an object and have it made out of steel.

I designed the dies by importing Maggie's beautiful penmanship into Photoshop and sending the file to a foundry in NY. We're making a small collection of handmade books documenting the first year of life of a baby girl. We are backing silk with bookcloth and blind stamping the spines of the books and slipcase.