A Circle Book

Blue Body

Some images from the studio: a prototype for a circular book. The most sculptural thing I’ve ever attempted and took some serious paper engineering to accomplish. But it is very fun to play with.

BlueBody2

Another view of some “pages.”

BlueBody3

The book when closed; a quarter circle.

I’m also working on two other circular format books, completely unlike this form, but with similar content. Sometimes there is just more than one way to say something.

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  • CJ 08/22/2009, 1:18 pm

    So beautiful and so clever. Love the color

  • Carol 09/01/2009, 3:47 am

    Really beautiful. I love this experimentation, especially when it ends up looking so good.

  • Cindy Yount 09/24/2009, 1:37 pm

    Ooooooooooh, I love this one, Cari. It’s a little different……soft curves instead of the diamond shapes we often see. Really beautiful!

  • coco91 02/16/2010, 12:38 am

    I’ve been trying to do this forever. How did you make this? Can you send me instructions?

  • Cari 02/16/2010, 2:26 am

    Hi Coco, This book is pretty complicated and I haven’t written out any instructions. I learned it in a workshop and I would think that really would be the best way for this one, to get the subtleties right. Maybe I’ll teach a class on this structure someday.

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