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Fragments Red

I recently finished another book project, “Fragments Red.” This volume will be the first of a seven-volume project, each pairing photographs with reflections of different sorts.

Color photo of a booklet, partially open to the photo of a cliff.
Working on the first volume of Fragments. The fourth draft.

A handful of drafts, each with a number of changes. Then there was the layout and design issues, where to put gatefolds, how to bind them, solving pagination issues. It was all so much fun.

Color photo of a a pile of draft booklets, and some final pages, showing a man in a subway car.
A pile of drafts of volume one of Fragments, and some early printed pages.

After I spent a evening or two printing the pages, I made a jig to make drilling the holes in the pages easier and consistent. Then I painted some covers, found some matching thread to use for the binding (a version of “Japanese stab binding”), and sewed them up. Soon I had a dozen or so booklets.

Color photograph of a couple booklets with red covers. One is open to the title page.
Final copies of Fragments Red, with hand-painted covers and hand-stitched binding.

It took a long time, but I find something so satisfying about making something. Now off to start working on volume two, Fragments Orange.