Journals, Grimoires & Songbooks 2003-2019

Blue Cat Heaven oriental binding Mo 2003
this was my first hand made book made in Rosemarie Jeffers-Palmer’s wonderful Bookbinding for Beginners at Sydney Bookbinding
Blue Cat Heaven case binding 2003
the fretworked brass inlay ended up on the back cover!
Blue Cat Heaven collaged covers perfect binding Mo 2004
Blue Cat Heaven collaged inlaid  & onlaid covers coptic binding 2004
Pisces Book collaged inlaid & onlaid covers 2003
back cover of the Barramundi Book Mo 2003 case binding in fish skin and book cloth front cover of Barramundi Book Mo 2003
Bones Book Mo 2004 exposed spine, coptic headbands, natural kangaroo skin with bone inlays
Paperbark book Mo 2004
the Bone Keeper & Mourning Books 2005
Heartline book Mo 2006
Heartline book Mo 2006 inside view
Journey Journal Mo 2006 kangaroo skin, bat claw, emu feather
Airplane Visitors Book Mo 2006 pyrography & ink on kangaroo skin, turquoise talisman for good luck in travelling
Wish Book Mo 2006 coptic binding, stone, bone and relief sculpted leather covers
inside the front cover of the Wish Book
Grateful Dead Journal Mo 2006
Grateful Dead Journal Mo 2006 skull detail
Crow Book I Mo 2007
Crow Book I inside the covers
Currawong Book Mo 2007
Currawong Book inside the covers
Book of Spells Mo 2008
relief sculpted leather over wood covers, coptic binding
written in invisible ink revealed
Firebird Book Mo 2008 pyrography on red leather, beads, bat claw, dyed pheasant feather
Crow Book 2 Mo 2011
Crow Book 2 back cover
Spirit Book of the Spirit Books of Susan Kapuscinski Gaylord Mo 2013
Leather & Lace Mo 2013 vintage cat scratched leather and antique German lace
Snail Journal Mo 2014 vintage cat scratched leather
Crow Book 3 Mo 2014 front cover
Crow Book 3 backcover
Flannel Flower Book 2014
“Out of the Blue” a book collaboration with Trace Willans and Mo Orkiszewski 2014-2015
In September of 2014 I bought Trace Willans beautiful  ‘Paint Rag Book 1’ made out of gessoed paint rags, indigo and wax. In November I renamed it ‘Out of the Blue’ (a place to keep all those pieces of dreams that come from Out of the Blue) added some stitching & feathers to the covers and started filling the pages with tiny treasures- embroideries,  weaving, sketches, paintings, leaves, feathers, tendrils, stones, bones and words remembered from dreams.
you can see the development of this little book here, here, here, here & here
The Key Book Mo 2015
Crow Book IV Mo16
A Tentative Conversation Mo16
Book of Honesty Mo17
Moon and Stars Journal Mo19