Papermaking: Finished Piece

For my final piece for this unit, I decided to make an artist book using a variety of pulps and some different printmaking techniques. I have also used a sewing machine to add some stitching to a few of the pages.

I am really pleased with my final piece because I think it shows the versatility of handmade paper as a medium. I also think it is very powerful because it starts with the heartbeat through the thumbprint as though the pulse was beating strongly and the pages in between show a variety of uses of the handmade paper showing different stitches and prints, finishing on the last page with a flat-line representing the end of the book, instead of the words "The End".