A complete labor of love, I crafted a 100 page hardcover cookbook inspired by my grandmother's hand-written journal. The   goal of this project was to design a heirloom piece for my family members to cook up their favorite meals using our southern matriarch's treasured recipes. From the food photography, hand-lettered title, over-all design and everything in between this project was a done by yours truly. 

To finally snag my MFA in Graphic Design I had to write and design the container for a final thesis project. 25,000 words, 100 pages and many-a-folds later, I had my thesis. The book can be broken down into four main sections with Roots being the main accordion structure. This section represents the constant influence and interaction with my hometown and family members. The remainder three sections, Mother Army, Puro San Antonio, and Within are all smaller booklets sewn into the folds of the main accordion booklet. Each 20 page booklet was simply sewn into the binding and represents the moments that caused deep reflection and impression upon of my designer self. Essentially, the form of this book represents the words on the pages. I believe that all designers should seek seductive harmony of both content and form in their work and experiments. This book does just that.

As part of my graduate studies, I created this Migraine Journal to connect fellow migraineurs through pen and paper. The front logo was hand-lettered by yours truly and all the interior pages were design by my hand as well. The cover was laser cut by a local San Antonio Studio and I print, cut, and bound the entire book.

My Leftover booklet is printed and complete! Using the content that didn’t make the cut from my thesis, I crafted this mini booklet. It was a practice in creativity, resourcefulness, and efficiency. Cheers to making things again!

In an effort to forge a stronger creative practice, I’m redesigning my favorite book titles. First up is Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince.

In this magical book, Voldey is officially back and and the tone is growing increasingly darker. Darkness is over taking the light but Mr. Potter and his friends continue try to find the the happiness and beauty in their scary world. Mystery and riddles obscure the truth. Hopefully, in subsequent HP books, HP will see his path to light, love and the victory of good over evil.