I never got around to taking a photo of this book I made for our daughter over four years ago. And I’ve not yet got around making one for our son – but I certainly will, already knowing what it will look like. This particular book is a simple case binding. It’s covered with deer skin and the couched thread across the covers symbolically depicts the journey of life. Our daughter has known this is her very own book from a very early age and is fascinated by the hand-written content accumulating as years go by, occasionally carrying the book along with her like a teddy. This is one book I’ve decided not to be precious about, it gets handled and sometimes mis-handled but so be it, the signs of life add to the binding… just see the marks already on the front cover, left by little buttery fingers. (Apr09)