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bibliocraft: library-inspired projects
I have this really cool fun fact about myself — my dad is a soil scientist. Growing up, I was surrounded by rocks and dirt, which definitely shaped my childhood experiences. My family vacations often involved hiking and camping, but a significant part of my childhood also included tagging along with my dad and his grad students on field trips. These excursions usually meant digging soil pits to examine the different layers of soil. I also remember visiting Christmas tree farms and receiving T-shirts with funny songs about soil printed on the back. If you're a fan of Wisconsin's state soil, the Antigo silt loam, you can even buy one of these T-shirts to show your support! There were other memorable moments too, like meeting my dad at the airport after his annual six-week trips to Antarctica. He always brought back incredible souvenirs like opals from Antarctica, penguin and koala toys, and exotic storybooks from his layovers in Christchurch, New Zealand. Sometimes he'd regale us with tales of weeks spent camping in the field. We'd also visit his lab, where we'd marvel at rock samples and count the rings on tree trunk slices to determine their age. By middle school, I could measure tree heights, take core samples from trees and soil, and even dig a latrine in the forest.
So when my friend Jessica Pigza, a rare books librarian at the New York Public Library, asked me to contribute to her awesome book *Bibliocraft: A Modern Crafter’s Guide to Using Library Resources to Jumpstart Creative Projects*, my mind immediately went to soil profile maps and geological maps. The national park aesthetic has always been oddly inspiring to me, perhaps influenced by a touch of Wes Anderson’s style. I knew I wanted to work within that theme, so I asked Jessica to gather some materials that aligned with it.
Jessica is one of the most enthusiastic people I know, and she never shies away from odd requests. A few years back, when I was working on a fabric collection (that still hasn't fully come together—pun intended), she found some incredible Scandinavian children's books for me. Her resourcefulness knows no bounds! For this project, she pulled together a fantastic selection of materials that went beyond soil profiles. She knew I'd get excited about some of the other treasures she discovered. One of these was an old book on teaching sewing to young girls. The samples bound inside were stunning, with such tiny stitches that they were almost invisible—even with the magnifying glass she thoughtfully provided!
You may already know Jessica; she organizes the library’s Crafternoon events and is quite the seamstress herself. She even makes her own clothes, like this fantastic Lisette Passport Dress and a clever version of the Oliver + S School Photo Dress.
Anyway, I adore Jessica, and her book is pure genius. It thoroughly explains how to use libraries as sources of inspiration, featuring twenty delightful projects inspired by library materials, crafted by people you probably already love, like Heather Ross and Grace Bonney. The first section of the book teaches you how to find inspiration at the library, and after each project, Jessica shares the inspiration behind it.
When Jessica handed me a copy of the finished book, I was floored by its design—it perfectly matches the theme with a card catalog-style title page and more. It's sheer brilliance, but then again, what else would you expect from an editor like Melanie Falick?
I'm incredibly proud to be part of this wonderful book.
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