book boxes

i learned to make a clamshell book box from

keith smith

at visual studies workshop.

then, years later,

i purchased gary frost's 

board book and mahdar kit.

i made one, then i made another couple,

and i bought a bunch of kits

to teach kids an illuminated journal workshop.

hedi kyle taught me to make a wunderkabinet, 

that was years ago.

you have to practice this sort of thing.

when made my edition of two books last year,

november song,

i had the amazing mark thomlinson make boxes for them.

worth every penny and the wait.

and today i found these 

two

book boxes.

on facebook.

unbelievable treats. 

posted by monica langwe and eden workshops.

can you imagine how precious a book would be to have such a container?

or how about the book being a container and the box 

containing the container...

and here's a third, from eden workshops

on facebook this morning.