The 25-Year Handmade
Book Series

Smiling woman in purple sweater and blue jeans standing in an art-filled room, with paintings on the wall and a colorful tree painting on the right.

The artist describes her bookmaking process in this video.

For three decades I had worked on public murals, portraiture and fine art. For my wedding at age fifty-four I made a book. Then another huge event happened; the demise of Kodachrome and Ektachrome. Documenting one’s art had to be reinvented. In an effort to go beyond digital I came up with this extensive project. I will be close to eighty years old when all twenty-five volumes are completed.

—Emily Eve Weinstein 

IMAGE GALLERY

Three folded fabrics with floral and paisley patterns, each with a parasol-shaped souvenir tag attached with a string, placed on a dark surface.
Stack of four green notebooks with speckled covers, decorated with various colored buttons and strings, placed on a wooden surface.
A row of seven vibrantly patterned notebooks with metallic nameplates labeled 'Valumc VL' attached to each cover.
Handmade photo albums with acetate covers, each labeled with the letters 'A' and 'V', placed on a black surface.
Gallery wall with various landscape and floral paintings arranged in rows.
Open notebooks with marbled blue pages and a sticker of a cat with a fish.
Open book showing two paintings and text. The left page has a vertical painting of yellow daisies and other small flowers on a blue background, labeled "Neighbor's Flowers" and dimensions 8"x3.25", oil on wood. The right page has a rectangular painti
Painting of a squirrel perched on a fence post amidst trees and foliage.
A woman painting a large mural of a man's side profile with green foliage and trees in the background.
Painting of two women talking outdoors near a river, with an urban skyline in the background.
A collage of colorful train illustrations on a scenic outdoor background with green trees and blue sky, in various arrangements.
Three decorative hardcover books with patterned covers stacked on a white surface.
Recent Press
Recent Press

The Carrborean

APRIL 2026

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The 25-Year Handmade Book Series can be purchased by contacting Emily directly or at the Carrboro ArtsCenter where it is currently on display. Each mixed-media volume in the series is an exhibition in miniature. Open one, and discover unexpected materials and tiny treasures inside. The cover of Volume V is a clear sheet of real mica, framed; the spine is a piece of hand-stamped aluminum can. Volume XII is a corrugated box with 12 dollhouse-sized books nested inside. Volume VI is accompanied by a 6-by-6-inch oil painting that is also depicted on the cover. Turn over the painting and find a wee hand-bound book tucked into the wooden armature. With each unique volume, which she duplicates by hand 37 times, Emily experiments with new techniques and materials, picking up skills along the way.

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A collection of open and closed books and photo albums with nature images, on a white table.