Cristina Montejo

Here’s the final book I made for my book arts class at the Corcoran – another variation of the flag book but this time filled with my own illustrations. I’m extra proud of this book because I made all of the inside paper myself during my paper making class at MICA. We soaked the kozo [...]

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It’s taken me way too long to post these pics from last month’s X event where my friends John Grillo and Danny PhantOM’ created an original, impromptu mixed media piece while graphic artists battled for the best design based around three random words, their screens projected onto the walls, and dj’s, singers and a belly [...]

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While doing some research on flag books, I came across this invaluable article on the subject – All Shook Up: Interplay of Image and Text in the Flag Book Structure – in an old issue of The Bonefolder. It was written by Karen Hanmer, an amazing book artist and flag book expert, and goes into all [...]

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The long-stitch is a non-adhesive bookbinding where signatures are sewn on through slits cut into the spine of the book. You can find directions on this and other types of non-adhesive bindings in Keith Smith’s series of how-to books for the beginning and advanced bookbinding student.
I had no idea the Corcoran would be [...]

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I keep getting distracted while packing!! It’s impossible to pack up my home studio without getting inspired to create. I keep finding all these great things I forgot I had. Since my hand is useless at the moment, I’m using my camera like mad to capture things that catch my eye. Here are a few [...]

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Here are some pics of the piano hinge book I made for my Advanced Book Arts course this summer. During the last two weeks of June, I was finally able to resume work on the second half of structures from last spring’s course, which I had to drop out of because of my hand. It [...]

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Above is a close-up and an installation view of a series of six paintings I worked on with Ben Edwards for his first international solo show -”Democracity” – at Tomio Koyama Gallery in Tokyo, Japan.
Working on these 54″ x 84″ acrylic paintings took up all of May and most of June and, unfortunately, ushered in [...]

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Well, it’s been forever since I’ve posted anything here. These past few months have been as hectic and crazy as you can get and it feels great to have some free time again to blog about what I’ve been up to. 
First off, my camera is fixed and in top working condition – what a relief! [...]

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