Book artist: Jennifer Star

Art and creativity have always been a presence in Jennifer Star’s life. The very foundation of her creativity and artistic expression is based on a spiritual relationship with the earth and universe, and a desire to share this with others.   She has found that healing of the body/mind/ spirit occurs every time she fills herself up with ‘creative food for the soul.’

Bookmaking has been creative food for Star’s soul for as long as she can remember. However, it wasn’t until the early 2000’s that she was introduced to the technical side of bookmaking. From there her structural ability blossomed and she began dabbling in many forms of bindings, altered books, and artist books. Her deep love is in making blank journals – some with highly decorated covers, others left plain so that the owner can decorate it themselves. The following phrase, found on one of Star’s personal collage journals, expresses her sentiment about handmade books: “Something so precious is worth
protecting.”