Among the handmade books are several large accountants' ledgers, similarly stained.

While attending night school, he created handmade blank books for businesses, banks and counties.

For his one-person show, installed as a reading room, he has created dozens of handmade books.

Some hold handmade books, blank inside so families can write in their own stories.

Perhaps the most enduring were the handmade books.

It consists of handmade books in a library the size of a suitcase.

It is a handmade book with numerous small tipped in plates.

He began working in 1968, producing the first of the small handmade books that would become a signature part of his work.

"People appreciate the effort that goes into a handmade book," he added.

The original idea was to create a handmade book of poems, on vellum, written and illustrated by a single artist.