After I made my stamp for Piranesi, I had a thought in the back of my mind when reading new books, "what could be the book stamp for this one?" I thought about this as I started reading a book by Michelle Zauner, Crying in H Mart. Crying in H Mart was very different from Piransei. Piranesi was a fictional, lighter fantasy. A made up story and an imaginary setting. Crying in H Mart was a sobering and honest memoir by a Korean-American woman detailing her complicated relationsh

The first book stamp I made was for the book Piransei by Susanna Clarke. The setting of the book and the imagery of the world the author created really overtook me. This is a sort of "soft fantasty" book. The main setting is an other wordly house with infinite hallways and rooms. The house is adorned with marble sculptures and contains an ocean that can rise and lower at different times of the day, I have a certain affinity for sculptures. Mostly artistic ones you would find

“Just because you give something a catchy name doesn’t mean your audience knows what you are talking about. “ -Me speaking to myself after multiple people ask what the heck a “Book Stamp” is. TLDR: A book stamp is a stamp I make based off of a book I have read. It is one image to capture a main aspect of the book. They are a little too simplistic to be alternate cover art, but same idea there.  Example: The book stamp for “The Hobbit” is the hobbit hole where Bilbo Baggins l