Your Ideal Bookshelf
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Read Banned Books !
The ridiculous banning of books needs to stop, and I've made a bunch of things that help you express your concern about this, and find more great banned books to read. See them at my Ideal Bookshelf site.
Hi, I'm Jane!
Jane Mount is an illustrator, designer, writer, and maker of things -- particularly things for people who love books. She is the creator of Ideal Bookshelf; the author and illustrator of Books Make Good Friends (Chronicle Books, 2023), and Bibliophile: An Illustrated Miscellany (Chronicle Books, 2018); and the illustrator and co-author (with Jamise Harper) of Bibliophile: Diverse Spines (Chronicle Books, 2021) and My Ideal Bookshelf (Little, Brown, 2012). She lives in a log cabin on Maui with her husband, three weird cats, and two dogs.
Some Projects
Ceramics
I've been taking pottery classes for the past three years, just like everyone else and their cousin. I make a bunch of vessels, but also Ceranimals.
Other Illustration Work
I draw a lot of stuff besides books, often for clients, sometimes for myself, and you can see a bunch here. Is my work a fit for your next project? Let me know!
Recent Book Recs
I try to read a lot, and listen to audiobooks even more, and would love to tell you about some of the ones I've really loved over the past few years.
See the Magic Happening
I painted the cover of The Vanishing Half by Brit Bennett (a truly excellent book BTW, read it!), to feature it in my new book with Jamise Harper, Bibliophile: Diverse Spines. Here's a very sped-up (I wish I could paint this fast!) time-lapse video of the process. I try to paint without any pencil sketch (except for the outline of the book shape) underneath when I can; it adds to the challenge and I learn more that way.
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