Welcome to Dormouse Press!

A closed handmade notebook with a colorful floral pattern on the cover, bound with green linen thread.

Dormouse Press is the artistic practice of multimedia artist Maya Stevens. Her work spans many disciplines including bookbinding and the broader book arts, printmaking, & fiber arts. She is interested in texture, intentional form, and historical methods.

Please have a look around, and if you want to follow along with Maya’s ever-evolving art practice, please consider signing up for the Dormouse Press Newsletter!

About the Artist

Black and white portrait of a woman with dark hair, bangs, and earrings. She is smiling and wearing a dark top, with a curtain background. The word "PHOTOMATICA" is written at the bottom of the image.

Maya Stevens is a bookbinder and artist based in Oakland, CA. She graduated from Mills College in 2019, where she had the good fortune to study under the world renowned book artist Julie Chen (Flying Fish Press). During this time, Maya fell in love with the construction of books, learning that she favored form over content.

Since graduating, Maya has continued to hone her craft, taking workshops at the San Francisco Center for the Book, and hoarding books about bookbinding like a dragon.

She works from her home studio, aided by her trusty studio assistant, Chessy the cat.

A person with long hair, partially obscured, holding a large, fluffy tabby cat with a white chest and paws, indoors with room decor including framed art and plants.