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This is the page you can find all the information on the Books to Burn series. Books to Burn consists of small batches of handmade books, created for the purposes of filling with secrets and burning them. This is a side project with all profits going to support to the largerSecret Historiesproject, which consist of 451 little red books created for the same purpose.

In many Asian cultures, we burn paper goods at funerals to honor/communicate with the dead. "Death notes" for example, are burned for loved ones to spend as "bank notes" in the afterlife. This work is inspired by these traditions. The intent is to use the books as sacrifice. For a sacrifice to have meaning, it must have value. For Johnny, there are few things more valuable than knowledge, and our secrets are the most valuable kind of knowledge we posses.

This is an ongoing project with each batch of books released in different vintages. Each vintage features different cover designs, and a limited edition of books. The price of each book begins at $50, and increases in value with each successive vintage.

All books come with a 1/1 NFT, which will be burned if not collected after 2 months.

Please see more information on the contents of each individual vintage by clicking on the links below:

The Season 01 release of Books to Burn consists of 4x designs.

Each book valued at $150.

All Vintage 01 books have sold out.

Distressed Blue Floral on White | Edition size: 1 Distressed Blue Floral on White | Edition size: 1

Waves, Plum Blossoms Blue and White Fine | Edition size: 2 Waves, Plum Blossoms Blue and White Fine | Edition size: 2

Blue and Orange Floral | Edition size: 2 Blue and Orange Floral | Edition size: 2

Blue with White Flower | Edition size: 2 Blue with White Flower | Edition size: 2

Books to Burn Vintage 02 consisted of 17x books available in 8x designs.

Each book is priced at $88 + taxes/shipping/handling (about $100 total if shipping to US).
Sold out editions are marked below.

Gold Wavy Marble on Honey | Edition size: 4 Gold Wavy Marble on Honey | Edition size: 4

Pink Ditsy Flower on Magenta | Edition size: 2 Pink Ditsy Flower on Magenta | Edition size: 2

Debossed Purple Flower | Edition size: 2 Debossed Purple Flower | Edition size: 2

Blue Relief Floral Fine | Edition size: 2 Blue Relief Floral Fine | Edition size: 2

Pink, Red & White Circles | Edition size: 2 Pink, Red & White Circles | Edition size: 2

Chiyogami Bluebell Pool | Edition size: 2 Chiyogami Bluebell Pool | Edition size: 2

Cranes and Plum Blossoms | Edition size: 2 | SOLD OUT Cranes and Plum Blossoms | Edition size: 2 | SOLD OUT

Distressed Blue Floral on White | Edition size: 1 | SOLD OUT Distressed Blue Floral on White | Edition size: 1 | SOLD OUT

Books to Burn Vintage 03 consists of 5x designs.

Each book is currently priced at $50 + taxes/shipping/handling (about $70 total if shipping to US).
Sold out editions are marked below.

Crushed Gold on Gunmetal Gray | Edition size: 1 | Part of the Sun Box Set Crushed Gold on Gunmetal Gray | Edition size: 1 | Part of the Sun Box Set

Black Lakota | Edition size: 1 | Sold Out Black Lakota | Edition size: 1 | Sold Out

Blue and Pink Floral | Edition size: 2 Blue and Pink Floral | Edition size: 2

White Floral | Edition size: 2 White Floral | Edition size: 2

White Rice | Edition size: 2 White Rice | Edition size: 2

Sun and Moon Boxes are the bottle service version of Books to Burn.

Each limited edition box is hand made, designed and signed by the artist. Boxes comes with a fountain pen and customized box of matches. Boxes are in editions of 4 and priced at $2,000

Sun Box on a felled tree Sun Box | Edition of 4 Sun Box | Edition of 4