tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-256058292024-03-19T00:01:35.665-03:00MyHandboundBooks Bookbinding BlogMyHandboundBookshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09128121850646186100noreply@blogger.comBlogger879125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25605829.post-26586954790033562072024-03-16T11:26:00.006-03:002024-03-16T11:30:42.207-03:00Workshop RoundupIn between the ordinary day-to-day bookbinding projects, I have also been teaching workshops quite regularly although I haven't shared the results here for a long time!<br><br>
New spring workshops are happening soon. Registration is underway at the <a href="https://craftcourses.ca/course-category/paper/">Centre for Craft</a> in Halifax NS as well as <a href="https://honeybeefolkschool.ca/course/miniature-bookbinding-rhonda-miller/">Honeybee Folk School</a> in Fredericton NB.<br><br>
In the meantime, here's a recap of that last few workshops taught at the NS Centre for Craft.<br><br>
Dec 2023 - Students made these personalized monthly agendas using a hardcover pamphlet binding technique.<br>
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Jan 2024 - My students made these wonderful case bound journals.<br>
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Feb 2024 - We had a workshop to make these amazing clamshell boxes.<br>
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Mar 2024 - The box making class concluded with everyone making a round box with a lid and a small trinket box.<br>
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Thanks to everyone who commented for a chance to win this handmade monthly planner! I made a list of all the names from the blog comments and the Instagram comments and then used a random number generator to pick the winner, which was #16, also known as
<a href="https://www.purplebutterflypaper.com/">Purple Butterfly Paper</a>! Congrats! The book is in the mail!<br /><br />
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Happy new year, everybody! I'm going to kick off the year with a giveaway, as I've often done in the past, perfect for those of you who still like to write in real books. I have one handmade book to give away and it is a 2024 monthly planner, shown below.<br /><br />
It is a hardcover book with my own original marbled paper on the covers. The spine and corners are dark grey cloth. The book contains a printed monthly calendar for 2024. In addition to the calendar pages, there are also standard pages for personal information, lists, and some blank pages at the back. The various preprinted text is in both English and Chinese. There is a flyleaf of handmade paper, which happens to be a sheet of paper that I made myself. There is also a pocket inside the back cover for tucking in whatever loose things you need to save throughout the year. It is 15cm wide and 21cm tall (6" X 8.25").<br /><br />
<b>To get your name included in the draw, leave a comment on this post before 11:59 PM (Atlantic Time) January 6, 2024 and include your email or a profile link that will allow me to contact you if you win. Also, tell me something interesting: maybe your new year's resolution, or perhaps a book recommendation for my reading list, or tell me some obscure fact that you happen to know! You can get a second entry if you also leave a comment on the associated <a href="https://www.instagram.com/myhandboundbooks/">Instagram</a> post.</b><br /><br />
After the deadline, I will number all the entries and use a random number generator to select a winner. Then I'll contact you and let you know.
I will ship the book, for free, anywhere in North America.<br />
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MyHandboundBookshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09128121850646186100noreply@blogger.com14tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25605829.post-66529605102643901232023-12-24T19:13:00.008-04:002023-12-31T14:32:03.507-04:00Wrapping up 2023 with little boxes<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7hXWsJXX5exen3wmPzRPJMAjIyg9E8LLXBit718Eiet40SAnOA6hDxBxUkGcOj8H4Tev7BgeElnkLhOsVEUqGddttJl4NqAc9aYFwtG-G4Gc7iFD8ye6_PuDkP1V4OQ4fyJeF_hXCGM2dGkuEPJOSSQuiPfm5BGh6T-GVuMQ62pM5wm543G155A/s1600/boxtower.jpg"><img alt="Stack of origami boxes" border="0" width="225" align="right" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7hXWsJXX5exen3wmPzRPJMAjIyg9E8LLXBit718Eiet40SAnOA6hDxBxUkGcOj8H4Tev7BgeElnkLhOsVEUqGddttJl4NqAc9aYFwtG-G4Gc7iFD8ye6_PuDkP1V4OQ4fyJeF_hXCGM2dGkuEPJOSSQuiPfm5BGh6T-GVuMQ62pM5wm543G155A/s1600/boxtower.jpg"/></a>Merry Christmas, happy holidays, season's greetings, happy solstice, lovely day! Take your pick!<br><br>
I tried one final little project for the end of the year, involving folding pretty paper to make little boxes. I tried a variety of origami box structures looking for one that might work for packing up some little books. I had two main requirements for the boxes. Firstly, the miniature books needed to fit in the box, and secondly, I wanted the box to have a lid.<br><br>
Initially I thought it should be a rectangular box so I attempted several rectangular boxes but couldn't get the dimensions quite right. I also tried a little box with a window (seen at the top of the tower), which I really like, but I wanted more lid.<br><br>
After quite a lot of trial and error, I settled on the standard origami Masu Box. I've seen a couple different ways to make a Masu Box. There's one method where you start by folding the paper into thirds. Then, there's another method (more common, probably) where you start by folding the paper in half diagonally like <a href="https://origami.me/box/">these simple instructions here</a>. I used this version, since it was easier to tweak it and make a well-fitting lid. These are the final boxes that were the best sizes and had the best lids:<br><center>
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Only eleven posts on my blog this year, sheesh. As usual, I'll sign off 2023 by saying that I'll try to post more often in the new year!<br>MyHandboundBookshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09128121850646186100noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25605829.post-92139118856328160152023-12-23T17:47:00.004-04:002023-12-23T17:55:32.140-04:00NSBAG Book SwapA few weeks ago, the Nova Scotia Book Arts Group hosted its first book swap. Anyone in the group who wanted to participate just had to make a blank book, bring it to the meeting in November, and then they got someone else's handmade book to take home. I've been participating in various book swaps for years. Christine Cox, of Volcano Arts, used to host book swaps which were done online and through the mail and those were the first swaps I did. Later I found several other occassions to participate in swaps and exchanges for blank books, marbled paper, and artist's books. Many of these have been documented here on my blog over the years if you want to <a href="https://myhandboundbooks.blogspot.com/2009/06/lot-of-swapping.html">scroll back</a> and find some of my old posts.<br><br>
For the recent NSBAG swap, I made this half leather binding with my own marbled paper on the covers. The structure is a traditional library style binding constructed with split boards and sewn headbands.<br>
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There were 17 participants in the swap so there was an impressive range of bookbinding techniques and materials represented. You can see all of the books on the <a href="https://novascotiabookarts.blogspot.com/search/label/bookswap23">NSBAG blog</a>.<br><br>
MyHandboundBookshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09128121850646186100noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25605829.post-84377168566456693142023-10-17T22:07:00.010-03:002023-12-03T22:59:14.777-04:00Mind Your Ps and Qs<i>Mind Your Ps and Qs</i> was a recent exhibit held at NSCAD's Port Loggia and Treaty Space galleries in Halifax, NS. This exhibit was a celebration of the Dawson Printshop and Bindery and all the amazing work that has been created by folks who have studied and worked there over its many years as a focal point of book arts education in this city.<br><br>
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As a Dawson alumnus I was thrilled to have a couple of my own books included in the exhibit alongside the 15 other artists. The scope of work included traditional bookbinding, artist's books, letterpress printing, printmaking, and tool making. The photos above provide a glimpse of some of the other work in the show by (top L-R) Charles Salmon, Em Doucette, Joe Landry, Odyssean Press, (bottom L-R) Robin Wolfe, Katherine Victoria Taylor, Em Tremblay, and Nat:Shaw.<br><br>
Congratulations to the Dawson Printshop and Bindery for its enduring influence on the local book arts community and to Odyssean Press and others who helped to make the exhibit a success. An extensive review of the exhibit has been posted on the <a href="https://novascotiabookarts.blogspot.com/2023/10/mind-your-ps-and-qs.html">Nova Scotia Book Arts Group</a> blog.<br><br>
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The exhibit runs from September 22 to November 5, 2023 at the Mary E. Black Gallery in Halifax.<br>
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<i>Sustainability Through Craft</i> is a thought-provoking, participatory exhibition. Through various craft practices and mediums, 21 members of Craft Nova Scotia explore four pillars of sustainability: social, cultural, economic, and environmental. Participating artists include: Melanie Barnett, Kate Brown Salt Sky Studio, Wilma Butts, Elise Campbell, Hannah W Craig, Kristi Farrier, Jessie Fraser, I-Chun Jenkins, Bee van Kats, Steph Kincade, Karen LeBlanc, Mary Jane Lundy, Rhonda Miller, Nancy E. Oakley, Dorothée Rosen, Ralph Simpson, Jessie Tesolin, Jackie Toner, Tyshan Wright, Andrea Puzskar, & Josephine Clarke.<br>
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This exhibition is comprised of works of fine craft on display at the Mary E. Black Gallery and two community engagement projects, taking place at different locations during the 6-week exhibition. This combination will be a radical stimulus for the interconnectivity of community, craft, and sustainability. Full details available at <a href="https://craft-design.ns.ca/exhibition/craft-nova-scotias-members-exhibition-sustainability-through-craft/">craft-design.ns.ca</a>.<br><br>
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Nonetheless, here are a couple before-and-after examples of books where I had to remove a lot of tape. It's tricky and tedious, but it can be done.<br>
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This is a clever way to make a protective wrapper for a book. It is made from a single sheet of paper or folder stock. I saw this idea on outofbinding.com. She had received a package wrapped using this technique and posted photos of it on her website, calling it the <a href="http://outofbinding.com/triangle/triangle.htm">turning triangle</a>. I thought it looked like a great idea so I wanted to replicate it.<br><br>
Here it is, fully open with the book in position.<br>
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A while ago, I posted the video on Instagram and several folks asked if there were instructions for making it, so I made this rough diagram to help you figure it out.<br><br>
<i>Disclaimer: This is just a sketch. The dimensions shown here are not set to fit any particular object. You should refer to the tips below to determine the actual measurements you need. Black lines are cuts and pink lines are folds.</i><br><br>
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Of course the dimensions are determined by the size of the book, or object, that you want to wrap. The dimensions are also affected by the thickness of the paper that you use for the wrapper. Thicker paper will create more obvious variations in the dimensions. I find the best approach is to have the book in place as you make each fold.<br>
<ul><li>A, B, C, D, E, F<br>
Each of these are based on the Height and Width of the book but there will be some small variation to accommodate the thickness of the wrapper material. A, B, C are landscape oriented. D, E, F are portrait oriented.</li>
<li>G<br>
This piece can be used to create a flap. The height is the height of the book and the width would be determined by how much of a flap you want to have. The flap can either fold and tuck under (as in the video above) or fold it over and attach a string to wrap around. Also, it could be on the other side attached to D, depending on how you want to use it. Alternatively, it could be cut off entirely.</li>
<li>H, I<br>
Book Width X Book Thickness, with some variation to accommodate the thickness of the wrapper material.</li>
<li>J, K, L<br>
Book Height X Book Thickness, with some variation to accommodate the thickness of the wrapper material.</li>
<li>M, N<br>
These should be the same length.</li>
<li>The turning triangle<br>
From my experiments, it seems that the size of this triangle is negotiable. It can be small or large, doesn't matter. I think the key to success is ensuring that you have 90 degree angles at the two spots indicated on the diagram.</li>
</ul>
If you are familiar with other folded wrappers, this should be straight-forward. As with most things, practice is the key to making a perfect wrapper. Have fun!<br>
MyHandboundBookshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09128121850646186100noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25605829.post-35707446927030493142023-05-07T14:53:00.007-03:002023-07-15T18:20:01.793-03:00Fine Bindings by Douglas CockerellRecently I had an opportunity to see a collection of fine bindings made by Douglas Cockerell. Cockerell is well-known to students of bookbinding.
<img alt="Douglas Cockerell instruction booklets" border="0" width="200" align="right" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhv0Oe4Ed7KHD-XtY6r3fsC3R2DVuymsK19-_vjDo_orZ1u0v_Ul5Tr6fozIRQ3thDU-6CCX97j-DPX274t7QTPzlaoyIDlQ2kGF8nJDgHNEawFsGObaS9Mt_7agxjIQH-7Np4NmtZeHJE3424sUjLltYOIQtDF89nJhh9XGl6CFRT-E5LYY-s/s320/cockerllbooklets.jpg"/>He is the author of the enduring instructional book, <i>Bookbinding and the Care of Books</i>, first published in 1901 and still used by many today. Also these small booklets, "Bookbinding as a School Subject" that he wrote. These are my own copies shown here. In this photo, books one and two are from the second printing; books three, four, and five are from the third printing.<br><br>
<a href="https://digitalexhibits.library.dal.ca/exhibits/show/cockerell/"><img width="200" align="right" alt="Douglas Cockerell fine bindings" src="https://digitalexhibits.library.dal.ca/files/fullsize/248e92b861b3fab191de4a5f2935bd73.jpg"></a>Cockerell is especially known for his skills as a fine binder. The Killam Library at Dalhousie University here in Nova Scotia, has a collection of about a dozen books bound by Douglas Cockerell which I was able to see firsthand last week. There is a digital exhibit on the library's website with really great photos, better than any photos that I'd be able to take, so, have a look at the online exhibit at <a href="https://digitalexhibits.library.dal.ca/exhibits/show/cockerell/">digitalexhibits.library.dal.ca/exhibits/show/cockerell/</a> which has multiple photos of each book as well as information about Cockerell's life.<br><br>
Of course, Cockerell's bindery also developed a distinct style of marbled papers that have been used widely by binders around the world. Cockerell, and the others who worked with him, developed their own style and techniques for marbling that allowed them to produce high-quality marbled papers, replicating their patterns with ease, which is incredibly difficult to achieve with hand-marbled papers. There is a video available showing the Cockerell marbling process, where you can see how they manage to get consistent patterns every time: <a href="https://youtu.be/Vyga8VMWXKg">https://youtu.be/Vyga8VMWXKg</a>. And here are a few pictures of the marbling on the books in the Dalhousie collection that I saw last week.<br><br><center><img alt="" border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3cmeZNb1k6jDUyQVyKwlvWg-OLP0xI_xxybvo9P_4lqGwR1CtVuQ3VahnX9PDM7sY-CZMj-3CrJyaY0oytlhvqaYJbHMv30SJlhD2ZawgyX3fva3K_hMjnWdMRggjJ9EpxDaN6YhzebW1cHLNVwNabTsXtI27wZrt_w-ElShsu1u1790Whck/s320/marbling.jpg"/></center><br><br>
MyHandboundBookshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09128121850646186100noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25605829.post-70050664817506546542023-04-23T13:12:00.003-03:002023-05-23T17:26:09.221-03:00"The Embodied Press" exhibit, curated by Anthea BlackIt is wonderful to see a local exhibit featuring book artists. The book arts are not often represented in local galleries, in my experience. Occasionally I'll see an exhibit that has a smattering of book art objects mixed in with other work, but as a general rule, the book art component is not central to the work or the exhibit.<br><br>
<a href="https://craft-design.ns.ca/exhibition/the-embodied-press-queer-abstraction-and-the-artists-book/"><img alt="Mary E Black Gallery" border="0" align="right" width="200" data-original-height="499" data-original-width="756" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4cmdhZEyw4Uei69h7NJaS4Cwf0EDm3siDITuua6nw86vfh15_sbTAJzbZsLi6mXFTmJRsgNBAcJPVLrJ-270K-_w24yWe_qcIA2T7wdFRIHPj7cGklifbfsplSh_Uaz2PKG2YzQKFLx1wIzOgzH2kmp0J7en7ELVcbtYzOQpm0rrpriZRwgE/s320/embodiedpress2.jpg"/></a>However, the <a href="https://craft-design.ns.ca/exhibition/the-embodied-press-queer-abstraction-and-the-artists-book/">Mary E. Black Gallery</a> in Halifax is currently exhibiting a collection of artists' books, curated by <a href="https://antheablack.com/">Anthea Black</a>, who is a Canadian artist, writer, and curator. The exhibit features queer and transgender book artists and as stated on the gallery's website, "each work poses questions about difference, intersectionality and power to show that sexual, gender and racial difference cannot be easily understood or legitimized through public visibility alone." The individual works each convey important and striking messages about the issues in LGBTQ+ social history, juxtaposed with conventional and unconventional book forms.
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The collection is wide-ranging in its use of binding structures, printing techniques, and its use of scale and content. There is a lot to see in this exhibit and it takes time to view because, as is often the case with books, book content can not be absorbed at a glance. The books themselves are very well executed. Using book structures in art sometimes appears to be an afterthought for conveying an artistic idea, but I thought many of the works in this exbibit were beautiful examples of structure and content working together effectively. There's a more in-depth look at the show posted on the <a href="https://novascotiabookarts.blogspot.com/2023/04/artists-books-at-mary-e-black-gallery.html">NSBAG blog</a>. Definitely check out the exhibit if you're in the area. The exhibit continues until May 7, 2023.MyHandboundBookshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09128121850646186100noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25605829.post-26807394821872042392023-03-30T20:36:00.002-03:002023-03-30T20:37:24.234-03:00Recent marbling session<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXp-SVw84mJORJnspMZVa-Pe7dLo0jpXdb82ciP7FYEBEuaCdmbvtM2ZV7iI_FyjxaUeBz326Go8cRQxq1pv6jbJiITS2_0zln4wa9BPmY9g2BkZID4oE4iharNPr_WMCA559PmTbQEX_4EnDNv0ZEMwOsJoR_-w5uBlbDkCcFQXRXUrWs0Hc/s4640/20230318_150846_HDR.jpg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; clear: right; float: right;"><img alt="" border="0" height="200" data-original-height="4640" data-original-width="2608" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXp-SVw84mJORJnspMZVa-Pe7dLo0jpXdb82ciP7FYEBEuaCdmbvtM2ZV7iI_FyjxaUeBz326Go8cRQxq1pv6jbJiITS2_0zln4wa9BPmY9g2BkZID4oE4iharNPr_WMCA559PmTbQEX_4EnDNv0ZEMwOsJoR_-w5uBlbDkCcFQXRXUrWs0Hc/s200/20230318_150846_HDR.jpg"/></a><br>I don't have a space to keep my marbling gear set up all the time, so when I do find the time to set everything up, I try to be very productive. It takes me a few days just to get everything prepped and organized but once everything is ready, it's nice to just go for it and get lots done. So I recently spent a few days marbling and I thought I'd share some of the results here.<br><br>
First of all, here's a quick video of me lifting a sheet of marbled paper. This was a nice zebra pattern, in various shades of pink and orange and mauve, very spring. This kind of zebra pattern is one of my favorites to do.<br><br>
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I ended up with quite a stack of papers this time. Most of the papers are for my own use, so I can do whatever I want for most of them. I tend to practice certain things each time. In previous sessions I would spend a lot of time practicing the Spanish wave or the bouquet pattern, etc. This time I did quite a number of zebra patterns. But there were lots of others too. Here's a little sample:<br>
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MyHandboundBookshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09128121850646186100noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25605829.post-68653637280945529762023-02-19T11:34:00.004-04:002023-11-09T00:16:52.765-04:00Vegetable PapyrusA couple months ago, I attended a zoom presentation about making vegetable papyrus, with artist Yuka Petz. Yuka does a lot of cool stuff, which you can see on her website, <a href="https://www.yukapetz.com">www.yukapetz.com</a>. We met at PBI one time, like, maybe a decade ago? Fun times. Gawd, seems like forever. Yuka is also now hosting a wonderful video series called '<a href="https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLHwzS6Uhxef6LYVrKCrZ9FYriOI8fixYU">Artist's Books Unshelved</a>' which you can view on Youtube.<br><br>
So, the vegetable papyrus demo was a great introduction to the process. Yuka provided a lot of incredibly useful information and tips on how to get started making this stuff and my first expiriments were quite successful, all things considered.<br><br>
I started with celery and apples. I used celery because I thought the long stalks might result in something similar to Egyptian papyrus. I also tried the apples, mainly because I just had apples on hand!
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This next photo shows the cooked celery before it was pressed, and then the resulting papyrus after all the pressing and drying.
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Drying time was surprisingly long. A couple weeks actually. Though, I'm sure that's largely due to the natural humidity living near the ocean and whatnot. So, these are the most successful pieces from my first round of papyrus making:
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I'm planning to raid the rhubarb patch in a couple months and try making papyrus with that!
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Update:<br>
Well, I tried using rhubarb and the results were disappointing. Rhubarb falls apart too quickly during cooking and it was very difficult to work with. I recommend that you stick with the veggies that will retain their shape during cooking.<br>MyHandboundBookshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09128121850646186100noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25605829.post-84791521353512801922023-01-13T12:26:00.002-04:002023-01-13T12:26:37.720-04:00Making bookbinding weightsHappy new year, blog readers! I was able to start off the new year with the Nova Scotia Book Arts Group, making some bookbinding weights. It was a fun little project to do as a group. Check out the <a href="http://novascotiabookarts.blogspot.com/2023/01/making-small-bookbinding-weights.html">NSBAG blog</a> to see the results, as well as some guidance on making your own.<br><br>
Here's what we made at the NSBAG meeting:<div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="http://novascotiabookarts.blogspot.com/2023/01/making-small-bookbinding-weights.html" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="400" data-original-height="1617" data-original-width="4516" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGTjM1MpnV_wE5c5vxCuoWBcKLd-LNIPnR_GfyqnEmHtxZN4l8DTy1RVyr3UtxS4wNqJGrICwhZMwnhgR7N0TLUgfusMbY-Mk5gZ1dDDSCnPxIYVduRvJDZV7Q-mEF77U6JmPCdEexYBB0f4a_ZbBiFKKDU3w3LWC36aURBlGc9D21Eo9hDr8/s400/finishedweights2.jpg"/></a></div>
Smaller weights are very handy, particularly when making small books. I love having a variety of small weights on hand, so it's great to add to my collection. These get used all the time!
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The structure was a drum leaf binding and each book had printed pages, with a bit of holiday music. We used Japanese chiyogami on the covers because there are lots of beautiful Japanese papers that have Christmasy colours!
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This was a fun session to wrap up the 2022 workshop season. Thanks and Happy Holidays to all the folks who take my workshops and keep coming back for more!<br><br>MyHandboundBookshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09128121850646186100noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25605829.post-39235835929746312022022-11-11T16:45:00.007-04:002023-01-13T13:10:22.830-04:00Sewn Board Binding WorkshopI don't have many opportunities to use the sewn board binding structure, so it was a lot of fun to teach this in a workshop recently. It allowed me to make a few examples, which was fun, and then introduce it to a very eager group of students. And as expected, everyone loves this book structure. <br><br>Look at all the beautiful books they made!<br><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkPhBSmykwSBTQFh172uvB_FtMF-Hh4xt7IaDqI6DZyokDbphANTw1xX5bEvL4bhrmizGuZ5GwO03htA5l7jFMqDFgYzj8AK2E0SihSk1EQ-YbaEIDfwAzGn3LuGuP49gZC_oUlG-FX8ClV2nMfX1cZYm5UklOv4khIGryNnbCD4SiOIk5Oxo/s4640/class1.jpg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="320" data-original-height="1856" data-original-width="4640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkPhBSmykwSBTQFh172uvB_FtMF-Hh4xt7IaDqI6DZyokDbphANTw1xX5bEvL4bhrmizGuZ5GwO03htA5l7jFMqDFgYzj8AK2E0SihSk1EQ-YbaEIDfwAzGn3LuGuP49gZC_oUlG-FX8ClV2nMfX1cZYm5UklOv4khIGryNnbCD4SiOIk5Oxo/s320/class1.jpg"/></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyuSH8IHg1wNGTjblTV_CjzUOWv7t-0qpFN2M_4khj5CwC_v-ya4x--ABKUgt-rxcDOMVep2hhyfIJ08Km9u1m8k_zhOQIwWKa1udaDHMGQmzMKWPmevaYnQ_7OHyuyQ5goGNt5ZNVZWzxS3g8RKQAfDfcXQ3QaRBOU7VVsOLfY_vpyDbplmM/s4408/class2.jpg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="320" data-original-height="2880" data-original-width="4408" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyuSH8IHg1wNGTjblTV_CjzUOWv7t-0qpFN2M_4khj5CwC_v-ya4x--ABKUgt-rxcDOMVep2hhyfIJ08Km9u1m8k_zhOQIwWKa1udaDHMGQmzMKWPmevaYnQ_7OHyuyQ5goGNt5ZNVZWzxS3g8RKQAfDfcXQ3QaRBOU7VVsOLfY_vpyDbplmM/s320/class2.jpg"/></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKzPh7Flv8arYxQEMflL4jRHrm47LUm0PaLoHZjKsurPCE8gVhIOtf_mggIy6Re3Rj0sLUZ2jKbhUL1PO4U27bRw5PMGbtXs_FOvYniz9bmNt8YuZrmDo1ZcufShCMH7Kv962J85Yj2hwJb9tjO12qmz8rUR5_ZyAEJttBck7gNxnnqKqIhR0/s2044/class4.jpg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="320" data-original-height="2004" data-original-width="2044" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKzPh7Flv8arYxQEMflL4jRHrm47LUm0PaLoHZjKsurPCE8gVhIOtf_mggIy6Re3Rj0sLUZ2jKbhUL1PO4U27bRw5PMGbtXs_FOvYniz9bmNt8YuZrmDo1ZcufShCMH7Kv962J85Yj2hwJb9tjO12qmz8rUR5_ZyAEJttBck7gNxnnqKqIhR0/s320/class4.jpg"/></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYDeJTvtpYDov8y4Dvr9lER3RodH-r6LgtrwWkigj799bhGXLm3zdH32uVMGPVo3_RjDZbq52ebRaF86CWLSsavr32mIBRSO7KlQ8hTpaM8QRyuFR_t6zhWJ7fJy_GWaVz8VKxE1avZjNSuUjoRLYQmyQ_YPw8O69QdUvKjkZA4otpW9mmWfI/s2452/class5.jpg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="320" data-original-height="1960" data-original-width="2452" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYDeJTvtpYDov8y4Dvr9lER3RodH-r6LgtrwWkigj799bhGXLm3zdH32uVMGPVo3_RjDZbq52ebRaF86CWLSsavr32mIBRSO7KlQ8hTpaM8QRyuFR_t6zhWJ7fJy_GWaVz8VKxE1avZjNSuUjoRLYQmyQ_YPw8O69QdUvKjkZA4otpW9mmWfI/s320/class5.jpg"/></a></div>MyHandboundBookshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09128121850646186100noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25605829.post-8843305527568342372022-11-03T20:36:00.002-03:002022-11-03T20:38:00.438-03:00Bookbinding around the worldI really enjoyed teaching the most recent version of my "Bookbinding Around the World" course. I have taught a few variations of this course, including some different book structures each time. The course is typically just four sessions so there are obvious limitations to what can be done in that time. In past versions of this course I have included projects such as the Nag Hammadi structure, the Secret Belgian Binding aka Criss Cross Binding, also the Ethiopian chain stitch, as well as various Japanese styles.<br><br>
This time around we started in China, of course, since books and paper were invented in China. In the second class, we made palm leaf books, a structure that probably originated in India. Next we did one of the many Italian longstitch techniques, and then we jumped to USA and made some books in the style of the Roycrofters.<br><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcczrRr2VYBix_Iih5ymVgXdSnab38bnsq6I8QMt-0cD3__Da5f7mo6fnlBzSmGH91OfRJIaxJ0oQ-VPyrYImKOeDxYlKG9rRgzuBrfQjKk6Qy-JabmBlhimy1GKGzp6HaPdXM7a6OR9mseWapAPHzm7gqT_IRH7uLwJ0FqLWCvJGrLKWxKUM/s994/collage.jpg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="320" data-original-height="742" data-original-width="994" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcczrRr2VYBix_Iih5ymVgXdSnab38bnsq6I8QMt-0cD3__Da5f7mo6fnlBzSmGH91OfRJIaxJ0oQ-VPyrYImKOeDxYlKG9rRgzuBrfQjKk6Qy-JabmBlhimy1GKGzp6HaPdXM7a6OR9mseWapAPHzm7gqT_IRH7uLwJ0FqLWCvJGrLKWxKUM/s320/collage.jpg"/></a></div>MyHandboundBookshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09128121850646186100noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25605829.post-53310461657399730162022-09-27T18:47:00.004-03:002022-09-27T18:49:01.547-03:00Nova Scotia Book Arts Group<a href="https://novascotiabookarts.blogspot.com/"><img alt="" align="right" border="0" width="80" data-original-height="636" data-original-width="465" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiivrrdzU2Rqr4YeuDCwXkVQxxldIWvGc9TEe1DoJwyiWEsvUEIbD5TBjPCZMKi5lDxZPOVbkV_crrXy7kThhvRdDSJ4RHy-2LRkIXx3GCZHbgqH6tiypRMlgRtJHDGQZqI5bgJcLWV_4LynMkTWzt0ArfOoK58xVuZlzk7lemlBBdntltPBH0/s200/croppedjobbacker.jpg"/></a>The newly formed <i>Nova Scotia Book Arts Group</i> will be having its first official meeting this week! On behalf of the NSBAG organizers, I can say that we are very excited about this adventure and we are looking forward to connecting with the book arts enthusiasts in our area.<br><br>
The first meeting is Thursday, September 29th, at 7:00pm at the Halifax Central Library. Details and updates are available online at <a href="https://novascotiabookarts.blogspot.com/">NovaScotiaBookArts.blogspot.com</a>.<br><br><hr><br><br>MyHandboundBookshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09128121850646186100noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25605829.post-17464003670580891792022-07-22T20:40:00.007-03:002023-02-24T17:26:08.460-04:00Sunday Workshop SeriesAnouncing a new Sunday Workshop Series starting this autumn! These are in-person workshops in Halifax, Nova Scotia.
If you're looking for a quick fix of book and paper arts, then you might be interested in these upcoming workshops. Each is just two hours on a Sunday afternoon.<br><br>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><img alt="" border="0" width="200" data-original-height="739" data-original-width="793" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikOV7gPqf_VCYiUxaKQl0y7rmPtZokWQxNjKQlgptvabblI0bTygquGjJqg4WTp0wr4n8TicTiFuuD1AVQDHxUD93MgILc6ILUKPDvkrQtbmWC8kP5HmbTaAqHsyJ_shXfSWeVjCoB9TVJctPQ3B-my57KQHzVET7-nfcKotPZwxqUmpOSFP0/s200/accordionboxes1.jpg"/><br>Box Accordion: This is a fun structure that can easily be expanded in length, incorporating more and more boxes. This type of accordion book can be used as an artist's book structure, as a display feature, etc.<br><u>Sold out</u>.</div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><img alt="" border="0" width="200" data-original-height="933" data-original-width="823" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1TNJu5uOyrW5Vjm8okdTVBEpLC4A2vNeggbANrIG3uQT3KSsRwHcusH8CAT7RCQxRoqaNKPe3c-Ay6JCptbUGOSBdGr_1UvXRWwQ_QmQf_I6N53sKH9U0u-OVWlq7R201MX0mN7SX64iuC1OJ5j8tITdsM8Bv3qhd_Zsrc01WzJzc7U1-JRM/s200/starbookphoto.jpg"/><br>Star Book: This structure is versatile and can be modified as a tunnel book or carousel book, which are both useful options for artist's books. This structure also works well as a unique photo album that can do double duty as an attractive photo display.<br><u>Sold out</u>.</div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><img alt="" border="0" width="200" data-original-height="858" data-original-width="656" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0aEh09_e9o3_jeaJ96TE3KPZ0Q-iHuo-Jj0qnyP0lwO9Hw2Sx0seZKVEE1HL70S8eIRJW9P3kl6JH6Rsov_a2z3x8gS6ZYPBEMRJ7XT8JEf-McAWagBVVE7coW-Z1JD4WrfOSyR1FI9f_dAOAr_IGnyiPGxOosApAH46V3U8Baf8DJ7sFVMg/s200/xmasbooksonthetree.jpg"/><br>Christmas Book: Miniature book ornaments, incorporating beautiful Japanese papers and pages of Christmas music, bound using a modified drum leaf technique.<br><u>Sold out</u>.<br><br><br><br><i>There will also be some more in-depth bookbinding workshops at the Centre for Craft this fall. Schedule to be announced soon.</i></div>MyHandboundBookshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09128121850646186100noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25605829.post-7976606189201035212022-07-02T20:21:00.001-03:002022-09-27T19:42:18.137-03:00Switching online sales platformBig news! I have a new website for selling my bookbinding supplies! I've been selling supplies online for a while, but the online sales platform that I was using has become incresingly problematic and expensive. So, I took a plunge and set up the shop through Sellfy. Just click the "<a href="https://www.myhandboundbooks.com">Shop for Supplies</a>" link above.
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I really like the Sellfy platform so far. I did some testdrives with other online store options before I settled on this one, and so far, it's working nicely. I will have to maintain both sites for a while, but hopefully I can consolidate them at some point.<br><br>As before, I am optimmizing the products and shipping for Canadian customers but I do also accept orders from USA. Right now, you can use the coupon code <i>2022Final15</i> and get 15% off orders before December 31st, whoot! MyHandboundBookshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09128121850646186100noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25605829.post-72734378222085009122022-04-02T23:46:00.002-03:002022-04-02T23:49:59.685-03:00Winter workshop resultsJust a quick update with some photos taken during recent workshops. These classes were all in-person sessions at the Nova Scotia Centre for Craft.
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Most recently I taught a workshop about making albums, for photos or other things. The students made books that used standard post or ribbon bindings and then we added some pizzazz with windows, fore-edge ties, and even some corner embellishments here and there.
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Not long ago, I also taught another workshop where the students made bookcloth and then made a blank journal using the buttonhole binding technique. Everyone did a small practice journal with a paper cover, then used one of their prepared fabrics to make a hardcover journal.
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There was also a chain stitch workshop where everyone learned to make books with exposed chain stitch binding techniques. Different types of covers and cover attachments were explored.
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Impressive work by everyone. I always seem to have the best students!<br>
The spring session is coming soon now. Workshop links are in the right sidebar.MyHandboundBookshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09128121850646186100noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25605829.post-7938699982988241262021-11-28T09:31:00.007-04:002023-02-24T17:27:04.921-04:00Getting ready for 2022For those of you, or your friends, who still like to keep an agenda on your desk! These 2022 desk planners look super classy and they're also very practical. (<a href="https://www.etsy.com/ca/shop/MyHandboundBooks">Available on Etsy</a>.)<br>
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Last week, I taught a workshop called "Tricky Books and Boxes." We made a little video to demonstrate the tricky boxes.<br>
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<br><br>For the tricky books, we started with a few little structures that involve mostly folding and a little bit of cutting. There was a one-sheet folded book, a non-cyclic tetra-hexa-flexagon, a little woven accordion that opens two different ways, and a panel book. For the panel book, we used a template created by <a href="https://byopiapress.wordpress.com/2018/02/18/a-cover-for-a-hedi-kyle-panel-book/">Cathryn Miller of Byopia Press</a>, which she has posted to her blog and she kindly permitted me to share it with everyone in my workshop.
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After all that, we also made a Jacob's Ladder book.
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And the last book we made was this, which I'd seen on <a href="https://makinghandmadebooks.blogspot.com/2012/12/instructions-book-structure-from.html">Alisa Golden's blog</a>, for which she includes the name "Flat-Style Australian Reverse Piano Hinge" binding. It is also basically the same as a technique I learned from Emma Fraser, who lives in Scotland, and we named her book the "Secret Scottish Rubbish Binding" since we were using repurposed papers at the time. So this structure has some international representation.
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MyHandboundBookshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09128121850646186100noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25605829.post-60165834797585594332021-05-06T13:09:00.005-03:002021-10-02T17:44:11.549-03:00Making a book in 6 videosI made a few little videos while I was making a book. These videos don't show every single step in the process, of course, but it hits the high spots. The file compression was a bit much, I think, so the quality is fuzzy. Maybe someday I'll try it again and see if I can make better-looking footage!<br><br>
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Right now, and until May 5th, CraftNS is hosting a virtual pop-up market with a curated selection of work from its members. Here are a few of my own items that are included in this collection. Click on these photos for full descriptions, more photos, and purchasing!<br><br>
<center>Hardcover Journal</center>
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<center>Tiny Leather Journals</center>
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You can have a look at the <a href="https://www.designercraftshop.ca/collections/spring-virtual-pop-up">whole collection here</a>, and maybe find something for yourself, or for your mom perhaps! <a href="https://www.designercraftshop.ca/collections/spring-virtual-pop-up">Visit the Virtual Pop-up.</a> <br><br>
MyHandboundBookshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09128121850646186100noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25605829.post-85792943917202323222021-03-22T17:06:00.000-03:002021-03-22T17:06:34.553-03:00Craft Pays Me podcast<div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-fMEsucDfMMU/YFj3uPGxMlI/AAAAAAAAU8k/J0Yncfzw7z4_IEM-cY0gX2P1n6sLdL_oACLcBGAsYHQ/s938/me_podcast_fb.jpg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="400" data-original-height="552" data-original-width="938" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-fMEsucDfMMU/YFj3uPGxMlI/AAAAAAAAU8k/J0Yncfzw7z4_IEM-cY0gX2P1n6sLdL_oACLcBGAsYHQ/s400/me_podcast_fb.jpg"/></a></div>
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Recently I had a great conversation with Duane Jones, host of the Art Pays me podcast, for episode 5 of the Craft Pays Me series. (Seriously, I used Zoom for the first time, to do this!) The podcast is available at <a href="https://artpaysme.com/blogs/art-pays-me-podcast/rhonda-miller">https://artpaysme.com/</a><br><br>
About the Craft Pays Me series:<br>
In response to the current global crisis, Craft Nova Scotia's current focus is on how to make use of available digital technologies to help maintain and grow the craft industry on a regional level. Our goal is to facilitate online showcases, and to assist our members in reaching national and international audiences through innovative use of online marketing and social media platforms.
Working with content creator Duane Jones, who currently produces a podcast called “Art Pays Me”, we are excited to be producing a mini-series of craft-focused podcasts using Duane's expertise.<br><br>
The "Craft Pays Me" podcast will include six episodes, produced bi-weekly in January through March 2021. We will introduce six craftspeople from varying backgrounds, and representing a cross section of mediums (wood, metal, glass, leather, clay, textiles, stone & bone, and visual art) and skill levels, from emerging, mid-career, and master artisan levels.<br><br>
Previous episodes are also online, and the sixth and final episode will be available in two weeks. Find all of them at <a href="https://artpaysme.com/">https://artpaysme.com/</a><br>MyHandboundBookshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09128121850646186100noreply@blogger.com1