Back in July I wrote a blog post about how I eco-print on paper. I made a book with those papers for a show, but then forgot to post photos on my blog. I chose a coptic binding – that happens to be the first project we did in Handmade Book Club this month. For […]
I’m excited to introduce you to the work of Judy Folkenberg. Judy lives in Kensington, Maryland with three feline fur babies, TeddyBoy, Tabitha, and Zoey. After 20-years at the National Library of Medicine, Judy now pursues writing and bookmaking. She is a published author and an active blogger at This & That By Judy and […]
Last month I taught another set of Little Leather Journal classes in my studio. These little books are so much fun to make, I thought I’d share some of the books we made this time around. If you’d like some ideas for making leather journals like this, please read my blog post called Tips For […]
I’m thrilled to introduce to you handmade book artist Lana Stuart and her beautiful work. Lana, a retired IT professional, lives just north of Atlanta in Buford, Georgia with her husband Bill. In addition to being an amazing book artist, Lana is a watercolor painter and food blogger. She’s also mom to daughter, Laura, and grandma […]
I’m excited to share a beautiful wedding album created by Canadian book artist Sharon Meeker for a friend’s son and daughter-in-law. The book is bound using a traditional Japanese stab binding called an Account Book and Sharon’s jumping off point was this tutorial: Account Book Binding Tutorial. Cover To reflect the country chic vibe of […]
One of my favorite types of long stitch binding is this long stitch with packing. It’s a good beginner binding because each signature is sewn in individually. I wrote a tutorial for this binding with a leather cover but it can also be made with a thick handmade paper cover. Here I used the pink […]
This is a coptic stitch book I made recently using one of the handmade rose papers from June’s Paper Club. I used a single needle to sew the coptic stitch through 9 sewing stations, and I added a wrapper to each signature from using June’s dill paper. Head to the end of the post for […]
I find Instagram a rich source of inspiration and ideas, so today I’m sharing some wonderful projects and artist that I discovered recently. Please visit the artists’ feeds to give them some love and likes! Each journal that Louise from Bibliographica creates is a work of art. She uses found leather and vintage fabrics in her […]