Book Arts Inspiration
Eco Printed Coptic Bound Book
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 […]
Handmade Book Artist Spotlight: Judy Folkenberg
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 […]
More Handmade Little Leather Journals
Last month, I taught another set of Little Leather Journal classes in my studio. These little books are so much fun to make that I thought I’d share some of the ones we made this time around. If you’d like some ideas for making leather journals like this, please read my blog post called Tips […]
Handmade Book Artist Spotlight: Lana Stuart
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 […]
Rustic Wedding Album with Account Book Binding
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 […]
Long Stitch Journal with Handmade Paper
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 […]
Coptic Stitch Book
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 […]
Instagram Books Arts Inspiration II
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 […]