Welcome to part 2 (if you haven’t read part 1 you can read it here) where I show you a look at my second entry for the Canadian Bookbinders & Book Artists Guild’s Kindred Spirits Exhibition! To learn more about the exhibition visit their website here. It was my second entry that I had serious… Continue reading Behind the Scenes: The Making of My Kindred Spirit Submissions (part 2)
At the end of last year I decided to put myself forward and register two submissions for the Canadian Bookbinders & Book Artists Guild‘s exhibition: Kindred Spirits. Then I had two unexpected surgeries (October was appendicitis and November was my gallbladder) and then I was teaching from January to April, which meant suddenly I was… Continue reading Behind the Scenes: The Making of My Kindred Spirit Submissions (part 1)
The Canadian Bookbinders & Book Artists Guild (CBBAG) is hosting Kindred Spirits: The Lucy Maud Montgomery Legacy as interpreted by contemporary book artists. You can read about the exhibition and submit your own work by visiting the website: Kindred Spirits My local chapter ran a Bookbinding Level 3 this month, and in honor of Kindred… Continue reading Kindred Spirits: Download a Free PDF Textblock of Anne of Green Gables
It’s been a while since I updated my blog! It’s hard to keep active on here and find the time to write, no matter how many times I tell myself to sit down and write something. I do try to keep my social media a bit more active with photos of what I’m doing. My… Continue reading Bookbinding Level 3
Continuing the book recommendations from my previous post, here are several books that come recommended to me or that I own and consider worth getting! Find the next part here. ABC of Bookbinding: An Illustrated Glossary of Terms for Collectors and Conservators By Jane Greenfield I find this book to be useful, it is has… Continue reading Recommended Books – Part 2
The second weekend in April I took part in a day long workshop with James Spyker. James Spyker is a member of the Toronto chapter of CBBAG. He’s very talented in his work and it was great to take a workshop with him! This was my first time working with miniature bookbinding. We were going… Continue reading Miniature Leather Book Workshop
This is going to be a short blog post but I think it is important too. There are so many books out there on bookbinding and this is just a small list of ones that my teacher Dan Mezza as recommended over the course of our classes together. Some of them are harder to find… Continue reading Recommended Books
One of the things we touched on in the Repair & Restoration course was the basic structures we were likely to encounter. Knowing the difference between these structures is essential because if will ultimately affect how you repair the book and put it back together! You can’t turn a tight back into a groove back… Continue reading Basic Binding Structures
Over the past two weekends I took part in a course offered by CBBAG. It is one of the core courses in their curriculum. The course was the first half of Repair & Restoration, this half focused on cloth and paper bindings. The second half of the course focuses on leather repair and won’t be… Continue reading Cloth and Paper – Repair & Restoration
The very first thing I learned in my bookbinding class was about the workplace. Now I can’t guarantee this is the norm for every bindery out there but this is what I learned through my class. First a few pointers: Stand while working (this helps you when lining things up, keeping things straight and when… Continue reading The Bindery
Arielle's Bindery 