This summer, in August, I took part in a paste paper workshop. And while I intended to blog about it, I ended up forgetting to! So here is my very late blog post on it. It won’t be very long, it’s mostly just pictures. What is paste paper? Paste paper is the process of decorating… Continue reading Paste Papers Workshop (August 2018)
Wow! It’s been a while since I updated, even with my efforts to post more regularly! I think I will resign myself to accepting that this blog may not be as active as I would like it to be. I am active on Instagram (Facebook and Twitter too), if you’re interested in following what I… Continue reading Finishing Course
Over the last few Saturdays of May, I’ve been taking an introductory workshop to linocut. This introductory course was getting us familiar with the process. By the end of the course we would design, carve, and print our own bookplate (or whatever we desired). I took this course through CBBAG with Dan Mezza. What is linocut?… Continue reading Introduction to Linocut – workshop
Recently, I took a course that explored traditional album structures and the various ways of mounting photos, documents, and small works of art on album pages. We made four albums including a Victorian style album using the checkerboard structure, an adhesive binding, and a stub binding. The stub binding is often used for the storage of documents… Continue reading Album Pages & Structures – Course
One of the last workshops I took in summer was a European Marbling workshop taught by Nancy French for the local CBBAG chapter. Her website is here: http://www.lindenleapaper.ca/ Nancy uses acrylics for her colors and so that is what we used during the workshop. It was a very basic introduction to the art. First, we got… Continue reading European Marbling Workshop with Nancy French
There is so much we learned in this course that it’s hard to know where to start, even just to give everyone an overview! I took this course earlier this summer (we had to take advantage of the sunshine months), and it was very informative. Once again, I took the course through CBBAG and taught… Continue reading Paper Treatment & Repair
This summer I went with a few members of the local CBBAG chapter to the Stratford Perth Museum where we took part in an afternoon letterpress workshop taught by Mike Pomeroy. I learned a ton! It was really fun and I loved it; we’re hoping to organize a two-day workshop so that we can work… Continue reading Letterpress – Workshop
Recently I’ve been asked to make miniature books for a local University. They would like to have their University initials on the front over. I agreed and was talking to Dan about it and he’s been very helpful in teaching me several things, to give me a few options for how I would like to… Continue reading Paste Paper & Stamps
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
Arielle's Bindery 