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)
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
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
Following bookbinding level 1 I signed up for a course on leather. This was a two-day course and gave a basic introduction to leather and paring. The course is a prep course for bookbinding level 3, which works with leather when making cases for the text blocks (rather than cloth). At the end of the… Continue reading An Introduction to Leather Course
Arielle's Bindery 