I don't really know why this structure is called Sewn Boards, but I can tell you that a lot of work goes in to it that winds up being covered up. This is another project with the #HandmadeBookClub, and it was my first experience with using...
I've shown this paper before, apparently it's one of my favorites. I'd already used it for some drop spine and clamshell boxes, along with a small coptic notebook, but I really like the Secret Belgian Binding too (thanks again, @barizakistudio and...
I made this mala a couple of years ago, and it has seen some hard use lately (can you seen the wear and tear on the stringing?). So, it's time to repair it. While I'm at it, it's probably time to make use of these tassels and beads I have in...
This is a project that has gotten totally out of control. It's what happens with a big stack of holiday card boxes and leftover notecards added to a huge stash of found and manipulated papers. Over the years I've made a habit of sending as many...
One of the things I'm enjoying about the Handmade Book Club are the monthly projects. In the club, the monthly projects are usually about learning new structures while over in the free group, Vintage Page Designs, they are theme challenges. This...
I missed my Italian travel adventure in 2020 and again in 2021 (you know why), but I did finally make use of these beautiful fabrics from my last trips to Florence and Naples. The blue and green fabric is from a place in Florence, the Casa dei...
I decided, at least for now, to house the 31 March collage-a-day pieces into their own little handmade box. This one is a drop spine, and I have to admit the collage on top isn't from March first, it is one with the best color-coordination!
These are the last of the black paper collages I've been making every day this month. I found out it's a lot more important to be really neat with adhesives on black paper (yikes!) The next questions is - to bind or to box?
Here's a little 2 needle Coptic book made with homemade bookcloth. I make bookcloth using the Heat N Bond and tissue paper method, and it's a great way to use up the huge stash of fabric I have and give me more color and pattern options. This is...
Here is a color wheel full of found and manipulated papers to keep fueling my March 2021 collage-a-day on black paper project. In addition to the rice papers, some manipulated and some not, there are some ironed-flat plastics and some painted...