I love learning to make new book structures!
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| My book samples |
A week ago I had the pleasure of reconnecting with friends from the
Calligraphers' Guild of Manitoba at a bookmaking workshop taught by Charlotte Konrad.
We made two simple structures interspersed with reconnecting, getting to know each other and sharing lots of laughs and hugs.
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| Charlotte brought lots of her own books to inspire |
We started with a simple longstitch book that Charlotte first created to have a book to make with some paste papers (about 12x18" in size) that she had made at an earlier workshop.
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| Charlotte's longstitch books |
A few folds, a bit of glueing, and we were ready for sewing!
Then figuring out closures:
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| Auditioning buttons for the closure (Edith) |
And we were done! Seeing how other people add their own personal touch is one of the best parts of going to workshops! Here are the class's finished books:
The second book was a three signature notebook.
The two pieces of the cover wrapped around the front and back signatures (sections) of the book, with a third signature in between.
The long ends of the cover were tucked in to make a triangular pocket to tuck in the first and last pages of the book. And again, it's always inspiring to see what other people do:
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| Sam added a strip of leather over the spine |
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| Closure variations |
And here are the class's finishes of the second book:
Charlotte was a fantastic instructor and we had such a fun time learning with her and each other! I will definitely be making more of both of these!
gorgeous! you are very fortunate indeed to belong to a club that holds learning events.
ReplyDeleteWhile I'm not a current member of the Calligraphers' Guild, they are a great group of people and their workshops are always fun!
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