#bookmaking — Public Fediverse posts

My contribution to the bookmaking jam thinger AKA The Book Factory detail in reply below... at Melbourne Writers Fest.
#collage #bookmaking #melbourne #melbournewritersfestival

Join me May 16th online for a meetup of the #MixedMediaCollageArtistsGuild where I'll be sharing a template showing how to make a matchbook accordion book!

Don't be daunted by the tininess! It only looks complicated because it's been completely collaged! A single staple is the entire binding for the whole book!

https://gath.io/nsANFprHzZ6iWCKdrzgyh?e=cm3naw1cfh16fl4nr745xzu8u09khrke

*Note: the registration page currently has the event on 5/9, I've only recently let them know the group changed the date! It's definitely happening on 5/16.

#MakeArtTogether #BookMaking #HandmadeBooks #BookArts #TinyBook #Collage #AnalogCollage #HandCutCollage #OnlineEvent

Time for #PortfolioDay! Though I have not had much time since becoming a parent, I am looking forward to restarting #bookbinding and #bookmaking this year. My latest project has been #handmade #vegan traveller's #notebooks. They are my design and I've enjoyed trying to improve them with each attempt.

I've attached a link below a post links to more projects I've posted here over the years!

https://mas.to/@seanbala/113829332671203504

#Books #MastoArt #Craft #Crafts #Creativity #Bookstodon #Stationary #Paper

Time for #PortfolioDay! Though I have not had much time since becoming a parent, I am looking forward to restarting #bookbinding and #bookmaking this year. My latest project has been #handmade #vegan traveller's #notebooks. They are my design and I've enjoyed trying to improve them with each attempt.

I've attached a link below a post links to more projects I've posted here over the years!

https://mas.to/@seanbala/113829332671203504

#Books #MastoArt #Craft #Crafts #Creativity #Bookstodon #Stationary #Paper

Time for #PortfolioDay! Though I have not had much time since becoming a parent, I am looking forward to restarting #bookbinding and #bookmaking this year. My latest project has been #handmade #vegan traveller's #notebooks. They are my design and I've enjoyed trying to improve them with each attempt.

I've attached a link below a post links to more projects I've posted here over the years!

https://mas.to/@seanbala/113829332671203504

#Books #MastoArt #Craft #Crafts #Creativity #Bookstodon #Stationary #Paper

Time for #PortfolioDay! Though I have not had much time since becoming a parent, I am looking forward to restarting #bookbinding and #bookmaking this year. My latest project has been #handmade #vegan traveller's #notebooks. They are my design and I've enjoyed trying to improve them with each attempt.

I've attached a link below a post links to more projects I've posted here over the years!

https://mas.to/@seanbala/113829332671203504

#Books #MastoArt #Craft #Crafts #Creativity #Bookstodon #Stationary #Paper

Time for #PortfolioDay! Though I have not had much time since becoming a parent, I am looking forward to restarting #bookbinding and #bookmaking this year. My latest project has been #handmade #vegan traveller's #notebooks. They are my design and I've enjoyed trying to improve them with each attempt.

I've attached a link below a post links to more projects I've posted here over the years!

https://mas.to/@seanbala/113829332671203504

#Books #MastoArt #Craft #Crafts #Creativity #Bookstodon #Stationary #Paper

how to make a #book -

Keep #pressing: Indian Head #bookmaker uses 20th century machines for handmade books
https://www.somdnews.com/independent/news/local/keep-pressing-indian-head-bookmaker-uses-20th-century-machines-for-handmade-books/article_25a96819-e394-4bb6-b392-d1bfb76629f8.html

#printing #typesetting #bookmaking #handmade

Did a bunch of #bookbinding yesterday, and in order to make things smoother, I made myself a punching trough out of cardboard. It was way easy than I thought it would be, and it makes punching the holes in my signatures so much easier!

#bookmaking #books #handmade #cardboard #diy #maker #crafty #booknerd

RE: https://mastodon.social/@towns_end_bindery/116265904767391152

Hey #Bookstodon - these look like great #books and for a good cause! Boost for more visibility!

#Bookbinding #MastoArt #Bookmaking #Handmade #Handicraft #Minnesota #USA #Solidarity #ACLU #Auction #Minneapolis #minneapolismn

Finally! A new #bookmaking project! We discovered traveller’s notebooks this year. Love the concept but wanted to have one that was #vegan AND not made of plastic. I also wanted to make my own inserts. These are prototypes to see if the concept could work. I am so proud of these! I learned a great deal and am planning on making a larger one for A5 notebooks.

#Art #MastoArt #Craft #Handmade #Books #Bookstodon #Stationary #Travel #Handicraft #Bookbinding #Creativity #Creative #Journal

Updated #Introduction for 2025 (Continued) - I love to #read. My favorite genres include #fantasy #scifi #mystery #travel #theology #history #sff.

I have a growing interest in #Solarpunk - I want to help grow more sustainable and life-giving communities where all can thrive.

I do #Bookmaking / #Bookbinding as a hobby - here is my portfolio so far: https://mas.to/@seanbala/113829332671203504

Other interests: #FolkMusic #Theatre #Musicals #Creativity #Degrowth #Localization #Community #Christianity
#books

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Join me and learn how to make your own handmade books - stab bound and stitched.
Saturday 28th June, Bradford on Avon

https://www.theworldofmattparker.com/workshops/p/handmade-books

#bookmaking #handmadebooks

Hey hey #BookBinding folks, when you have a big roll of paper, do you wait until a piece you tore off has "rested" before you try to figure out the grain direction?

I opened a roll of Arches today and the curl was so stiff, I couldn't figure out the grain. Put some in a press and will check again tomorrow (usually it's so easy to tell).

#BookMaking

I am sure you wanted to hear David Attenborough say, expectantly, “Bodoni?”, and talk about binding tooling: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TBdhm8aQCPw

#FolioSociety #Bookmaking #Birds #DavidAttenborough #Bodoni #Fonts #Typography #Typefaces

Small #bookbinding update! I've been dormant since little one came in October but I'm getting ready to dust my tools off soon.

I recently purchased a new laptop case from a great #Canadian #Etsy shop that specializes in making crafts from old kimonos. The artist offers packs of scrap pieces perfect for A5 journals. Really excited to get started!

If you like them, check it out here:

https://www.etsy.com/listing/1549940324/8-pieces-bundle-made-in-japan-fabrics

#Art #Handmade #Bookmaking #Books #Bookstodon #BuyCanadian #Canada #Fabric #Kimono

For #MakersHour today, hello, I’m Hollie and here’s what I’m working on…

1) A small watercolor swatching book for relaxation, decided not to put a cover on it and just painted squares instead.
2) A new text block clamped together, still unsewn
3) A finished text block in French stitch, which is to be a collection of sketches made while I have regular Sunday brunch with a friend - still uncovered
4) The first page of the brunch book

#bookbinding #BookMaking @MakersHour

For my first-ever #MakersHour post, here’s the first hand bound book I ever made, in 1999. I love it so much. It’s filled with photos and journal entries. I haven’t made another book exactly like this one since, but learned Coptic stitch a few years ago and just finished a class on French stitch. I do hope to make some others like this one (I think a cork cover could be beautiful), I just need to relearn the stitching technique.

Oh and HI! I’m Hollie! :)

#bookbinding #bookMaking @MakersHour

Heyyyy mastodon!

It’s time for a snapshot #introduction of me, and how I'm hoping to contribute to this platform

My name is Cassie and I run a Philadelphia based community craft and art group. The group started 9 years ago on another well known platform and over the years it stopped serving our purposes. My hope is that this space can help connect our local community and inspire others to follow suit.

I prefer she/her and they/them pronouns and I default to using they/them pronouns with new people that don’t specify a preference.

I'm an #artist, #crafter, #organizer, and #designer. In order of most experienced to least, I utilize and teach the following skills: #leatherwork #accessorydesign #handembroidery #chainstitchembroidery #basketweaving #handbuildingclay #bookmaking #printing #surfacedesign #naturaldyeing #felting #spinningyarn #painting #drawing

I like to create, I have a love of aquatic fish, mushrooms, bugs, bones, prismatic colors, texture, line work, anything tufted, and gin is the way to my heart.

I look forward to sharing my creations and offering support with questions about any skillsets that I am able!

Tonight was the third and final class to learn French stitch bookbinding, that I took with my friend Jaime at the University of Oregon. Our teacher, Bogi, has been wonderful.... https://eilloh.net/posts/final-night-of-bookmaking-class

#bookbinding #bookMaking

Made a tiny book today! I haven’t bound a book since I took a class right before the pandemic started. It was a basic coptic stitch binding. I came home, made three more, and then got distracted (story of my life) and haven’t made any since. This one is full of errors and I couldn’t recall half what I learned in class and I had trouble finding answers in YouTube videos (though to be fair I’m rapidly running out of patience for YouTube - just write a blog post!). But I love it.

#BookMaking

Fellow bookmaking f(r)iends: Thirty seconds into this video, she has a great visual of why folding with the grain is so much better than folding against the grain, and I love it when something kinda makes sense in class, but then a great visual makes it BLOOM into total, complete, obvious sense that I will carry with me always.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5VxME6OIQSY

#BookMaking #Bookbinding #BookArts

I’m in the middle of another bookmaking class. I freaking love this, every step. I even enjoy the math of it, the precision. I wish I just made and sold books. I saw an interview recently with Elizabeth Gilbert, where she talked about a journaling/prayer practice she does where she writes whatever she needs to hear from her higher power the most, and I think if I did that what I’d most want to hear is, “Put all the old bullshit career pressures you feel down, and just make books.”

#bookmaking

I wanted to share some of my work for #PortfolioDay. I do #bookmaking and #bookbinding in my spare time. I love doing something with my hands. I've had to take a small break since our child was born but I hope to get back into the swing of things in the new year with better paper, new ideas, and more patience. Please see the next post with links to over a many projects from over the past year!

#Handmade #Craft #Books #Bookstodon #Art #MastoArt #Handcraft #Paper #Stationary

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#Bookbinding collection for #portfolioday

https://mas.to/@seanbala/113069545475305898
https://mas.to/@seanbala/112821278621134474
https://mas.to/@seanbala/111994683225373667
https://mas.to/@seanbala/111884963409828947
https://mas.to/@seanbala/111910746592932838
https://mas.to/@seanbala/111552842443807194
https://mas.to/@seanbala/110381697218259864

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#Handmade #Craft #Books #Bookstodon #Art #MastoArt #Handcraft #Paper #Bookmaking #Stationary

Was picking up my MIL from the airport and saw these maps of #Chicago in seven different languages. I instantly thought “these would be great for #bookmaking projects!”

I had to take a break from #bookbinding because of having a newborn at home. I also have been looking for some new paper for the inside but haven’t found some I like. But I am hoping to get started again in 2025!

#Craft #crafts #crafting #handmade #Books #Bookstodon #Travel #inspiration #Art #MastoArt #Creativity #2025goals