I took a bookbinding workshop with Bonnie Stahlecker a few weeks ago. We made four different structures in less than 8 hours. I love it when I leave a workshop with finished pieces. Of course it helped considerably that Bonnie had done most of the measuring and cutting before class. I'd love to have a studio elf whose sole purpose was to get all my supplies ready for me. Unfortunately, I do not have a studio elf. I had hoped to start and finish 3 books this past week for a calligraphy book exchange in which I'm participating, but I didn't even get close to finished. You can see what will eventually be my covers and text block. It is frustrating for me, because I really want to jump ahead and bind the book. I'm restraining myself, because I need to do all the lettering first. More patience please!!
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Wednesday, March 4, 2009
Calligraphy and Bookmaking - Patience Required
I took a bookbinding workshop with Bonnie Stahlecker a few weeks ago. We made four different structures in less than 8 hours. I love it when I leave a workshop with finished pieces. Of course it helped considerably that Bonnie had done most of the measuring and cutting before class. I'd love to have a studio elf whose sole purpose was to get all my supplies ready for me. Unfortunately, I do not have a studio elf. I had hoped to start and finish 3 books this past week for a calligraphy book exchange in which I'm participating, but I didn't even get close to finished. You can see what will eventually be my covers and text block. It is frustrating for me, because I really want to jump ahead and bind the book. I'm restraining myself, because I need to do all the lettering first. More patience please!!
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