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Craft Pays Me podcastRecently I had a great conversation with Duane Jones, host of the Art Pays me podcast, for episode 5 of the Craft Pays Me series....
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Designer Craft Shop OnlineCraft Nova Scotia has launced a sparkly new online shop at DesignerCraftShop.ca . I'm happy to have some of my handmade leather journals available...
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Old Spine LiningsI like finding interesting things in the spines of old books. Of course, after sewing a textblock there is often paper glued to the spine and it is...
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Dealing with a windowHere is a little demonstration of how to cover a board that has a window in it. I am not going to include all the steps of making this book....
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Zhen Xian Bao on screenI have written here previously about Chinese Thread Books, or Zhen Xian Bao. Of course, most of us learned about these wonderful folded books via...
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The LighthouseThe Lighthouse , a film directed by Robert Eggers, was released in October 2019. It was filmed nearby and I got to make their prop books....
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Last YearEvery year I start by apologizing that I have not been updating my blog. There were a few things last year that I had intended to share here on my...
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Reinventing the Slot and Tab bindingBack in July, I went to the Morgan Conservatory in Cleveland, Ohio to teach a workshop. The workshop was called "Reinventing the Slot and...
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Fore-edge MarblingI think fore-edge decoration is a wonderful thing. There are some rather amazing and beautiful examples to be found throughout the history of...
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PossibilitiesHardcover options for coptic-style books: 1. This option is essentially any decorative paper (marbled or otherwise) with optional book cloth...
