Heidi Swapp Book Structure

 I took this #bookbinding course from @heidiswapp to learn a new #bookarts structure. Her book was a #memorybook made with #decorativepaper of different lengths. I made mine with my #vwbus #sticker old #watercolor #paintings and #pastepaper my book pages are all the same length and blank so that I can use it for a #sketchbook @ San Diego, California

Button Hole Stitch

 

These are two buttonhole stitch books I made using the instructions from Ali Manning's (Vintage Page Designs) monthly project. 

Handmade Book and Pamphlet

This book and pamphlet were made from cardboard that I used to protect my table. I liked the patterns and colors so I stamped a few crows on it and created 2 little books.

The crow was printed with a stamp I carved.

The spine of the pamphlet was made by pressing the pages in a book press and brushing on PVA. The book on the right was bound with a Coptic Stitch. 

The back of the books.

The inside of the pamphlet was made index card scraps.
The Coptic Stitch book was made with lined copy paper.

Mini Crow Book

#finally #finished a #mini #crow #book I have been working on. #penandink with #watercolor #accordionbook #minibook #crows #bookbinding #bookarts I have adopted the favorite #quote I heard from my mother in law, "If a task is once begun, never leave it till it's done. Be the labor great or small, do it well or not at all."

mmm, I will probably put a border on the paper or something like graphite on the creases so they don't look dirty.

Mini Book Madness with Seth Apter

A mini-book technique taught to me by Seth Apter. The online class was called "Mini Book Madness". He has more scheduled for June if you are interested, check his website or social media. I absolutely loved the class. 

 I used my own marble paper, my Gelli print papers, magazine cutouts, gel pens, rapido sketch pen, my hand carved stamps, ink, collage papers from my own art and Izink Seth Apter Dye Spray.

Taking Flight - an Origami Stab Bound Book

On the left is a "practice" crane we made to get used to making the cranes for the book structure taught by Gina Pisello. On the right is the finished book made of 6 pages of cranes and bound by a Japanese Stab Binding. #100daysofsketchbookentries #The100dayproject

Los Rios Street with Urban Sketchers

This sketch was created on Los Rios Street this weekend while attending an event with Los Angeles Urban Sketchers, San Diego Urban Sketchers, San Clemente Urban Sketchers and Long Beach Sketch Meet Up. I normally sketch for 2 hours but this event was 4 hours which included coffee, visiting, taking photos and sketching. This extra time allowed me to tackle a full spread in this handmade sketchbook.

This is the video I created for the event: 

A MIni Book Made With Scraps

This is a #littlebook I made with #scraps during the #commonthreads#workshop with #orlyavineri and #beatrizheaton #leather #bookarts#bookbinding #minibook 2x3 inches

Mini Books

These are books I made during a quiet evening at home when my husband was at work.

My Mini Face Book 2015

a 2 minute Lydeo of my mini face book

Our Mini Face Books 2015

A Lydeo from a workshop i took this weekend.

back-to-back Accordion Book

from Alisa Golden's, "Making Handmade Books".

Button Hole Stitch

Ella and I completed our books today! Original Instruction Credit to: Helen Shafer Garcia and Kieth A. Smith, Volume 1 Non-Adhesive Binding, Books without Paste or Glue. Mine is the hummingbird book on the left and Ella Whitehead's Steampunk book is on the right.

Tea Bag Book

Teabag Book from Alisa Golden's Making Handmade books. The teabag paper is made of newsprint splattered with leftover oil paints. The tag is card stock spray painted with gold and black.

The book is 3 x 4 inches

Coptic Stitch with Paste Paper

In Book Arts with Cindy Zimmerman we worked on Coptic stitch 2 weeks in a row. I got better! This one is made with paste paper we made in class the week before.

Cake Box Book

This is the latest in my book making adventure. The Cake Box Book using the long stich from the book, How to Make Books, by Esther K. Smith.

Barbara Roth Class

A book I made in the barbara roth class today.
It was a GREAT class with lots of fun artists.

book binding

Book Binding

Last night I finished my first EVER book made with book cloth. My books didn't come out as beautiful as I wanted them to but as my friend Stephen says, "You can't learn something and perfect it at the same time". These books are 4 x 6 inches. Hand stitched and bound.

In one of the pictures you see the pretty end papers I selected but I did it wrong and the beautiful part got glued to the cover.

The book I used for instructions is Bookcraft by Heather Weston. It was fun and I'll probably try more projects from her book.