Randa stitch
This is a mini tutorial for the randa embroidery stitch I used for the concertina joins. The joins look great on both sides! I used a variegated Valdani pearl cotton thread. I learned this...
Category: Making
Xenotopias – progress
I am really happy to be getting closer to a finished concertina book, titled “Xenotopias.” The name came from Rob Macfarlane’s book The Old Ways: A Journey on Foot. It means strange or foreign...
Secret Belgian Binding
I made a book using the Secret Belgian Binding. And I finally used these boards that I covered years ago in a workshop and have been carrying around in my stash ever since. Signatures...
Black walnut dyeing
I collected black walnuts last fall from a park in Danbury, Connecticut. I stored them in a plastic shopping bag and did not make any progress in processing them. Recently I was reorganizing my...
Sewn on Spine Book 4
New skills! And using materials from my shelves! I’m very enthusiastic about this book. The decorative cloth is Three Cats Shweshwe purchased from Mnandi in Cape Town, South Africa. I added lightweight paper as...
Books on books
Bookmarking Book Art – Alicia Bailey and the Artists’ Book Cornucopia I found this post on Facebook on Abecedarian Gallery’s page. Today was the last day of the last of ten Artists Book Cornucopias...
White marigold
This book has taken a long time to make. Finally calling it done, although I might fuss with it here and there. It’s had a few names, but recently I’ve taken to calling it...