{"id":9833,"date":"2020-09-07T11:45:14","date_gmt":"2020-09-07T18:45:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gemtactics.net\/wordpress\/?p=9833"},"modified":"2021-04-30T12:18:48","modified_gmt":"2021-04-30T19:18:48","slug":"bookmaking-lately","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gemtactics.net\/wordpress\/2020\/09\/bookmaking-lately\/","title":{"rendered":"Bookmaking lately"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>My bookmaking group &#8220;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.handmadebookclub.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Handmade Book Club<\/a>&#8221; led by Vintage Page Designs, challenged me with a poll asking how many books I had made in the past six months. Off the top of my head, I chose the option 16-20. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"261\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gemtactics.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/img_1123.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9832\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.gemtactics.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/img_1123.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.gemtactics.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/img_1123-300x157.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Later, feeling uncertain and being pathologically averse to lying, I pulled out the books I&#8217;d made and counted them. One is missing &#8211; not sure where I put it. And there are several pairs, which maybe should really count as one. But, counting them as two, there are 22! I feel better that my guess was close. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It was fun to lay them all out like this. I won&#8217;t try to name them in order, just a list to provide commentary: <\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Two <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.gemtactics.net\/wordpress\/?p=9522\" target=\"_blank\">Shrigley bindings with little art pieces <\/a>from earlier classes installed in them for display. Learned these from <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/byopiapress.wordpress.com\/2018\/06\/10\/some-variations-on-the-shrigley-binding\/\" target=\"_blank\">Byopia<\/a> Press&#8217;s blog. <\/li><li>A sweet chunky hardbound book, red bookcloth with coptic binding. Filled with collaged pages from a large sheet torn down into signatures. This was from the first Handmade Book Club retreat day. <\/li><li> A <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.gemtactics.net\/wordpress\/?p=9671\" target=\"_blank\">small accordion <\/a>serendipitously assembled from pieces hanging around. Two watercolor-toned ecoprinted covers and a fragile walnut-dyed interior. <\/li><li>A fabric concertina, &#8220;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.gemtactics.net\/wordpress\/?p=9416\" target=\"_blank\">Slow Spring<\/a>.&#8221; Probably the most time-consuming and most inventive project of the lot. <\/li><li>Several accordions &#8211; red floral covers, purple cover, white cover, and yellow cover. These were hastily assembled based on a video shared in the book club. They were meant to be used as handy note-taking books, to inspire drawing and doodling, but I&#8217;m not sure how or if I&#8217;ll use them. <\/li><li>A <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.gemtactics.net\/wordpress\/?p=9634\" target=\"_blank\">matched selection of six pamphlet bound books<\/a> with eco-printed covers. I was trying to use up my eco-prints from last year. Three each have the &#8220;String of Pearls&#8221; binding and three with the &#8220;Chain&#8221; binding, from the book Bound by Rachel Hazell. <\/li><li>Two <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.gemtactics.net\/wordpress\/?p=9789\" target=\"_blank\">Japanese Stab Bound<\/a> books. A project from the Handmade Book Club. <\/li><li>A <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.gemtactics.net\/wordpress\/?p=9722\" target=\"_blank\">rustic accordion<\/a>, assembling some eco-prints from this year on rough khadi paper.  <\/li><li>A very nice beige <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/watch\/?v=1506226626234192\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">double pamphlet<\/a> using papers that I&#8217;ve had around for many many years. I love how the double pamphlet stitches nestle into the spine and almost disappear. This binding was taught by Ali Manning of Vintage Page Designs. <\/li><li>And last but not least, <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.gemtactics.net\/wordpress\/?p=9657\" target=\"_blank\">a pair of slim case-bound books<\/a>, a project from the Handmade Book Club. Featuring homemade bookcloth made from eco-prints on raw silk. <\/li><li>Missing from the photo: <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.gemtactics.net\/wordpress\/?p=9611\" target=\"_blank\">little folded book<\/a> as taught by @livrosgabrielairigoyen on Instagram.<\/li><\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>My bookmaking group &#8220;Handmade Book Club&#8221; led by Vintage Page Designs, challenged me with a poll asking how many books I had made in the past six months. 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