Hello bibliophiles! just like I promised a few days ago here's the easy envelope tutorial I just wrote up/photographed for the lovely blog Poppytalk. Head on over or click on…
I've gone off on a tangent from bookbinding into making marbled paper, popular in the mid to late 19th century as endpapers in leatherbound books. Marbled paper is created by…
Behold! My latest in what I like to call my "Yuzen Book" series. I wanted to showcase some of my very favorite Japanese Chiyogami papers* by making journals, but I…
Your blog makes me so giddy to make books! I took bookmaking in school and I’ve been missing it terribly lately. I’ll be following your blog to get me back into the swing of binding again! 🙂 thanks for the inspiration
Chelsea, thanks so much! I love hearing that my work inspires others to create.
My number one suggestion to folks wanting to get into or BACK into crafting is to make a space for it, like a folding card table or desk that can be your permanent work space where you don’t have to clean up after yourself and you can leave your projects while you make them. That was the number one thing that made me go from making 1 book a month after college to (now) sometimes 30 books a month!
Hi! I'm Ruth Bleakley, an American book artist who lives in Florida. As a former military kid, I've also lived in Texas, New York and Massachusetts. Growing up, I spent 11 out of 18 years living overseas in Germany, Saudi Arabia and Kuwait. So, basically a citizen of the world!
In 2016 I starred in a Japanese TV show about papermaking - you can read about that strange and wonderful journey here.
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Your blog makes me so giddy to make books! I took bookmaking in school and I’ve been missing it terribly lately. I’ll be following your blog to get me back into the swing of binding again! 🙂 thanks for the inspiration
Chelsea, thanks so much! I love hearing that my work inspires others to create.
My number one suggestion to folks wanting to get into or BACK into crafting is to make a space for it, like a folding card table or desk that can be your permanent work space where you don’t have to clean up after yourself and you can leave your projects while you make them. That was the number one thing that made me go from making 1 book a month after college to (now) sometimes 30 books a month!
Check out my Pinterest board on Handmade books for more inspiration!
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