tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-50520095739798506012024-03-05T23:47:54.306-08:00lucha librischronicling a year as a book-binding apprenticeFaithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00562248861309137646noreply@blogger.comBlogger44125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5052009573979850601.post-152985650694493912012-06-18T21:46:00.004-07:002012-06-18T21:46:59.529-07:00Farewell, and thanks!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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This year has been transformative and wonderful, and I'm so grateful to <a href="http://paperdragonbooks.blogspot.com/">Gavin</a> for contributing to so many aspects of said transformation and wonderful-ness. The <a href="http://anythingwithaspine.blogspot.com/">new apprentice Alaska</a> seems nothing short of fabulous and I'm excited to follow her progress, and I know only great things are going to happen at Paper Dragon Books this year. I've moved on in ways both small and dramatic - I drove across the country with my brand new fiance and our cat (his cat? my step-cat?) and we're thrilled to be newly-minted Californians. I can't wait to begin the MFA Book Arts and Creative Writing program at Mills College but in the mean time, I'm happy to exist in that in-between phase where my biggest task of the day is deciding whether or not to put on shoes. Tunes? Of course. But shoes are a big one these days.<br />
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I thank you sincerely for following my progress. The page views and comments have meant so much to me, and I wish I had shared more with y'all! Feel free to dip into this next life phase at a blog I've put together mainly to stop my dad from pestering me: <a href="http://tonyoakland.blogspot.com/">Tony Oakland</a>. I hope to share more bookbinding adventures in the future but I confess that it currently consists mostly of Instagram photos of food and the cat. Consider yourself warned.<br />
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Faith </div>Faithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00562248861309137646noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5052009573979850601.post-79575064892402625092012-03-12T13:06:00.000-07:002012-03-26T13:11:41.655-07:00Five Millionth Time is the Charm<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivzvgr1JX5CzvEEWaBs14aYHiSlULJt7kS5LuDYtwl76g2_7Piuooqys6gFtfAjbrBGFlg3rj5mfhtaTrrk8-jlenr8_6M9xQzjP1hLBE1KtmXMZS4Do-SfnAHhIKVROw4_BlXCOhvEwU/s1600/IMG_0316.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivzvgr1JX5CzvEEWaBs14aYHiSlULJt7kS5LuDYtwl76g2_7Piuooqys6gFtfAjbrBGFlg3rj5mfhtaTrrk8-jlenr8_6M9xQzjP1hLBE1KtmXMZS4Do-SfnAHhIKVROw4_BlXCOhvEwU/s320/IMG_0316.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br />
It's not the process of having to redo something over and over and over that I find frustrating, it's the fact that the process is necessary. Come on brain! Hang on to something! There are three other attempts at this orange tray buried under these other two in the trash, and by this day's end, I still haven't completed a frigging clamshell box. It better happen soon or I'm going to go bananas.Faithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00562248861309137646noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5052009573979850601.post-76831545146611936182012-03-06T11:24:00.000-08:002012-03-26T11:37:18.806-07:00Dusk<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-st1S2xqtNrNBoYjOW5OXRiFK9Nk-LD3nwHUaNZ2Smefi5uRJbt1QpDrk8bltIKVhFuikAOP91PcAz4y34o9AMydYmYJCi1vvmYoytxeN_URJviuHmHrEiwxO4qTLOAuMjWQd70SwPE8/s1600/IMG_0175.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-st1S2xqtNrNBoYjOW5OXRiFK9Nk-LD3nwHUaNZ2Smefi5uRJbt1QpDrk8bltIKVhFuikAOP91PcAz4y34o9AMydYmYJCi1vvmYoytxeN_URJviuHmHrEiwxO4qTLOAuMjWQd70SwPE8/s320/IMG_0175.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br />
This is my favorite part of day, when the big glass blocks that make up the window catch the light and turn to gold.Faithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00562248861309137646noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5052009573979850601.post-3499771288271149062012-02-06T10:55:00.026-08:002012-03-26T11:08:54.510-07:00Buried in salt<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqlbdfPt9wHDAL5nHA33Gsr08llR75l4c5HmeoiYqZvykHZyRnIou_O9mdnDAVWZ9OoaX2y2x9qPYCPzgRPYFxDY90_9r4QDrlM6Qwpwu5lWfgc_uOcJWqdS0ouBPXVgN_JhXvMFxgIbI/s1600/IMG_0139.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqlbdfPt9wHDAL5nHA33Gsr08llR75l4c5HmeoiYqZvykHZyRnIou_O9mdnDAVWZ9OoaX2y2x9qPYCPzgRPYFxDY90_9r4QDrlM6Qwpwu5lWfgc_uOcJWqdS0ouBPXVgN_JhXvMFxgIbI/s320/IMG_0139.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br />
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I'm super-psyched with how this salt and ink technique worked out. I've been playing around with some techniques of making endpapers for an upcoming competition book, but I think I may save these and cut them up and put them in weird, tiny frames, because I'd be happy getting to look at it more often than if it were the first page of a book. Is that heretical? That if you think a piece of paper is lovely and enchanting and you want to hang out with it a bit, that it would be better suited to be not in a book? I am suddenly feeling guilty!<br />
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This technique produces an effect that really looks a lot weirder and more microbial and organic than the pictures indicate. I did these using watercolor, though I think it can be done successfully with inks or diluted acrylic paints as well. I pre-treated the paper using gelatin and then after it had dried, brushed the surface with an even coating of the watercolor. Then sprinkle salt, about a half tsp. per page. After five minutes, it starts to look magical, and once it's dried, you just sweep the salt off. Ta da! Love it.Faithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00562248861309137646noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5052009573979850601.post-59519442787953499762012-01-26T11:46:00.004-08:002012-03-26T12:01:33.683-07:00Living With ArtistsMeans having to share shelf space with things like this:<br />
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He bought it on ebay and it is very much real. It used to belong on a Chinese lady's head. He's used it quite a lot! Sometimes it makes me particularly uncomfortable.Faithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00562248861309137646noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5052009573979850601.post-73698806414981595252012-01-16T12:01:00.008-08:002012-03-26T12:13:38.573-07:00Oh Vanity<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOOJkVMWBr7QNsuJ56k1e4xK6BK2HsW4pjwYhVAwmQGPV_hDr8Om_mlDPtOJMJJS_cJgDSK3Xaf_5cSLll0I7AuKRNdDhuEPaaQn_G3BMJrzlRg6NqBXXotKP-E6evj3GZsmlG_EcGmRU/s1600/IMG_0031.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOOJkVMWBr7QNsuJ56k1e4xK6BK2HsW4pjwYhVAwmQGPV_hDr8Om_mlDPtOJMJJS_cJgDSK3Xaf_5cSLll0I7AuKRNdDhuEPaaQn_G3BMJrzlRg6NqBXXotKP-E6evj3GZsmlG_EcGmRU/s320/IMG_0031.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br />
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In my past life as a magazine editor, while I was still on the scruffier end of the style spectrum, I definitely took a lot more care in my appearance than I do currently. I'm pretty sure we had a dress code and I totally wore daily make up, but let me tell you: it's difficult to have luscious-looking lashes, for example, when mascara seems to attract and adhere to the godforsaken leather dust that proliferates during leather paring. This phenomenon is even more disgusting than you'd imagine ( but you should imagine it, just for a second. It's like having horrible moths that hate you on your eyes!) Anyway, the above pics are before work and after of an awesome Sally Hansen nail decal manicure that was is basically the greatest thing I've ever put on my fingertips. It just didn't stand up to the rigors that are washing out glue brushes, I'm afraid. And cleaning ink pots. And anxious biting from waiting to see if I ruined something in the press. Also, that last photo is after I scrubbed my very skin with Ajax. Dang dye just won't come off! It's worse when it gets on my face.Faithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00562248861309137646noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5052009573979850601.post-77644042117564927862011-12-23T11:08:00.000-08:002012-03-26T11:24:28.848-07:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsr7y1rrFFPCWJvl3h0DhG_GeBTfij5UjJsXXBcpSVs-vdY_aJFcXsiitFdw-gQi2VLzEeo17kxZuuh_832FTffUlJ7p6S8uqA5eNATl4AnGx88Igy_b7D2DorydkpOVCt7C9olaeYzpA/s1600/IMG_0051.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsr7y1rrFFPCWJvl3h0DhG_GeBTfij5UjJsXXBcpSVs-vdY_aJFcXsiitFdw-gQi2VLzEeo17kxZuuh_832FTffUlJ7p6S8uqA5eNATl4AnGx88Igy_b7D2DorydkpOVCt7C9olaeYzpA/s320/IMG_0051.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br />
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</div>This project is basically the most successful happy-making book, if I do say so myself. A good friend of mine is doing one of those "lets only make each other presents" holiday kind of thing with her boyfriend, and they broadened the criteria to include bartered gifts as well. I helped her bind up an adorable little book she wrote about why she loves him (aww) and her end of the bargain included gin and tonics and several hours of delightful conversation. She is totally rad.<br />
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It's my third leather project but my number one favorite. I even got to gold stamp it! I used some paper I had marbled from the class at Center for Book Arts with Lauren Rowland (<a href="http://www.centerforbookarts.org/classes/classdetail.asp?classeventID=1310">which is happening again!</a>) to up the pizzazz level. She was super-pleased and I must say that I am as well. And she reports that he just loved it! As he should.Faithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00562248861309137646noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5052009573979850601.post-15059740645585665932011-12-16T11:49:00.028-08:002012-03-26T11:59:04.761-07:00Hand Me My Leather<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDE12gOFIEoAOVomBlMyMKvDO1OlP80ppqqkvsypjBzMwlJlMlnpn5erxXn-vAxCDIjupygG8rqXf_H_7uuWmBtOwRv1Ew3CGNmQNN4m52wGQGbI2cD0M9V-F00-KsHUJMgoSXxu1Ektk/s1600/IMG_0037.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDE12gOFIEoAOVomBlMyMKvDO1OlP80ppqqkvsypjBzMwlJlMlnpn5erxXn-vAxCDIjupygG8rqXf_H_7uuWmBtOwRv1Ew3CGNmQNN4m52wGQGbI2cD0M9V-F00-KsHUJMgoSXxu1Ektk/s320/IMG_0037.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br />
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It's finally happening! We've embarked upon working with leather and I couldn't be more excited. Seriously, to the point where I was vaguely concerned that I was possibly plunging into a manic episode after catching myself actually shaking when trying to explain to my boyfriend the intricacies of Scharf-fixing and how when the gold foils get old you can totally use the flakes as eyeshadow, but I've calmed down a bit and now just totally blissed-the-heck-out about this new step on the bookbinding adventure. The first pic features fine-enough leather work and dreadful stamping, but the second one looks a little grotesque, no?Faithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00562248861309137646noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5052009573979850601.post-51838970588812217022011-12-09T10:37:00.023-08:002012-03-26T10:48:38.823-07:00Birthday!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUCKDb_EQ28PyITyr3SZ7d8L_a9Cd2RwFC8Nq7nb7Ynkr9vr4Tfte9fAJIOdmW2eMVT0lWz-O2pKTwNpJ4iauMBDyQPyMiL3JmoLCw8QF2qzdBy8CajVucC6rmjwnYuOAyIcLXdvitjlg/s1600/IMG_0184.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUCKDb_EQ28PyITyr3SZ7d8L_a9Cd2RwFC8Nq7nb7Ynkr9vr4Tfte9fAJIOdmW2eMVT0lWz-O2pKTwNpJ4iauMBDyQPyMiL3JmoLCw8QF2qzdBy8CajVucC6rmjwnYuOAyIcLXdvitjlg/s320/IMG_0184.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br />
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I've been taking a black-point calligraphy class with the incredibly tallented <a href="http://www.gorststudio.com/">Karen Gorst</a>, and have been alternating between absolutely detesting and loving the practice. I'm at the love phase right now, because I'm learning to enjoy the process of shaping rather than enjoying the letters themselves (the more difficult they are to shape, the more ugly they become in my mind. I am a total wuss, this is obvious). I guess it's like learning how to cook something you wouldn't want to eat? Maybe? Anyyyyyyway, watching Karen shape the letters is utterly transfixing. Seriously, it's akin to meditation, and I didn't realize until she had gotten halfway through the second word that she was making something for me! Because it's mah birthday! I yelped when I figured it out and I think half the class thought I had stabbed myself with a nib. It happens! But seriously, check out Karen's work because she's a letter genius and it will make you want to be a better person.Faithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00562248861309137646noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5052009573979850601.post-25644242978412516892011-12-02T12:27:00.017-08:002012-03-26T12:35:45.512-07:00It All Becomes True<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaQB4ZxHIabzGFlvU8WKsOtz5lzF5tkoKMZoJiu8JVP78U6T0MLl6bw6Jm7lcXjaRqJoAv1G0o3OIGy2yThQwHL1xftmM6ZrmvZEHAkf6xj2Pmk-l_tCqYZ265tUTEs_DKm918g6UA7Zg/s1600/IMG_0018.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaQB4ZxHIabzGFlvU8WKsOtz5lzF5tkoKMZoJiu8JVP78U6T0MLl6bw6Jm7lcXjaRqJoAv1G0o3OIGy2yThQwHL1xftmM6ZrmvZEHAkf6xj2Pmk-l_tCqYZ265tUTEs_DKm918g6UA7Zg/s320/IMG_0018.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br />
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I got the most wonderful surprise in the mail today - a copy of a knitting book to which I contributed a pattern! Super great, and they did a fabulous job making the socks look lovely. It is definitely rad being published but in this case, the best part is my bio in the back, which reads "Faith is a former associate editor at [bla bla] magazines. She is currently pursuing a new passion in fine bookbinding and lives in New York City." It's PROOF! That I'm really doing it! This bookbinding thing! Right? If thousands of copies of a book say so, then it is definitely not just a hobby or a weird way of identifying myself, it's actually like... the truth? Oh how exciting! How affirmational!Faithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00562248861309137646noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5052009573979850601.post-69909512036433872212011-11-30T08:42:00.000-08:002012-01-03T10:01:47.004-08:00Gratitude, duh<style>
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<div class="MsoNormal">Aside from images of medieval serfs in ugly hats making glue out of horses, or Micky and those psychotic brooms, I had only the vaguest idea of what an apprenticeship was when I embarked upon mine. I knew my responsibilities would involve washing brushes, sweeping, cutting, sewing, tiny tasks of manual labor and probably the occasional errand that would take me out of the bindery and into the wilds of Brooklyn. I wasn't so sure what I'd be learning though. I mean, "bookbinding," of course, but I was comfortable with the basics (or thought I was) and entered into this open and enthusiastic about learning whatever the boss decided to teach me.</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">I've been assistant teaching an introductory bookbinding course, and it has been a hugely important experience. It's much harder than I had anticipated, more interesting than I had hoped. It wasn't until I had to explain a particular technique five hundred times in an hour or try to figure how to correct a student's gigantic error without making said student cry that I realized how truly difficult teaching is. And that realization was accompanied by another realization - that my boss <a href="http://paperdragonbooks.com/">Gavin Dovey of Paper Dragon Books</a> is a frickin' rockstar. I mean, aside from being an exceptional craftsman, which he undoubtedly is, it's the patience, the generosity of time, the willingness to share his craft with this enthusiastic but admittedly bumbling chick who interrupts his work almost constantly and, lets be honest, really only gives back in the form of a clean floor and dust-free presses and the occasional granola bar that is humbling and inspiring.</div><br />
<div class="MsoNormal">Lest this come off as an attempt at brown-nosed blogging, I'll confess to spending the first few months vascilating between frustration and absolute fear of the guy. I had spent the previous four years working with a gaggle of kindly, gentle, mild-mannered knitter ladies, and was ill-prepared for directness, for critique, for frenetic energy. But I've figured it out, pretty much, and now that the fear has subsided, I am truly in awe of the generosity he has shown me.</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">I am thankful for so much in my life right now, for my family, my friends, all the lovely and warm things in my life. Yay Thanksgiving, right?! So many great things! But I wanted to express particular gratitude for this opportunity I've been given, to learn these skills and to grow in this craft. Thanks, Gavin, for making me your apprentice, and for teaching me so much.</div>Faithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00562248861309137646noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5052009573979850601.post-4040974976392347902011-11-23T21:19:00.000-08:002011-12-02T10:34:02.942-08:00Super Sharp Knives<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIqXIsjcwyNtQM0JQ7oLO36WE4mHI5Z9ybUA7UQFciCzC6P7QxjnYuKGHn_aIaTmIHsU1ohGcLWkV8JVLT9MoS3ocPh98PAn4bvHHIWqBGBXNHBFScIrVtve6wZF7MwzbZ0DmYzXReVKY/s1600/tww" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIqXIsjcwyNtQM0JQ7oLO36WE4mHI5Z9ybUA7UQFciCzC6P7QxjnYuKGHn_aIaTmIHsU1ohGcLWkV8JVLT9MoS3ocPh98PAn4bvHHIWqBGBXNHBFScIrVtve6wZF7MwzbZ0DmYzXReVKY/s1600/tww" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>The frightening entrance to the awesome place I went today.</i></div><br />
Today was just an excellent day at the bindery. I felt a solid sense of accomplishment, like if I were magically transported back to the family dinner table of my childhood and my mom asked me "What did you learn today, dear?" I could say "I learned how to sharpen a paring knife! And how to get to the Tools for Woodworking shop which is in the middle of the most barren, desolate part of Brooklyn that it still has cobblestones and probably tumbleweeds but it was raining and I'd assume that tumbleweeds are hindered by puddles. But also, this knife! It is so sharp!"<br />
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The shop, actually called <a href="http://toolsforwoodworking.com/">Tools for Working Wood</a>, is a spooky and kind of magical, and is staffed by kindly and flannel-wearing men who have a near-encyclopedic knowledge of basically everything in there. I'm starting to do some leather work with my books and the boss and I have been working on turning a semi-busted, rough-edged slab of metal into a finely honed instrument. It was taking way longer than was practical or sane, so the boss sent me down to pick up some things and to see if I could pick up any insider info. And I did! They assured me that the fastest way to get a paring knife super-sharp - instead of using a series of blocks that can wear down and get warped and may not give you a straight edge on your blade - is to use a series of adhesive sandpaper adhered to a flat surface, and to use it with sharpening stone oil. I was tempted to keep this a secret. I need at least one magic trick, right? But it's just TOO EXCITING! I had been working on a dang sharpening stone until my hands were bleeding in a dozen places, and not only did the <a href="http://www.toolsforworkingwood.com//Merchant/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&Store_Code=toolshop&Product_Code=ST-MAF.XX&Category_Code=&Search=sharpening">Pressure Sensitive Adhesive</a> work quickly and easily, I endured not a single injury.<br />
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The guys at the store assured me that this is a method advocated by <a href="http://jeffpeachey.wordpress.com/">Jeff Peachy</a>, who I am quickly learning is basically a legend in the book world. He's a conservator who is known for the conservation tools he invents, manufactures and repairs, but now I know him as the tool-sharpening god and also a man who runs an awesome blog. So interesting! I've been swimming through it all night - totally worth a look.Faithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00562248861309137646noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5052009573979850601.post-68518837460506811912011-11-13T11:57:00.000-08:002011-11-13T11:57:11.355-08:00Pencil Porn<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.youtube.com/embed/FgfW7XYw1IE?feature=player_embedded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div><br />
This video is just lovely. Made by animator dropbear for the band Hundson, it uses 920 pencils and 1525 images, as helpfully explained in this equally super <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-D8aXtHS42g&noredirect=1">behind-the-scenes video</a>. Enjoy! (<i>via <a href="http://boingboing.net/2011/11/12/stop-motion-music-video-with-p.html">Boingboing</a>,</i>)Faithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00562248861309137646noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5052009573979850601.post-8929821977076805732011-11-07T12:36:00.022-08:002012-03-26T13:01:54.181-07:00In Which I Make Books With Adorable People<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilxNdk4DUFEKN-hoJWH0pbR78NEYWNWvUYlK0khpyJxVlxaRkyb34fJ5MqI5mRWMJI7SiE0M5HPCf23tZ7SwvAQUJpLDuDriw6GovXmyQEp34_T13Mpetlrqp23boMvtIG-s_kUIv4yQk/s1600/IMG_0007.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilxNdk4DUFEKN-hoJWH0pbR78NEYWNWvUYlK0khpyJxVlxaRkyb34fJ5MqI5mRWMJI7SiE0M5HPCf23tZ7SwvAQUJpLDuDriw6GovXmyQEp34_T13Mpetlrqp23boMvtIG-s_kUIv4yQk/s320/IMG_0007.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br />
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I'm pretty sure my cousins are the cutest people in the whole entire world and they are also exceptionally generous, by humoring me as I bumbled through I did an evening of basic book instruction. They each made one five-hole pamphlet stitch book with a wrap-around cover and a handful hardback ones where I had sewed the text-block previously and they did some jazzy things to the covers and slapped 'em on. It was so much fun! The most fun I've had binding in a while. And they were geniuses at it! I was shocked when they got the five hole pamphlet stitch down the very first try. Just geniuses.Faithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00562248861309137646noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5052009573979850601.post-91688115039716771352011-11-01T12:30:00.000-07:002011-11-12T12:35:23.556-08:00Gorgeous Paper Sculptures<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_j5MKcnN__jJ9jF1Ktk2ndMudc7sjYeMNbZAXWjwxJNE2jWvkwOvD-H70o7guXOmgLj1aCRaCzPXtuwMPHJ2mqO4TFmVixcCBkiDdWhd5G89dBtKO6vM9AD_h162DZwqVtjXYhuGhJMo/s1600/calvinnichollsowl.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_j5MKcnN__jJ9jF1Ktk2ndMudc7sjYeMNbZAXWjwxJNE2jWvkwOvD-H70o7guXOmgLj1aCRaCzPXtuwMPHJ2mqO4TFmVixcCBkiDdWhd5G89dBtKO6vM9AD_h162DZwqVtjXYhuGhJMo/s400/calvinnichollsowl.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br />
These very cool paper sculptures are by artist <a href="http://www.calvinnicholls.com/">Calvin Nicholls</a>. His website is definitely worth a look, as he describes his process with enthusiasm and a little slideshow. Love it! (Via <a href="http://blog.craftzine.com/archive/2011/11/calvin_nicholls_incredible_pap.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+craftzine+%28CRAFT%29">Craftzine</a>)Faithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00562248861309137646noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5052009573979850601.post-29275224409045023652011-10-18T11:59:00.000-07:002011-10-30T12:18:20.320-07:00Stitched Classics<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEeXnSfief2cayDgtvoSJ9mIFtVCRSUwmea8LfiyPCItt5ZWS3Fu30H0F3fOPtrtYpBLAqsGhba6UyJYTN1vx-1U6hnAyZgcYTAaLOT5QxIbVoC5KsoJvp7-1wADUp2K5uv6YaPlbZCrA/s1600/emma" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEeXnSfief2cayDgtvoSJ9mIFtVCRSUwmea8LfiyPCItt5ZWS3Fu30H0F3fOPtrtYpBLAqsGhba6UyJYTN1vx-1U6hnAyZgcYTAaLOT5QxIbVoC5KsoJvp7-1wADUp2K5uv6YaPlbZCrA/s1600/emma" /></a></div><br />
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Being a fan of both books and fancy embroidery, I am absolutely enamored with the<a href="http://jilliantamaki.com/embroidery/penguin-threads/"> Penguin Threads</a> series, featuring classic books and gorgeous covers from artist Jillian Tamaki. The process pics on <a href="http://blog.jilliantamaki.com/">her blog</a> are pretty neat, and I love that the backs of the embroidery with its scraggly ends and weird knots is reprinted on the inside covers of the books. Via <a href="http://www.purlbee.com/the-purl-bee/2011/10/18/youre-invited-penguin-threads-classic-books-release-party-at.html"><span id="goog_1104673434">Purlbee</span><span id="goog_1104673435"></span></a>,Faithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00562248861309137646noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5052009573979850601.post-58280773963325673732011-09-11T18:41:00.000-07:002011-09-11T18:41:02.819-07:00Pencils YES!<script type="text/javascript">
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As I've <a href="http://pdbabooks.blogspot.com/2011/06/binder-crushing-plus-confusion.html">mentioned</a> <a href="http://pdbabooks.blogspot.com/2011/06/im-definitely-into-pencils.html">previously</a>, I'm a certified pencil lover, so was delighted to see a link to this story in my inbox via my <a href="http://melikesyou.blogspot.com/">bestie-of-all-time</a>, Lauren. Blackwings are back, yo! And apparently they're better than ever.<br />
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For the uninitiated, Blackwing pencils were discontinued in the 1990's and have developed a cult following due to their super-smooth lead and large ferrule, which is that thing that attaches the eraser to the pencil. I found this out because there is such thing as a <a href="http://pencils.wikia.com/wiki/Main_Page">Pencilopedia,</a> which is totally blowing my mind. They're made of cedar, last forever, and have a fancy flat-eraser to boot. Pop culture eaters Boing Boing <a href="http://boingboing.net/2011/06/17/the-new-palomino-bla.html">reported on their resurgence</a> and I can only imagine the legions of folksy copy-editors or pencil weirdos who are snatching these things up.<br />
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They were previously fetching prices up to $20 on ebay for a single pencil but can now be purchased <a href="http://www.pencils.com/palomino-blackwing-12-pk">here</a> for a cool $19.95 per dozen count box. I know you're as over-the-moon as I am.Faithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00562248861309137646noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5052009573979850601.post-58204437491384735172011-09-05T05:08:00.000-07:002011-09-08T11:25:54.275-07:00Finders Keepers<script type="text/javascript">
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Book sculptures by an anonymous artist have been popping up in Scotland libraries recently. Aside from the sweetness of the sculptures themselves, my favorite thing about this project is how librarians are using the poems referenced as clues to discern the identity of the artist.<br />
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Says Central Station (with a Scottish brogue, I hope): <i>"Nobody knows whether there are more to come and if so, where they might appear. Some say the newly opened National Museum, others suggest the Edinburgh International Book Festival. It's all a bit exciting!" </i><br />
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Get the scoop and check out a few more sculptures <a href="http://community.thisiscentralstation.com/_Mysterious-paper-sculptures/blog/4991767/126249.html">here</a>.Faithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00562248861309137646noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5052009573979850601.post-8955192115793448072011-09-03T15:45:00.000-07:002011-09-05T08:38:22.795-07:00Book Icons<script type="text/javascript">
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One of my favorite pop culture blogs, <a href="http://flavorwire.com/">Flavorwire</a>, just released their list of top 20 iconic book covers. I was thrilled to see that a few of my favorites had made it. Check it out <a href="http://flavorwire.com/206111/the-20-most-iconic-book-covers-ever">here</a> - are any of yours on the list?Faithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00562248861309137646noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5052009573979850601.post-38681647620260746052011-08-30T15:49:00.000-07:002011-09-05T08:38:49.433-07:00Fancy, Shiny Books<script type="text/javascript">
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My boss, Gavin Dovey, has spent the summer cranking out one incredible box after the next, but I think his latest one for <a href="http://paperdragonbooks.blogspot.com/2011/08/box-challenge-latest.html">One Hundred Years of Solitude</a> is my favorite. The picture doesn't come close to doing it justice - it's just gorgeous in person, and the gold leafing positively glows. Since I'm just getting started with leather work, it's a bit premature to start fantasizing about precious metals, but I think I'm in capable hands, no? Faithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00562248861309137646noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5052009573979850601.post-32600767239530299382011-07-11T06:55:00.000-07:002011-09-05T08:40:57.678-07:00Stacks 'n rolls<script type="text/javascript">
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I haven't been spending as much time at the bindery as I'd like but am keeping busy working on my own projects and spending as much time as possible at my current favorite place in the world, <a href="http://www.centerforbookarts.org/">Center for Book Arts</a>. I had the pleasure of taking a paper marbling class with the fabulous Lauren Rowland who was knowlegable and zany and hilarious and all-around awesome, and I'm pretty happy with some of the papers I made. It was a great group of women to work with and I'd absolutely love the opportunity to work with Lauren again!Faithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00562248861309137646noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5052009573979850601.post-38382133957761406412011-07-01T17:56:00.000-07:002011-09-05T08:41:42.202-07:00Nerd Shoes<script type="text/javascript">
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Check out these sweet <a href="http://www.blogger.com/goog_1216489559">Bookbinder</a><a href="http://www.anthropologie.com/anthro/catalog/productdetail.jsp?id=20798930&catId=SHOESBAGS-NEW&pushId=SHOESBAGS-NEW&popId=SHOESBAGS&navAction=top&navCount=90&color=020&isProduct=true&fromCategoryPage=true&isSubcategory=true&subCategoryId=SHOESBAGS-NEW-HEELS&templateType=subCategory"> Heels</a> from Anthropologie. I'd totally snag a pair if I weren't a hundred feet tall (and if they weren't a hundred dollars out of my price range). I'm a size 10.5 - anyone feeling like Santa?Faithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00562248861309137646noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5052009573979850601.post-81047487009836720392011-06-27T07:44:00.000-07:002011-06-27T07:44:55.326-07:00Pen nib dress<script type="text/javascript">
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Here's a detail shot from an exquisite dress made by John Nussey and Steven Tai. They used nearly 800 pen nibs attached to tiny motors which make the nibs flick around like little fish - it's just astounding. <a href="http://www.johnnussey.com/pen-nib-dress/">Check out their page</a> for a video of the dress in action or go <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/nussbox/sets/72157626844535169/with/5836305379/">here</a> for more pics.Faithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00562248861309137646noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5052009573979850601.post-45120450856220841052011-06-22T20:34:00.000-07:002011-06-26T20:51:50.201-07:00Just dying<script type="text/javascript">
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I have a new arch nemesis and it is Yellow Leather Dye. That stuff is potent! We've been dying leather for some of Gavin's boxes and the bindery is a glorious mess of pigment and gory spills, and I totally enjoy days like these because I feel all useful, scrubbing away. I mean, I'm still absolutely anxious when it comes to doing work that a client may see, and casing in gives me hypothetical hives, but I can clean up like nobody's business. I'm a trillion times more confident with a sponge than a bone folder, which is why I dive right in on the messy days and end up feeling efficient and necessary. Except for that yellow leather dye, because that stuff stains ones hands to the point of apparent leprocy, which is also called Hansen's disease, which I did not know. And now that wikipedia is involved, I realize that the allusion to leprocy is not only incorrect, but terribly glib, because leprocy is awful. But also, armadillos? And, fact - 95% of people are naturally immune, so phew.<br />
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Yes, gloves would be a terrific idea, but we're way past that. I'm offended at the mere existence of this evil stuff, that manages to stay on hands days, whole days! afterwards. And also, I always forget gloves until it is too late. Neon yellow hands look good on no one but big bird.Faithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00562248861309137646noreply@blogger.com0