It’s the Wayzgoose Book Arts Fair this saturday!! If you can, take the trip out to Grimsby and join in the book & paper fun! Sprouts Press will be there along with many other talented book artists, paper makers, marblers, small presses and such!
When: Saturday April 29, 2017 9am – 5pm
Where: Grimbsy Public Art Gallery, 18 Carnegie Lane, Grimsby, Ontario
For more information, please see the event page here.
Today in the studio it’s all business, no bookbinding. Instead, I’m newsletter-writing to share all the great events, workshops and news with folks, maybe like you, who love to hear about these sorts of things.
To get on this list, please register yourself here.
You may have noticed my list of retailers has grown over the last few weeks. I’m so happy to share the latest stockist of Sprouts Press handbound journals; the Craft Ontario Shop!
Located in their brand new gorgeous building, the Craft Ontario (formerly Ontario Crafts Council) shop represents the best of the best here in Ontario. You’ll find ceramics, wood pieces, mixed media, glass and more. Find a great selection of Sprouts Press handbound journals: one of a kind books, coptic books, albums, mini books, etc. Definitely go check it out!!
Where: 1106 Queen Street West, Toronto
For more information about Craft Ontario shop, please visit their website.
Flexagons: the blending of a flex and a hexagon into an intriguing and creative piece of paper art.
Join me for an evening of exploration and creativity in a hands on workshop where you’ll not only learn the secrets of a flexagon, but create your very own!! We’ll be making a variation of a flexagon with 6 faces that are hidden within, and revealed when the piece is ‘flexed’.
What: Flexagons: Inside & Out, a flexagon designing and making workshop!
When: Thursday February 16, 6pm – 8:30pm
Where: CBBAG Bindery (Canadian Bookbinders and Book Artists Guild), 80 Ward St, Toronto, Ontario
For more information & to register, please go here.
Meet one of the latest additions to Sprouts Press etsy shop: an Indigo Journal! This is one of many in this series of unique, hand-dyed, coptic stitched journals. I’ve written a couple of posts about hand dyeing washi paper with indigo, go here for my favourite one!
Despite the fact that I hand dyed the paper for the covers of this journal way back in August, I love the snowflake-like pattern on this piece. It’s the perfect January journal! To read more about this journal here.
I’ve been adding a lot of new journals to my etsy shop lately. One of my favourites, this time of year, is this little wintery gem. I love the soft icy (ice-creamy?) colours and that the gold is metallic.
DETAILS
This book is part of the Fancy Coptic series, in size small. As always, the closure features reclaimed leather and brass hardware. Along the spine a thick protective paper is sewn for durability but also to keep any bits of paper you save between the pages from falling out. As with all my coptic bound books; it lays flat when open. Sketchers and left handed folks rejoice!!
See it here.
After a bit of a break from it all, Sprouts Press is back and ready for a new year!
To start things off I’d like to introduce my newest retailer; Twist Creations in Quebec!! This is a lovely boutique, with two locations, that I’m so thrilled to be a part of! They have both sizes of leather journals, in all the colours.
In other news the first Sprouts Press Newsletter for 2017 will be going out this week. If you’re not already a subscriber why not give it a try? I send one email per month about bookbinding, upcoming classes & shows, latest projects, ideas to use your journals, and sometimes contests or giveaways. Sound like fun? Go here to subscribe!
It’s that time of year, when I spend 11 days as a vendor at the One of a Kind Show here in Toronto.
I’ve got several new designs, old favourites and some brand new things this year!! (Like the Bookbinder’s Toolkits!). Find me at booth E34 this year. Stop by and say Hello, I always like chatting with fellow bibliophiles!
Hello folks!
Things around the studio have been quite hectic lately, lots of freshly handbound journals off to new homes, workshops being taught and holiday show prep. While I won’t go into details here, instead I’ll redirect you to my eNewsletter sign up for a more in-depth look at what’s next for Sprouts Press holiday shows and such. Go here: http://eepurl.com/Xyh4z *Next newsletter goes out this week, so sign up in the next couple of days to be included. 
This saturday you can find Sprouts Press in Hamilton at the Makeology Holiday Show!! So excited for this show, I’ll have handbound books, journals, albums, sketchbooks and a few holiday-themed book items!
What: Makeology Holiday
When: Saturday, November 19, 11am – 5pm
Where: Hamilton Museum of Steam & Technology, 900 Woodward Ave, Hamilton (my booth is in ‘The Woodshed’)
For more infomation, please see the show website here.
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