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Look at these beautiful hand bound, hand painted journals! This is what students made at Sunday’s workshop at the Guelph School of Art; Painted Longstitch/Linkstitch journals. If you’ve never been, this is a gorgeous, light filled studio on the 3rd floor of Wyndham Art Supplies in the heart of Guelph.
A big Thank You to everyone at Guelph School of Art, it’s always a pleasure teaching there.
If you missed out and want to join the bookbinding fun, I have more workshops coming up over the next couple of months. Go here to see what’s next.
I’m so happy to be returning to the Makeology show again this spring! It’ll be held at the Art Gallery of Hamilton at the end of April.
Come on out and visit my table, I’ll be in the company of many other talented makers!
When: Sunday April 29, 11am – 5pm
Where: Art Gallery of Hamilton, 123 King Street West, Hamilton
For more information, please see the show website here.
I’ll be teaching a bookbinding class at the Guelph School of Art in a couple of weeks! Join me on Sunday, March 4 and learn the Longstitch/Linkstitch bookbinding technique!
We’ll go over decorating paper for covers (as pictured above) and then dive into bookbinding. Suitable for beginners or those who’ve tried bookbinding before.
For more information & to register (only a couple spots left!), please go here.
As part of my 2018 plan to expand my little company and grow my bookbinding skillset, I’m taking classes in Fine Binding! These classes are offered through CBBAG (Canadian Bookbinders and Book Artists Guild, ‘cabbage’ for short). Most of the books I currently make for Sprouts Press are exposed spine bindings; Coptic, Long/Linkstitch, etc. These new skills will create fancy round backed books with raised cords and leather spines! If you have no idea what I’m talking about, don’t worry, I’ll be chronicling it all right here in the coming weeks. 
For now, here’s my favourite part so far: sewing endbands from scratch! I think I’m drawn to the pearly sheen of the silk thread, the rich colours and the patterns for wrapping them. 
For more information on CBBAG’s core bookbinding classes, see their website here.
It’s your last chance to see the group show I’m part of: Gathered Threads. There are so many talented artists in this show, I’m honoured to be included. It’s a gorgeous collection of fibre art that you won’t want to miss!
DETAILS
Gathered Threads is a curated group exhibition of textile and fibre artists.
January 18th – February 4th, 2018
Reception January 20th, 2-4pm
Graven Feather, 906 Queen St. W., Toronto
For hours & more info, please see show website here.
On February 10, I’ll be teaching a new class at Paperhouse Studios: Painted Covers Bookbinding!! I already love working with the fine folks at Paperhouse, and am really looking forward to introducing this class their.
DETAILS
Join us for a day of unique bookbinding! Students will learn basic paper decorating techniques using acrylic paint and how to bind a variation of the pamphlet stitch, and the bowtie stitch. Everyone will leave with 2 finished, hand bound, customized books.
When: Saturday February 10, 2018. 11am – 3pm
Where: Paperhouse Studio, 180 Shaw Street, Toronto
For more information & to register, please go here.
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