Tonight’s the night! It’s the opening reception for the Bees Show here in Toronto!
Join us for a few hours to celebrate pollinators and help us raise funds to support them! If you can’t make the opening, no worries! The show runs till June 20th.
What: Opening reception for Bees (& the Birds) Art Show & Craft Market
When: June 8, 2017 from 5pm till 8pm
Where: Toronto Etsy Street Team Gallery, 906 Queen St. West, Toronto
For more information, please go here.
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It’s that time of year, when your local makers and artisans come out to celebrate the warmer season with our finely made goods! This year we’ll be at Campbell House museum, both indoors and outdoors like last year. You will find art, crafts and fine food items!
Bonus: First 50 visitors get a free swag bag!
When: Saturday June 17, 11am – 6pm
Where: Campbell House Museum, the corner of Queen St. West & University Avenue (Osgoode subway station)
For more information about the show, please visit the facebook event page here.
June’s Bookbinding Classes are open for registration! Whether you’re a beginner or looking to brush up your skills, you’re most welcome to sign up! See below for details.
Hardcover Arrow Stitch Bookbinding
After a brief introduction to bookbinding and the tools of the trade, students will learn how to make their own hard cover book from scratch, using Paperhouse’s gorgeous handmade papers and the Arrow Stitch bookbinding technique.
Students will learn the skill of wrapping boards properly for book covers, and the secrets to stitching the Arrow Stitch.
When: Monday June 19, 2017 6:30pm – 9:30pm
Where: Paperhouse Studio, 180 Shaw Street, Toronto
For more information & to register, please go here.
Painted Longstitch Linkstitch Bookbinding
Join us for a day of creative book making! Students will be introduced to the basics of decorating cover paper with acrylic paint and a variety of tools. Followed by a quick introduction to bookbinding and the tools of the trade, students will then learn the Longstitch/Linkstitch bookbinding technique and incorporate the decorated papers.
When: Saturday June 10, 2017 10am – 3pm
Where: Paperhouse Studio, 180 Shaw Street, Toronto
For more information & to register, please go here.
A big welcome to the newest series of Sprouts Press journals: the Boustrophedon Journal! 
The beauty of this journal lies in the details, which are efficient and surprising. Hard covers (cloth-covered), thick pages that can handle light washes and dry media, and a leather wrap around tie. The surprising part happens when you open the book. 
But let’s back up a minute. The name, Boustrophedon (pronounced “boostro – feedin”), refers to the pages and their folded construction. When you open the book, there are 14 pages, 28 page if you use front and back. Take it a step further and there are 34 pages if you use the 6 hidden pages!! Yes, hidden pages that can be used separately or together as 3 separate panoramas! Perfect for travel sketching. (See my instagram feed for a short video demo of this: @sproutspress)
Learn more about the Boustrophedon Journal here.
I’m so excited to announce that I’ll be participating as an artisan in this year’s Bees (& the Birds) show over at the TEST Gallery! I’ll be making a series of pollinator themed journals and notebooks (think hexagons, florals and shimmery shiny gold!) that are perfect for garden notes, summer camp and cottage adventures.
When: June 7 – 20, 2017
Where: TEST Gallery, 906 Queen St. West, Toronto
Please join us for the opening reception on Thursday June 8, from 5pm – 8pm. We’d love your support as we support pollinators!
For more information about the show, please visit the facebook event page here.
This week I’m throwing it back to last week when I practiced my sewn headbands on a Bradel binding. 
Just a simple single bead with silk thread onto a single core. Perhaps it’s because I get to use a needle and thread, or perhaps it’s because of instant gratification (no pressing or drying time!), but I really enjoy sewing headbands. It’s still fairly new to me, but I am hooked!
I’ll be posting more about this project in coming Studio Sundays. See you next week for part two!
Thanks again to everyone who came out to the opening of our team’s first gallery show, Wunderkammer: Cabinet of Curiosity. It’s a curated selection of science-based art and craft, it’s a really fun show!
If you weren’t able to join us for the opening and haven’t popped in to take a look at the amazing work by local artists and artisans, this is the last call. Show closes May 28th, which is this sunday.
Show hours are:
Tuesdays: 11 am – 4 pm
Wednesdays through Sundays: noon to 6 pm
The Toronto Etsy Street Team Gallery, 906 Queen St W
Introducing the Medium-Sized Leather Journal! (Cousin to the regular-sized Leather Journal). Some of you have seen these in person at shows, but this is the first time they’ve been available online.
I’ve been working hard on streamlining my leather journal collection, which has gone through many different phases over the years. These are my favourite to date. They’re simple, beautiful, practical and robust. 3 colours, two sizes, easy peasy!
See the full collection here.
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