Wordless Wednesday 09.03.16
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The Longstitch/Linkstitch Technique
Spend a sunday afternoon learning this gorgeous bookbinding stitch and make your own journal! 
I’ll be at Graven Feather this sunday teaching a bookbinding workshop; everyone will learn the tools of the trade, make their own cover and bind it all into a journal to take home. If this sounds like fun to you, click the link below for details and to register.
What: Longstitch/Linkstitch Bookbinding Workshop (see picture for examples)
When: Sunday March 13, 1pm – 4pm
Where: Graven Feather, 906 Queen St. West, Toronto
*Appropriate for beginners and those wanting to brush up on their bookbinding skills.
To learn more about this workshop and to register, please go here.
Can’t make it on Sunday? No prob, I’ve got more workshops coming up! Go to the Workshops section of my site for details.
The Studio on a Sunday (On a Monday)
On Sunday I was in a different studio, out of the city, teaching my craft to a lovely group of folks! This is the Guelph School of Art, and it is one fun place to teach! To the left is a wall (yes, a wall) of art supplies for every type of art imaginable! To the right you can just make out the drying rack for printmaking and other 2D art that might need to lay flat to dry. And those windows! Letting in all that natural light!!
This was a coptic binding workshop and everyone left with a finished project. Covers they designed and collaged, then bound into a nice little hardcover book using the coptic stitch. As I tell everyone who takes my classes: if you want to retain what you’ve learned, make another book within 1 week. Practice makes perfect!!
I have more workshops coming up, the next one is this sunday here in Toronto at Graven Feather. Take a look at the Workshops section of my site for details, more are in the works and will be announced shortly!
Newsletter Sign-Up Time!
The Sprouts Press monthly eNewsletter goes out this Thursday! You have until wednesday evening to sign up!!
I write to subscribers about my latest projects, inspirations, ideas for using your handbound journals, upcoming events and other goings-on.
Wanna join the fun? Go here to subscribe.
New Items!
Good news: Craft Arts Market is re-stocked and ready for all you book-lovers, journal writers and sketchbook fiends!
If this isn’t your local handmade/hand crafted items shop, it’s totally worth a day trip to St.Catherines to check them out. Make sure to leave enough time for a fresh, vegan doughnut from their next door neighbour (seriously, don’t forget this part).
To see a list of Sprouts Press current retailers, go here.
Arrow Stitch Bookbinding Workshop!
Have you been watching the flurry of bookbinding workshops I’ve been hosting, wishing you were participating and learning how to make your own books?
Good news! This sunday is the next one; Arrow Stitch Bookbinding Workshop (see picture) and it’s here in the city! We’ll be making the hardcover version, and then learning how to stitch it all together.
To learn more & register, go here. (Only a couple of spots left!)
Wordless Wednesday 17.02.16
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Makeologists
I’m a makeologist! It’s with a happy heart that I’m celebrating Sprouts Press acceptance into the Makeology show!
There will be more details closer to the event (like swag bag info for early birds!!) but I’m so thrilled I just had to share it now!!
To visit the show website, go here.
Upcoming Book Binding Workshops!
Besides making my own journals and offering them for sale, I also teach my craft at various galleries and art centres across Southern Ontario! Below is a list of what’s coming up. *Please note that ‘Creative Coptic Bookbinding Workshop’ at CBBAG is now full, but I’m offering a variation of it at the Guelph School of Art, on March 6 of this year.
Creative Coptic Bookbinding Workshop
When: Sunday February 21, 2016. 10am – 5pm
Where: CBBAG (Canadian Bookbinders and Book Artists Guild), 80 Ward Street, Toronto
For more information and to register, go here.
Hard Cover Arrow Stitch Journal Workshop
When: Sunday February 28, 1pm – 4pm & Sunday April 17, 1pm – 4pm
Where: Graven Feather 906 Queen Street West, Toronto
For more information and to register, go here.
Hard Cover Coptic Bookbinding Workshop
When: Sunday March 6, 2016. 10am – 4pm
Where: Guelph School of Art, 125 Wyndham St. North. Guelph, Ontario.
For more information and to register, go here.
Longstitch/Linkstitch Bookbinding Workshop
When: Sunday March 13, 1pm – 4pm.
Where: Graven Feather 906 Queen Street West, Toronto
For more information and to register, go here.
Wordless Wednesday 10.02.16
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