Bonefolder alternatives and Twitter awesomeness

Every now and then, I just want to give Twitter a hug.
Over the past year, I have come to really love the Twitter bookbinding community. After leaving a full-time office environment for the solitude of my studio, I found camaraderie in my Twitter friends – they became my studio mates. These folks are so generous, [...]

Free Make-and-Take at Frog Hollow craft gallery

Come visit me today at the Frog Hollow craft gallery and make your very own origami accordion book ornament!
This make-and-take is suitable for both kids and adults (sorry, dogs aren’t good at making books) – and it’s FREE FREE FREE!
I promise it will be super-fun. If it’s not super-fun, then I’ll give you your money [...]

Countdown to Vermont Hand Crafters…

In four days, I’ll be attending my first craft show of the season, Craft Vermont. The show, hosted by Vermont Hand Crafters (a.k.a. VHC) is in its 57th year. I joined the VHC board earlier this year and have enjoyed pushing my social media agenda on the organization.
[start shameless plug]
To find out more about the [...]

Ode to studio piles

I have a craft show in 1 1/2 weeks and I am stressed out. Anticipation of the first show of the season always makes me a bit wacky. The truth is, I’m in pretty good shape as far as inventory, but I’m not where I want to be.
And that’s located somewhere in the land of [...]

Trip to Taurus Bookbindery

The Guild of Bookworkers is presenting their annual event, The Seminar on Standards of Excellence in Hand Bookbinding, in San Francisco starting today. As my trip to Taurus Bookbindery was one of the stops on my bookbinding spree in San Francisco this summer, I felt it necessary to finally write about my visit.
Taurus Bookbindery [...]

American Art Therapy Association Conference 2009

Every now and then, I experience a bit of longing for my days as an art therapist. I’ve long believed in the healing power of art and my chosen career path as a bookbinder has definitely been influenced by my graduate training.
I remember when I proposed the thesis topic of using bookbinding in the expressive [...]

Peggy Skycraft is so cool

I mean seriously cool.
Peggy Skycraft has been making the most gorgeous marbled and painted papers since 1970. She is considered a master marbler and if you look at her work, you can see why. I became acquainted with Peggy’s work when I worked at Paper Source in the mid-90’s. From the moment I saw her [...]

Book Artists on Twitter – part 3

Alas, this will likely be my third and last post about book artists on Twitter (part one, part two). I have not, however, given up on sharing book-related Twitter peoples.
What is this crazy lady talking about?
I am one of the lucky schmoes chosen to test out Lists, a fabulous new feature in Twitter that allows [...]

Bookbinding bad habits – a winner

And the winner of the bookbinding bad habits giveaway is…

Liz Conley!
Congrats to Liz and many thanks to all of those who were generous in sharing their bookbinding tips misdeeds.
By the way, I’ve got another one…
My understanding is that you’re not supposed to wash your glue brush with either hot water or soap.
I do both. And [...]

More information on Paper and Book Intensive 2010

I was just going down the internet rabbit hole and I ended up on the Paper and Book Intensive website. It’s been a while since I last visited and I was happy to find that they’ve announced their instructors for 2010:

Frank Brannon – books
Carolee Campbell – books
Melissa Jay Craig – books
Tatiana [...]