The Amazing Dremel with Jill Timm – Day 1

I just finished my first day at the Focus on Book Arts conference. After having spent over 12 hours traveling yesterday, it was so nice to get to play all day long.
Today was day 1 of a 2-day workshop with Jill Timm – The Amazing Dremel. The amazing thing is that I finally own a [...]

Wood boards – part 3 – finishing

The last step in finishing the wood is, well, finishing. As I mentioned in this post, Bob Bouvier planed (cut) my wood for me and gave me great tips on how to prepare my covers. After the wood has been sanded, be sure to clean off any dust before starting application of finish. As [...]

Wood boards – part 2 – sanding

You know, I never knew how many steps were involved in sanding wood. I thought you just picked up some sandpaper and, well, sanded. After my visit with Bob Bouvier, as I mentioned in this post, I learned that there are more things to consider than what I had initially thought. This is one of [...]

Finally getting back to the wood boards…part 1

As I mentioned oh-so-long-ago in this post, I bought a few wood boards for use in a new line of books. The fact is, I really don’t know much about wood other than that I like it. I bought the wood figuring that I’d work out the rest later. Note the word later – that [...]

Oh, wood I!

At last year’s Focus on Book Arts Conference, I took a workshop on how to sew over cords using wood covers. I really enjoyed the workshop and planned on incorporating wood into my future work.
Well, for the last week, I’ve been obsessed with wood. I don’t know what triggered it. I have spent hours [...]