Dear Everyone ~
I will be teaching six different classes this winter season,
including one I’ve never offered before: Quartet of Origami Boxes.
Several years ago, I went through an extended origami-folding phase,
making dozens of boxes in various sizes, from assorted papers.
The “magic moment” when you have finished your two trays
and then fit them together to form a lidded box …
is pure paper joy.
The Quartet of Origami Boxes workshop will be three hours.
We’ll use Saint-Armand handmade papers, in assorted lovely colours,
to make a trio of boxes that both stack beautifully & nest snugly.
Next, we’ll back a Japanese decorative paper with
a text-weight page (something we also do in
the Buttonhole-stitch class).
This sturdy combo is still supple enough to fold,
making a substantial box you can actually use
for desk accessories or collectibles.
And, of course, an origami box makes a
wonderfully engaging gift box.
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Speaking of Buttonhole-stitch,
I’m often asked to recommend a “first bookmaking class,”
and I have found Buttonhole-stitch to be brilliant for this.
The stitch is rhythmic and, I think, intuitive,
and there’s no gluing involved.
The Coptic-stitch with Hard Covers workshop
results in a lovely book in a single session,
though it requires a bit of dexterity.
This binding style combines gluing and stitching.
And the triple-hyphenated Long-stitch-link-stitch Binding
workshop has become one of my favourites — I love how
this binding literally allows for endless stitching patterns on the spine.
I’ll also be teaching Introduction to Boxmaking,
in which you construct a box from pre-cut pieces of binders-board,
cover it with a combination of Japanese bookbinding
fabrics & papers, and tie it off with a lovely ribbon.
This box is ideal for holding postcards or photos.
And I will be teaching Introduction to Drawing
with Brush & Ink as a group class.
As always,
if the date of a group class doesn’t suit your schedule,
you are welcome to request a date for a private
or semi-private class. The energy and creative camaraderie
in a workshop is wonderful, but I will say that 2019
has been a very big year for private and semi-private classes,
and students really seem to enjoy the extra attention.
And gift certificates are at the ready for personalization,
should you decide to treat someone you know….
Buttonhole-stitch
NEW Quartet of Origami Boxes
Coptic stitch with hard-covers
Long-stitch-link-stitch
Introduction to Boxmaking
Introduction to Drawing with Brush & Ink
Stay cozy, Bari