Dear Everyone ~
I’m excited to announce my two new group workshops via Zoom: A Trio of Enveloping Techniques and Desk Beautification: Pencil caddy & Memo holder. A Trio of Enveloping Techniques will envelop enthusiasts on Saturday, October 16, and Desk Beautification: Pencil caddy & Memo holder will debut on Saturday, October 23. Yes, they are happening soon, with or without a harvest moon! And, yes, both workshops will be recorded and available to you that very afternoon, to watch and rewatch at your leisure.
The lovely & heartwarming emails and calls I’ve received after the debut of Introduction to Glueing Happiness continue to fill me with enthusiasm and even inspiration. So, I’ve decided to raise the bookbinding bar, and by extension the kit assembly bar. As I like to say, the more materials the merrier. When I received (and was able to fulfill) several post-workshop requests for additional kits... this got me to thinking about including extra materials in the “official workshop kit”. If you are torn (not a paper pun) between keeping what you make for yourself, and giving it to someone else who will be thrilled...you will have the wherewithal (not to mention the materials) to have your paper cake and eat it too!
The kit for Desk Beautification: Pencil caddy & Memo holder contains a combined total of 43 pieces of pre-cut binders board, Japanese papers & fabrics, plus six (a binders handful) standard pencils. In the workshop, you will make one pencil caddy (2¾ x 2¾ x 4½) and one memo holder (4¾ x 6½ x 1½); and cover six standard size pencils with Japanese papers. I will share with you my techniques for trimming and wrapping the pencils seemingly seamlessly. You will be able to make a second memo holder—measuring 4½ x 7¾ x 1½, tall and narrow, perfect for list-making— on your own after the workshop, using board and papers provided in your kit. You can stock both your memo holders with its own trimmed-to-size sheaflet (1 inch thick) of Cat Bennett’s favourite drawing paper.
In A Trio of Enveloping Techniques, you will learn to (1) hand-fold an envelope sans top flap (a flat bag), (2) fold a petite origami box from luscious 100% cotton Saint-Armand handmade paper and cover the teeniest butterfly-clips (½) with Japanese paper. I will share my tips for trimming the clip-covering papers perfectly! (3) For the finale, as your fingers are feeling nimble, you will make one incredibly deluxe envelope-case with string & button closure. The envelope-case can hold three dimensional objects such as a book, a stack of papers, or a set of postcards. In the workshop you will make it to hold a set of 8 Carta Pura notecards & envelopes.
The kit of materials for A Trio of Enveloping Techniques is extremely extensive, with enough papers for you to make five more envelopes sans top flap, a second origami box, and a second envelope-case with string & button closure. All of the materials—except for the buttons from Soutache, our buttonerie neighbor—are from my paper reserves collected over years and years. I will be mixing & matching for you! Certainly, if a particular paper or pattern catches your attention, please feel free to e me (or call me) and I will do my best to grant your wishes.
I hope you will join me for the love of paper folding, enveloping, glueing & creative camaraderie for one or both of these workshops. No previous bookbinding or paper folding experience is necessary; a bit of glueing experience is a plus. And may I offer this enticement: If you register for both workshops, you will receive a $50. discount on the pair.
A Trio of Enveloping Techniques
Desk Beautification: Pencil caddy & Memo holder
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