My TCB bookbinding sequel is live!

Dear Everyone ~

My second bookbinding video with The Crafter’s Box, Bookbinding: Hand-stitching with Bari Zaki, has just launched on the TCB website! The pair of books I teach in this video are the French-link stitch and the Diamond-stitch.

In this video, you will learn the basic elements of bookbinding: measuring, scoring, folding & stitching. Both of these structures are lovely examples of non-adhesive binding—which is to say, there is no glueing! The books open entirely flat, making them a delight for doodling, sketching, and musing. For the covers of the Diamond-stitch book, I show you how to make my signature envelope/pocket for the interior, handy for holding postcards, other ephemera, stamps and snippets.

TCB’s kit of materials (and tools, natch) includes everything you need to make both books: lusciously thick Fabriano Murillo cover paper (350 gsm) for your covers; toothy drawing paper for your pages; and two different colours of waxed-linen thread for stitching. (You can choose which colour goes with which book.) And, speaking of stitching, for the French-link stitch book there are also two 6" lengths of lovely 2" wide Italian cotton ribbon imported from Italy by my dear friend Angela Liguori of Studio Carta. I selected this ensemble of materials for their look, their feel, and their beautiful bookbinding behaviour.

As always with TCB, you have the option of ordering “add ons,” which are additional palettes of materials. In this instance, the paper choices for your covers are Colorplan, a brilliant paper range made in England. Here you can see my sample books made with the colour combos curated by TCB. I immensely enjoyed working with these relatively-new-to-the-market acid-free papers.

Ta-dah! TCB is offering a doozy of a discount: With discount code Barizaki25 you will receive 25% off your 3-month-minimum subscription (meaning, one video per month). Click below for enticing details.