Dear Everyone ~
Glueing Happiness Season 3 via group Zoom debuts on Saturday, April 22, followed a fortnight later by Introduction to Drop-spine Boxmaking. In the lead up, assembling kits for both workshops semi-simultaneously has been all consuming. My nimble studio assistant Tammy, as well as my dear Zak, provide masterful assistance, trimming bookboards and offering second opinions on the pairings of patterned papers & bookcloths. After we’ve wrapped & packed the paper-packed parcels, Will, my beloved mail-carrier, swoops in to scoop them up. I am so grateful for all the extra hands. Here is Will picking up an armful of kits for my recent L-s-l-s with Handfolded Envelopes workshop. Service with style and a smile!
The two current kits total 75 pieces, 30 for Boxmaking and 45 for Glueing Happiness. The first batch has just left my premises, and the balance will follow swiftly. Gabriele in Austria is eagerly awaiting the kit for her upcoming private Zoom, Petite Accessory Box, which is en route. She is a long-time-quick-study Bookful student, and her phrase for the overseas shipment of her kits is over choppy seas and bumpy mountains.
Back to Glueing Happiness Season 3: As it happens, three is the operative word. Students will make three hardcover padholder-folders (hcph-f) using three very different papers (to experience their behaviour!) plus bookcloth. They’ll also learn my technique for covering butterfly clips and pencils. The latter will be covered in Tassotti patterns, from Italy, providing a fourth paper type for students to master glueing.
For the blog post announcing Glueing Happiness Season 3, I had made a trio of hcph-f’s to photograph. I promptly began using one of them, taking it with me everywhere. The structure provides a stable writing or drawing surface, and the madam butterfly clip is dandy for holding a handy sheaflet of lovely paper. It has proven to be a joy to jot on and tote about. I discovered that a second butterfly clip, for the front cover, is quite useful, so I’ve added three (3) tiny butterfly clips to the already extensive ensemble of materials. I tend to have a multitude of notes and bits of paper on the go, and clipping them into the hcph-f makes me feel organized. You can read more about the materials here.
As always, the workshop will be recorded live in its entirety and will be available later the same afternoon for you to watch and rewatch at your leisure. The hcph-f makes a delightful gift, for a mother or another. Even if you are new to glueing, you will not encounter any sticky wickets. The workshop pace is calm, with ample time to ask questions as we glue.
If you haven’t yet registered but would like to: hop on it…and we will skedaddle your kit right to you! I look forward to glueing with everyone in this four-ish hour workshop!
Glueing Happiness Season 3
Zooming & glueing, Bari