Wednesday, October 22, 2008

Coptic Bookbinding




There are some videos out there but they're inconsistent...
-you can find some diagrams of the techniques I demonstrated here (the diagrams don't match the photos)











-photos Shareen Laplantz

Wednesday, October 15, 2008

Tom Phillips: A Humument
















see this more of this work here

guess I need a tune up


read more at
MADHAIKU


the human body
is a wonderful machine
too bad my head smokes

Brian Dettmer

more work here

Wednesday, October 8, 2008

Canzine 2008

for info visit Broken Pencil

Caught in a Whirlwind

example of a whirlwind binding. For a wonderful site looking at examples of historical Chinese binding forms visit here. Clicking on the OR numbers under the photos will send you to detail pages.

CBBAG is also having a Bookarts Fair: Saturday, October 18 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. It is open to the public and admission is free. The exhibition room is located on the 2nd floor of the hotel right next door to the GBW’s vendor’s room, where high-level international suppliers will sell materials and tools.
Holiday Inn on King Street West, Toronto
Saturday, October 18, 10 a.m. – 4 p.m.

Thursday, October 2, 2008