Category: research
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glyphs: “shovel face” font
Most of the font work I do is with FontLab, but lately I’ve been taking time to experiment with both Glyphs and FontForge. I have test fonts going for both, because there isn’t any better way of learning font design software than creating the letters from scratch (merely opening an…
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japanese stab binding #33: hot air balloons
A fairly straightforward beginning bind and hole pattern.
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japanese stab binding #31: woven
An easy hole pattern, and an advanced beginner sewing pattern.
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japanese stab binding #29: mushrooms
Another intermediate bind.
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japanese stab binding #28: butterfly
I didn’t connect the wings and the antennae, but you could if you wanted. The hole pattern is difficult, but the sewing is intermediate.
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japanese stab binding #27: kissing fish
Difficulty level… intermediate.
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japanese stab binding #26: peacock
During a very long flight to Richmond, Virginia, my friend Mel challenged me to create a bind based on a peacock feather. This is the result. It looks like one to me…does it to anyone else?
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japanese stab binding #25: notches
This bind is fairly straightforward…I’d say advanced beginner/intermediate.
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Japanese stab binding #24: crocus
This is a fairly advanced binding. The edge-wrapping is much more complicated than my other binds, and the directionality of several holes change (exiting vs. entering) but I liked the way it turned out. There are 53 holes! The instructions are written, if anyone wants to try it. Though the…