Category: section sewings

• bookbinding finished work section sewings

  a new sketchbook

  I’ve been devising new Japanese stab binding designs for nearly two years, and my sketchbook has gone along with me on quite a few travels. And now…it’s full! So I made a new one. Here is my old friend… And my new one, with a bit more pizazz: Both binds…

  October 8, 2011
• bookbinding finished work section sewings

  adding leather: a first experiment

  I recently managed to get my hands on around 8 lbs of shoe leather scraps. I have a couple of different ideas of what I might do with it. It was weird to sew. The scrap I chose to use for this book had some flaws, but it was soft…

  June 9, 2011
• bookbinding japanese stab binding research section sewings

  japanese stab binding #10: nautilus 2, double diamonds; 3 section sewing: braids

  May 22, 2011
• bookbinding french binding section sewings

  french link stitch and 3 section sewing

  I might add a cover to the French link stitch eventually, but I’m currently low on glue…the 3 section sewing is from Keith A Smith’s book.  

  May 14, 2011
• finished work section sewings

  3-section sewing journal

  A smaller journal that is slightly more compact than the other. I used two needles to sew the bind. It’s from Keith A. Smith’s book #2, but didn’t actually have pattern instructions so I improvised. I think the reason I don’t create more of this kind of binding is that…

  April 15, 2011