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Continue reading →: alphabet #4: ‘a’
…Because my blog has been lacking in the ‘faces’ from which it partly gets its name…
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Continue reading →: japanese stab binding #17: fracture
Didn’t work out quite like I had hoped…but still, kind of interesting. Playing with looping thread around an existing thread, instead of going through a hole.
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Continue reading →: japanese stab binding tutorial: tornados
This was a complicated tutorial to write (and I’ve been ill, so if there are any errors, please let me know), but I think that it’s about an intermediate level bind. The holes should be placed along four horizontal lines. When making the spine loops from stations 4, 18, and…
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Continue reading →: Martin Luther’s Bible
This German Bible was printed in 1652. Check out all of the different sizes of type!
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Continue reading →: japanese stab binding tutorial: bridges
This bind is a fairly easy to sew. The most difficult aspect is the punching holes. If you place them together as closely as I have (.125 in/3.5 mm), be VERY careful about how you punch the holes. Also when you sew, do not pull very tightly, or you’ll rip…
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Continue reading →: 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…
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I’m Becca!
Welcome to Becca Making Faces, a blog that started out as a grad school project and has become a place where I post experiments in Japanese stab binding.
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