Coptic Bindings

These books and other posts marked with * were made during my apprenticeship at Still Water Bindery in Vermont with Patricia Johnson, 2008
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This is a binding I tried with beads on the spine. It was a little tricky to make, but it worked out fine. It doesn't hinder the opening of the book, which opens absolutely flat like all Coptics.

The paste paper used for the cover of this book was part accident, part -intention.
And the olive green and maroon look great together.



Found a shopping bag that I couldn't bear to throw away.
And so the Everywhere-I-Go book was born!

Sanjhi: The Art of Paper-Cutting

I was offered a short Sanjhi Residency at Sanskriti Kendra in Delhi. It was extremely difficult to cut with scissors that were smaller than the palm of my hand! These are some of the things I worked on while I was there.


My first Sanjhi butterfly!


Sanjhi Box Lamp

Paper parrot shadow left behind, after cutting the final piece for a mirror frame. The beaks were the toughest to cut

Unfortunately the only image I have of the mirror frame made from the Parrot Composition

Exposed Sewings

Exposed Sewing on book cloth *



Hardbound Three-Section Sewing *



Hardbound Two-Section Sewing *



One & Two-Section Exposed Sewings *

Ethiopian Book Forms

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A Vade Mecum created at Linda Lembke's 'Book as a Companion' course at the Garage Annex School

Ethiopian Chain stitch with wooden cover created at Linda Lembke's 'Book as a Companion' course at the Garage Annex School

An Ethiopian Prayer Scroll in leather created at Linda Lembke's 'Book as a Companion' course at the Garage Annex School