Weekend workshop

It was a good breezy day. This is probably the last time this summer any workshops can take place on the wonderful CMYK terrace. I am always giving workshops in my studio so please contact me if you or any of your friends are interested!



Busy hands at work!

Preparing book-cloth

Measuring out covers

Everyone with their books! (L to R) Shilpi, Monica, Kiran,
Heather & Mike.
(click on the image to get a better look)

Custom-made Book

This coptic has been made for Amjad Ahmad. The covers have been made using a subtle and beautiful mulberry paper from Handpaperline. The inside pages are handmade as well. The six signatures have been bound using leather cord. It was a bit tricky to use this cord for the binding. It gives an uneven finish - partly because the cord itself slightly varies in thickness throughout.The cover has a small block-print mounted on two tiny squares of handmade paper from Khadi.

The front (Looks slightly warped in this image)

The end page

The print

The spine

March Weekend Workshop

BOOKBINDING II : THE CASE BOUND BOOK. Pre-requisite : Bookbinding I
You will leave with the knowledge of case binding - stitching, preparing a hard cover and spine and details of pressing - and your very own Case Bound Book!
Timings : 11 am - 1 pm (both days) | Dates: 6 - 7th March | Cost : Rs. 1350 (Handmade papers) | Rs. 1250 (Mill made papers)
Venue: CMYK Bookstore, 15-16 Mehar Chand Market, Lodhi Road | Contact: 9999005343

New coptic on the block

I saved this page from our calender last month, and thought this would make a very funky and kitsch coptic. A large size at 7.5" by 5.25" it has been bound with bright yellow thread that include 2 carefully off-center green glass beads on the spine.
The signatures have been lined alternately with bright red and bright blue papers.

One cover

The spine.

The book open

The other cover

February Workshop!

You will leave with the knowledge of paper grain, precision cutting, stitching, pressing and pasting; 2 simple book forms, and a tool-kit.
Open to all levels.
Cost : Rs. 1250 (for handmade papers) | Rs. 1150 (Mill made papers)
Timings : 1 pm to 5 pm | Date: 20-21 Feb
(same workshop will be repeated on both days)
Venue: C-18 Chirag Enclave, New Delhi, 110048 | Contact: radhapandey@gmail.com