let's go back in time to the beginning of 2022 and chat about my first whole-sale type book-making commission that i completed for the amazing watercolor-artist Sarah Simon aka themintgardener on Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/themintgardener) and her upcoming Le Marche Reverie workshop in Italy this September.
i adored everything about this amazing opportunity and had so much fun finding, creating the book covers that matched the theme of the workshop and of course the meditative process of binding all the sketchbooks as well as packaging them safely before sending them off to Sarah on the first week of June.
i hope you enjoy this little montage of my very first large scale book-binding commission & the soothing process of book making.
below is the timestamps for easy viewing of each step of the way.
thanks so much for spending the time. i appreciate you greatly.
xo,
timestamps:
0:00 back story
2:54 prepare book covers
7:44 fold & size signatures
13:20 save scrap paper for other projects
14:42 sew textblocks
17:08 pack & ship finished sketchbooks
list of materials and tools:
• Hahnemühle watercolor paper(https://www.hahnemuehle.com/en/artist-papers.html)
• bookbinding tape (https://amzn.to/2KYoRG9)
• thread (https://amzn.to/3olgVx9)
• glue (https://amzn.to/3ongcLA)
• awl (https://amzn.to/3pWJ9yA)
• bone folder (https://amzn.to/3pNyZQK)
• cutting mat (https://amzn.to/3NVhjhz)
• heat gun (https://amzn.to/3IwanXa)
• rubber stamps (https://amzn.to/3yBrlyH)
music:
Falling Stardust - Megan Wofford
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