Annie Fain » Coptic Binding http://afainbooks.com Wed, 21 Mar 2012 11:58:25 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 Bookmaking Gang http://afainbooks.com/blog/2010/01/08/bookmaking-gang/ http://afainbooks.com/blog/2010/01/08/bookmaking-gang/#comments Fri, 08 Jan 2010 17:19:25 +0000 Annie Fain http://afainbooks.com/?p=1030 Continue reading →]]> A couple of weeks ago I had 8 lovely book making enthusiasts take a Coptic Binding workshop from me in my home studio.  They were a unique group in that they were a gang of friends who had decided, over a year ago, that they would like to learn about making a book.  Amazingly, after much schedule finessing on their part, they gave me a call, we decided on dates and made it happen.  We had a great time.

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They were incredibly fast learners.  My job was as easy as cherry pie.

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And look how wonderfully their books turned out!

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P.S. No need to be thrown off by the foot on the book thing you see above.  It’s just what a person has to do when there aren’t enough weights to go around.  It’s a creative way to keep your danged book in place so it doesn’t leap off the table while you pull on it in the process of making a twine closure.  One of the many sacrifices you make for the sake of bookarts right? Right!

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