Bookbinding at Igloo Letter Press

I put together some friends to have a book binding class/party over at Igloo Letterpress.  Above were the three books we set out to make!  Two of them were hand sewn binding  and the third was a bit more artsy with the fanning pages.  The nice thing about the last one is when you open it up all the way it has a very dramatic affect (which I have a picture of at the bottom).

Allison as always was a great host showing us around the all the equipment she uses as well as answering a plethora of questions.  I had been here several times and even had my Save the Dates made here with a party for my Bridesmaids.

You can clearly see we are having a really good time.

Something new to me that Allison got was a corner rounder which I used on every edge of my first book. You set the paper into the corner and use your foot to drop the blade which rounds the corners.

One of my more favorite prints hanging in the shop. 

 The first two projects done.  Nicely rounded corners and a fancy sewn binding.

A very fancy version of the accordion style binding we were about to make.

It really is a great way to do something different with a bunch of friends.  It's also nice to have it as a private party so you get more attention and can ask Allison as many questions as you like.  For her time and the space it's basically $25 an hour per person unless you have more then 6 in your party then it drops to $20 an hour.  This bookbinding class was 3 hours longs so with the 6 of us it was $60 each.  They provided all the materials and then some.  We did a few extra projects that Allison was excited about showing us.  We also brought our own cookies, chips and drinks (BYOB).

Hello monday!

Good Monday!  Usually I hate mondays but this is the start to a new week that is very exciting for me.  It's the start to the new semester for Continuing Education at Columbus College of Art and Design.  The first day is always so exciting because I have all new students to meet and projects to help them come up with and finish which in turn could be very inspiring to me.

Some people wonder if it get's boring teaching the same lesson semester after semester but I can honestly say that it isn't boring at all.  Since every class is a new group of people it's not like it's same thing over and over.  Seeing the Ah-ha moments on their faces as I do the demos and their approach to tackling the assignments are always different.  Sometimes there are the same questions but it's just a lesson in patience.  I have to tell myself even though I said this a thousand times over the years this could very well be the first time this person has ever heard the answer. 

Believe that teaching anything is also a lesson in patience for the instructor. 

This week I have a lot of blogging to catch up on!

We did some fun thing at Igloo Letterpress for my Wedding.

I did a quick jaunt to OHAYOCON.

Lastly I found that I have quite a few OTD's to catch up on bloggin as well

Cheers!  I hope you have a lovely and productive Monday!