The Paper Place June 2012 Workshops

Card Making 101
Tuesday, June 5th 6:30pm – 8:30pm $40

Whether you are new to card making or just want to try out some new ideas, this is the workshop for you! Spend the evening playing and experimenting with our treasure chest of paper crafting tools – rubberstamps, paper punches, ribbon, eyelets, glitter and more. We will share some tips and techniques and show you sample cards to follow but feel free to let your imagination go and create your own unique greeting cards!

Embroidered Hardcover Books
Tuesday, June 12th 6:30pm – 8:30pm $55

Making hardcover books doesn’t have to be tricky! Spend the evening embroidering a cover, and learning how to hand bind a single-leaf hardcover book with bookbinder, writer and arts educator Lindsay Zier-Vogel. Bring along a simple line drawing to embroider onto Nepalese paper (that is incredibly forgiving to stitch) and we’ll create one-of-a-kind books that you’ll be able to make a home.

Japanese Tissue Paper Flowers
Wednesday, June 20th 6:30pm – 8:30pm $50

In this workshop you will learn a variety of techniques to make beautiful Japanese tissue paper flowers that can be used as decorations, or to create a bouquet or arrangement for a special event!

Japanese Stab Binding
Wednesday, June 27th 6:30pm – 8:30pm $55

In this workshop you will learn a modern interpretation of the centuries old technique of Japanese stab binding. Using a selection of beautiful Japanese papers you will produce a unique soft cover book roughly 6 x 9 inches in size. Use your finished book as a notebook, photo album or journal. Simple and satisfying to make, you will be sure to try this binding style out again and again!

I recently produced some monoprints on a great paper that I had been saving. Ingres Paper was an Italian paper that we used to sell and I really loved, but can no longer get. Monoprinting is a form of printmaking that has images or lines that can only be made once. Unlike most printmaking where multiples can be made. In the late 19th century artists like Degas and Pissarro produced a multitude of monoprints. Picasso, Chagall and Miro experimented with hundreds of prints in their careers. Contemporary artist and Turner Prize winner Tracey Emin uses monoprints in great depth in her body of works.

I used one of the most basic methods involving an inked sheet of plastic. A sheet of paper is placed face down on the ink and a drawing is made on the back of the paper. Once the paper is lifted a reverse image presents itself. I actually like the way my phone captured the mystery of this old form of printing. My next task is to experiment on Japanese Washi.

Pieces of eska board for the cover, this will be like the skeleton of the book.

Putting rice paste onto the eska board to attach the cover paper

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Back of the eska board, covered with Nepalese paper.

Building the spine with bookcloth and more eska board

Punching the interior pages for the Chicago screws

Interior pages of the book

Cover of the book with spine and holes, ready to be attached.

Spine of the book, ready to go.

Inside of the book, screwed together.

Finished book, all tied up and pretty.

Materials required: eska board, paper for interior pages (I used Fabriano Tiziano Bianco to make 40 pages), 3/4″ Chicago Screws in brass, book cloth (chocolate), cover made with Nepalese paper in Petite Fleures, Yamato rice paste.

Tools required: Exacto knife, bookboard punch, hammer, metal ruler, bone folder.

*Mariel*

I wanted to add a little bit more chiyogami to my daily life, so I chiyogami-ed my nails. To do so I used a pair of scissors, nail file, nail clippers, nail glue, clear polish to create this look along with the paper.

Using tracing paper (you could use any kind of thinner paper), I traced and cut out templates for each of my nails.  I numbered them, left hand and right hand, so I wouldn’t get confused later when cutting out the chiyogami pieces.

After cutting out each piece I then used the nail glue to attach them to my nails.  I put a small dot of glue on the middle of my nail and pressed the chiyo onto it letting it set for a minute.  I then put a little bit more glue around the sides to adhere them down.  If you’re trying this, be careful not to glue your fingers together or to the paper.  I found that using the tip of my nail file to press the paper to the sides of my nail worked best.  Make sure to follow the instructions of the glue you purchase for safe application.

Once the glue was fully dried I added a clear top coat to help protect them.  I cleaned up the edges by cutting or filing off any excess paper or glue with my nail tools. The colours in the paper darked once adhered and coated on my nails.  I really liked the finished product.

I used 445C, a fun green and gold stripe one week, and  619C, a soft floral the following week.

Try it for yourself at home and enjoy!

Jax

Gold and Silver Glitter Twine

Library Cards (We have these in green and white)

Me & You pencils – gold engraved natural pencils

Gold foil award ribbon stickers

Starburst Seals (We have these in kraft, gold foil and silver foil.)

Photos courtesy of Knot & Bow.

In addition to letter-writing, I’ve been going to the movies, biking around town (without a scarf!), daydreaming about ice cream and falling in love with the new stamps that Canada Post has in store for spring.

Jaime

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We are very pleased with the results.  We added some turquoise/kraft coloured patterns into the ladder for a bit of colour – what do you think?

Thank you to everyone that participated. Check them out until the end of April.