Thursday, December 12, 2024

Book Swap 2024 - Marilynn Rudi

Marilynn Rudi created this handbound book for our recent book swap. It is a case binding with coordinated Japanese Chiyogami on both sides of the cover boards. The binding is an exposed lattice pattern sewn through the case.

Wednesday, December 11, 2024

Book Swap 2024 - Katherine Taylor

The next book to be featured from the NSBAG book swap is a hardcover book by Katherine Taylor. The cover is custom book cloth. The book is a rounded spine case binding with brown endsheets and matching striped endbands.

Tuesday, December 10, 2024

Book Swap 2024 - Jeffrey Cowling

Next in our book swap lineup is this handbound journal made by Jeffrey Cowling. Jeffrey's contribution is a flat back, case binding in full cloth.

Monday, December 9, 2024

Book Swap 2024 - Sally Crawford

Sally Crawford's contribution to our book swap is a Chinese Thread Book or Zhen Xian Bao. Sally made this using her own eco-dyed papers. Her thread book creation consists of over thirty individual folded boxes.

Sunday, December 8, 2024

Book Swap 2024 - Emily Brown

This unique book was made by Emily Brown for our book swap. It is bound in full cloth as a case binding, featuring a rasied frame and bee on the front. The cover boards and the pages are all cut as hexagons and the tricky hexagon endsheets feature a coordinating bee print.

Saturday, December 7, 2024

Book Swap 2024 - Joe Landry

Next in our lineup of books from the 2024 book swap, is this book made by Joe Landry. This is a millimeter binding with goatskin leather spine and corners with cream-coloured paper for the covers and endsheets.

Friday, December 6, 2024

Book Swap 2024 - Stephanie Morley

Here is Stephanie Morley's contribution to our book swap this year. The stitching and cover wrapper are based on a 16th century limp binding structure. The cover of this book is handmade paper from Papeterie St-Armand and it is stitched with linen thread. There are also hand-marbled flyleaf pages and a Velcro closure.

Thursday, December 5, 2024

Book Swap 2024 - Rhonda Miller

Rhonda Miller made this book and box for our recent book swap. The book is made using the sewn board binding technique with custom endsheets that feature an original lino print. This custom clam shell box and matching book are both made with Rhonda's original marbled paper. There is a faux leather spine and the marbled paper has a polished beeswax coating.

Wednesday, December 4, 2024

Book Swap 2024 - Heather Loney


Heather Loney's contribution to our book swap is this lovely cloth-covered book with rounded corners. The binding is sewn through the case using a decorative pattern in two colours of thread. The paste-down on the inside of the case is Heather's own marbled paper.



Tuesday, December 3, 2024

Book Swap 2024 - Larry Cowell

This is Larry Cowell's handbound contribution to our group's book swap this year. This slim, hardcover book is a case binding in full cloth with perfectly-placed geometric endsheets.