Buying Local for Christmas

I know, I know..it’s early, but I’d like to give you some ideas for Christmas presents or even upcoming birthday presents. I really like supporting local artists and these all are within a couple hours from where I live in Southern Indiana. The first is my new fiber artist friend Katherine Sands, who lives an…

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Japanese or Stab-sewn Binding

I took some time out recently to attend a local bookmaking class taught by Steve Cochran of Bound To  Be Around. It was a fun half-day class at his studio in Mt. Vernon, Indiana. I’ve made books before, but never any using Japanese binding. This was really fun. In this class we learned three different…

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