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(L-R) Christine, Francesca (WA), Lauri (AK), Emily (CA), Shari (CA), Valerie (UT), Jan (CA)

Emily glues

Emily Graham

Emily Graham
(her first leather book)
(this style book would now be covered in my class
Cords, Boards, Cases and Laces)

Emily sews

Jan sews

Jan Ostridge (front)

Jan Ostridge (back)

Jan Ostridge (spine)

Jan

Lauri B.

Lauri B. (inside - wine journal)

Lauri B.

Valerie Yadon (minis for her kids and friends)

Valerie Yadon

Valerie Yadon

Lauri B. (metal was marbled in a previous class)

Shari Durfey
(her first caterpillar - his name is Charlie)

Shari Durfey

Val sews

Valerie Yadon

Val and her cool glasses

Valerie Yadon

Valerie Yadon

Valerie Yadon

Valerie

Valerie's first Coptic stitch

Lauri

Lauri B. (closed)

Lauri B. (flap 1 open)

Lauri B. (fully open)

Shari sews

Shari Durfey

Shari Durfey

Shari uses her tongue to help thread a needle

Shari Durfey

Shari Durfey

Francesca and Shari

Francesca F.
(this style book would now be covered in my class
Cords, Boards, Cases and Laces)

Francesca F.
(her first leather book)

Francesca measures

Francesca F.

Janice joined us for marbling day

Llewellyn's hand-cut wooden book
(miniature)

Llewellyn's hand-cut wooden book

Llewellyn Baker
Braided Spine Journal

Llewellyn's perfect braids

Nancy Brill

Shari amid her mess

Shari marbling

Val Engebretson
Journal with window

Val is marbling

Val Engebretson
Buttonhole book

Vicki and Val review the instructions

Vicki Potter
Buttonhole book

Vicki and Val binding together

Janice and Llewellyn discuss pattern and color

Llewellyn

Nancy Brill

A day of marbling produces a lot of color!

Shari Durfey
Bookboard, Coptic stitch

Shari Durfey
Metal and leather journal

Shari is very, very close to her rivets
(we offered her a chair but she wouldn't take it)

Val Engebretson
Leather journal

Val Engebretson
Inside of leather journal

Val Engebretson

Val Engebretson
Inside

Val prepares to punch holes

Vicki Potter

Vicki Potter

Vicki in her mess

Vicki marbles

Vicki and Shari marbling

Nancy Brill

The wood for the covers is mahogany from the Motor Yacht Enticer, built in 1935 and rebuilt at Brooklyn Boatyard in 2004 (?) which is where Nancy's son got the wood, which was all being replaced on the yacht. Enticer is the yacht to which Tony Curtis takes Marilyn Monroe in the movie Some Like it Hot.

(L-R) Lorna (CA), Lauri (AK), Christine (CA), Barbara (CA), Llewellyn (CA)

Llewellyn sewing caterpillar book

Llewellyn Baker

Lorna drilling for rivets

Lorna Lawson
There are more photos of this interesting book structure in The Muse

Lauri enjoying herself

Barbara covering board

Barbara Hodgin

Barbara Hodgin

Lauri sewing caterpillar book

Lauri B.

Front (L-R): Vera (CA), Christine (CA), Ronnie (FL)
Back: Janice (CA), Thea (TX), Pam (CA)

Janice Fujii

Janice loves her marbled papers

Janice is drilling her book cover

Pam Hewitt

Pam loves the etched copper leaves she cut out for her book cover

Pam is sewing a link stitch

Marbled metal samples made by students

Ronnie Grundset

Ronnie preparing to drill cover for rivets

Ronnie Grundset

Thea Abbott-Nelson

Thea works on an image transfer

Vera Latimer
(incomplete)

Vera taking photos

Christy Bednarik

Christy is sanding (I think)

Christy Bednarik

Christy Bednarik
photo by Christy Bednarik

Christy's marbled papers
photo by Christy Bednarik

Stephanie Chao

Stephanie is filing a copper book clasp

Stephanie Chao
photo by Stephanie Chao

Spine of above book
photo by Stephanie Chao

A selection of Stephanie's marbled papers

Stephanie is "playing with fire"
photo by Christy Bednarik

(L-R) Christy (AZ), Ginny (CA), Laurie (CA), Stephanie (CA), Lorna (CA)

Christy and Stephanie prepare to make "French grooves"

Ginny Fredrickson

Ginny deckles paper

Ginny puts her finished book in the press

Christine discusses flex-shaft with Ginny
photo by Christy Bednarik

Lorna is sawing a book clasp

Lorna Lawson

Lorna is wielding her hand vise
photo by Christy Bednarik

Stephanie and Lorna marbling paper

Christine demonstrates marbling patterns
photo by Stephanie Chao

(front row L-R) Nancy (MD), Camille (VA), Helen (CA), Pam (CA) (back row L-R) Christine (CA), Vera (CA)

Camille Purpura
Book board covered in leather/Cased-in

Camille building case

Camille Purpura

Helen Wilkinson
Fabric and leather covered book board/Coptic stitch

Helen shows off the first book she ever made

Helen's first book

Helen Wilkinson
Helen's first fabricated metal book

Helen Wilkinson
Braided Spine Metal Journal

Helen sewing with 24 needles at once

Camille Purpura
Greek stitch on wooden book

Camille

Camille Purpura
Greek stitch

Nancy Parker
Wood book covers with etched copper onlay and patinated copper inlay/Coptic stitch

Nancy's first wood and metal book ever (check out those awesome rivets)

Vera Latimer
Wood cover with etched copper inlay/Greek stitch

Vera

Princess Vera sewing wooden book

Helen and Vera

Camille Purpura
Wooden book cover

Nancy Parker
Nickel book cover with copper and brass roll printed leaves/Braided stitch

Nancy sewing with 24 needles at once

Nancy

Nancy Parker
Braided stitch on metal book (above)

Pam Hewitt
Oxidized and distressed copper/Coptic stitch

Pam preparing to sew

Pam Hewitt
Book cloth covered book board/Coptic stitch (26 signatures!)
The Secret Garden

Pam's first Coptic stitch