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Friday
Daniel Essig
Pocket Journal
Learn to create a rugged pocket journal that can be carried everywhere you go. This book structure also known as the Nag Hammadi is the oldest known codices. Traditionally this books were constructed from leather and papyrus, we will use painted handmade flax paper, mica and a high grad commercial text paper. Our journals that are essentially one extra thick section will be bound with a linen tacket binding and feature a linen and Chinese porcelain bead closure.
Kit Fee $20
Supply List
- Handmade flax paper
- Textblock
- 1” foam brush
- ruler
- Exacto knife and cutting matte
- Small sharp scissors
- Dust mask
Supply fee $20 includes: - Mica
- Milk paint
- Sandpaper
- Wax
- Linen cord
- Porcelain bead
Daniel Essig is a studio artist and instructor living in Asheville, North Carolina. Daniel teaches book arts workshops at book centers, craft schools and colleges. He is a recipient of the North Carolina Artist Fellowship Grant. Dan exhibits his work nationally and is in numerous private and public collections recently his work has been collected by the Smithsonian Renwick Museum and The Charlotte Smith Collection of Miniature Books at University of Iowa Libraries. Many of Daniel’s sculptural pieces are featured in The Penland Book of Handmade Books.
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