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Saturday
Daniel Essig
Wearable Journal- Girdle Book
This workshop is based on a medieval book structure known as the Girdle Book. The book is attached to a leather wrapper that has a long tapering tail which can be tucked under ones belt or girdle. This small portable journal will always be at your side for instant use. We will construct a non-adhesive accordion style binding that will be removable from the leather wrapper. Our journal will feature a magnetic closure incorporating a tintype photograph.
Kit Fee $20
Supply List
- Scoring tool or bone folder
- Japanese Paper Drill with 1mm & 3mm tips
- ¼ inch leather hole punch
- Tintype of your choice, vertical image between 2” x 3” & 2.5” x 4”
- (I will bring a several for purchase as well)
Supply fee $20 includes: - Leather, handmade paper, board, paper for accordion, magnet, linen thread, brass ring
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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