Category Archives: bookbinding

Week Four of my #99dayproject and a Modular Accordion

Posted on June 6, 2021 by Byopia Press

I finished another seven squares for my 99 day project this week. Monday was lilacs.

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A 99 Day Project

Posted on May 16, 2021 by Byopia Press

You may have noticed various people doing 100 day projects or challenges in assorted places on the Internet. I have begun my own version. It will be a 99 day project because 9 is my favourite number. Here’s the square … Continue reading →

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Some Degree of Success

Posted on May 9, 2021 by Byopia Press

I accomplished a few things this week. I re-strung the prototype wind spinner, back on cotton cord. It was more complicated than the previous time since the three parts of each unit were now glued together, and therefore I had … Continue reading →

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The Bluebird of Happiness

Posted on May 2, 2021 by Byopia Press

These days just about everyone could use a visit from the Bluebird of Happiness, and today’s post makes that possible.

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A Four-Sided Wrapper From One Sheet With No Glue And No Waste

Posted on April 11, 2021 by Byopia Press

When I was preparing my post on Hedi Kyle’s Diagonal Pocket Folder at the end of March, I noticed her Self-closing Wrapper in The Art of the Fold. It reminded me of something I had seen in my early days … Continue reading →

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A Look at Hedi Kyle’s Diagonal Pocket Folder

Posted on March 28, 2021 by Byopia Press

This week I thought I would take a short break from a large project I am working on and try out another set of instructions from The Art of the Fold. I picked #23: Diagonal Pocket. (I posted previously on … Continue reading →

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DIY Cabbage Pie (Again)

Posted on March 14, 2021 by Byopia Press

This is a slightly adapted re-post from 2016. If you have read this before —and possibly made either the book or the cabbage pie— you might want to skip to the end for a new recipe: David’s Thin and Crispy … Continue reading →

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Pocket Book: Theme and Variations Part Four

Posted on March 7, 2021 by Byopia Press

I am still on the hunt for the origin of the structure Wendy Feldberg used for her little swatch book. I briefly thought I had found it when I saw a very small image of this book by Cherryl Moote, … Continue reading →

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Making Artists Books

Posted on February 28, 2021 by Byopia Press

I recently wrote several posts —Pocket Book: Theme and Variations Part One,  Pocket Book: Theme and Variations Part Two, and Pocket Book: Theme and Variations Part Three— that began with an unusual book structure used by Wendy Feldberg. Here is … Continue reading →

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R is for Red

Posted on February 21, 2021 by Byopia Press

The February #areyoubookenough challenge word is Red. I tried —and failed— to come up with something based on Retired, Extremely Dangerous. I made a small red text-less book about words instead.

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