Tag Archives: Zhen Xian Bao

Byopia Press Advent Calendar 2023: Day Eleven and A Travel Kit

Posted on December 11, 2023 by Byopia Press

Perhaps you have a friend who travels and likes to take their craft work with them. This little travel kit based on the Zhen Xian Bao/Chinese Thread Book might make a suitable gift. I made this one for a friend … Continue reading →

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Body Language

Posted on April 25, 2021 by Byopia Press

As I mentioned last Sunday, I am participating in the #areyoubookenough_bodylanguage challenge. I spent the first part of the week making square and triangular paper beads out of the pages of a discarded book.  

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Ruth Smith’s Folded Secrets 3 and 4

Posted on November 22, 2020 by Byopia Press

Last week I wrote about the first two books in Ruth Smith’s Folded Secrets series. Today’s post will be about the last two books.

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Ruth Smith’s Folded Secrets 1 and 2

Posted on November 15, 2020 by Byopia Press

In the summer of 2017, when I was looking for the folding pattern for this collapsing box, I discovered the Chinese Thread Book/Zhen Xian Bao and the work of Ruth Smith. I learned from the internet that she had written … Continue reading →

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Moving Right Along

Posted on May 3, 2020 by Byopia Press

If you have been following this blog for a while you may recall that I spent several weeks early in 2019 backing paper for use in works for my September 2020(?) exhibition Square Dance at the Saskatchewan Craft Council Gallery … Continue reading →

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The Conundrum Completed

Posted on September 29, 2019 by Byopia Press

This past week I finished the layout of The Conundrum of the Workshops, and then strung it all together. Here’s a slightly distorted aerial view of it on my worktable.

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The Beauty and The Beast

Posted on June 16, 2019 by Byopia Press

I received a lovely gift this past week: a second-hand but mint condition copy of The Beauty and The Beast by Gabrielle-Suzanne Barbot de Villeneuve, in the 1858 J. R. Planché English translation.

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A Bookbinder’s Travel Kit

Posted on January 20, 2019 by Byopia Press

I wrote about the first two layers (four pockets) of my travel kit last week. Since this adaptation of the Zhen Xian Bao/Chinese Thread Book only has five pockets, today’s post will explain the combined bottom layer box and cover. … Continue reading →

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Little Projects

Posted on January 13, 2019 by Byopia Press

While I have some larger works in the planning stages, I have also been working on some little projects. I got all the backing of paper and cloth done for my travelling bookbinder version of the Zhen Xian Bao. (There … Continue reading →

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The Clearing Continued

Posted on January 6, 2019 by Byopia Press

Although it is attached to the house, my downstairs studio is not heated by the house furnace. (There is one duct from the house heating system, but I leave it closed when the studio is not in use.) Instead, I … Continue reading →

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