It's been great working with Jennifer McQuistion, teamed up with me through a grant from TACA's MAAP MasterArtistApprenticeProgam. (Their website is here:
http://www.tennesseecrafts.org/program-overview.html and includes more pics of us at work.) Jennifer is a painter/woodburner/book artist from Nashville and we're working on some projects for a September show, including bindings of a Bernard Middleton book on restoration, Moby Dick, The Romaunt of the Rose, two Bibles, and the Sermons on Job pictured in the last blogpost. Here are pics of Jen in the shop and other projects we're working on. Her website is
www.browndogbindery.com and her blog with with more photos of us at work is at
www.browndogbindery.blogspot.com
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| Sewing a headband |
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| Cutting the book's edges using a traditional lying press and plough. |
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| Paring leather using a great new tool, the Scharfix. It uses a double-edged razor blade in a vise that can be raised, lowered, and tilted for bevelling. |
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| Jennifer painting panels for the Job binding |
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| Jen sketching out designs for our "Restoration of Leather Bookbindings" by Bernard Middleton. |
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