Author: callibeth

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Woven and Interlocking Book Structures now a free PDF

Woven and Interlocking Book Structures, by Claire Van Vliet and Elizabeth Steiner
Woven and Interlocking Book Structures, by Claire Van Vliet and Elizabeth Steiner

Claire Van Vliet and Elizabeth Steiner have made their 2002 book Woven and Interlocking Book Structures freely available in a variety of formats (PDF, EPUB, Kindle, etc.) at the Internet Archive. Published in 2002 and no longer in print, this book is a self-teaching manual with directions for making basic models of 16 book structures designed for Janus, Steiner, and Gefn Press publications. UPDATE: The links I’ve posted and updated since first writing this post have all gone the way of many internet links. But, as of April 2021, this link is working https://archive.org/details/woveninterlockin00vanv/mode/2up

I’m lucky to have the print version. Though out of print, used copies are available (at a premium price) from third-party sellers at Amazon.

I read at one of the dead links that you can print the PDF 2-sided and bind it in a 3-ring binder as a bench-top manual; it will take 76 sheets of letter-size paper.

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Derwent Inktense pencil experiments

At some point shortly after I got a set of Derwent Inktense colored watermedia pencils, I did this experiment. (Actually, it was my second set; I got the first set and promptly lost it in Tasmania.) The colors are really intense, and it’s fun to add water and spread it around. I used a portable water brush to do that.

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Derwent Inktense pencils, lettering, and wash

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I’ve been cleaning – and cleaning out – my studio. This has been going on for awhile …

Anyway, I came across a scrap of paper with symbols drawn with Derwent Inktense pencils and water wash added to that. It was so attractive to me that I decided to make a card using the same materials and techniques. This scan is rather harsh; the wash is a little more subtle than this shows.

 

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Guild project – making progress

2016-09-14-bms-project-gI’m finally getting serious about working on the project our local guild is doing.

I’ve decided to do the same layout for all 26 sheets, which are 6″ x 9″. I’ll have an illuminated modern versal in/on a 1-1/4″ square, a word below that in an idiosyncratic hand, and then a quote. It will be an abecedary of words that remind me How to Be in the World. That will be the title.

The smaller G was done at a guild meeting in which Diana taught this illuminated letter style, but it’s not quite centered, and not quite as large as I wanted the letters to be. So I re-did the letter, but used bristol vellum board and Derwent Inktense pencils (and water). I’m going to re-do this letter again, this time on hot-pressed watercolor paper and Schmincke gouache, which is what I used the first time.

Then (maybe) I’ll be off and running.

The M further back was in process, but on bristol board, so I’ll be scrapping that – at least for this project. The sheet beneath is my template which will provide a consistent structure for all the pages.

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Daily lettering, 9/10/2016

Sifting through the flotsam of my studio, I found notes written on a plane from Amsterdam to Minneapolis in 2012. 
This was the end of a trip to Eastern Europe, and I was looking forward to getting back to work in my studio. These lines were written in all caps. Not sure where the words came from, but they’re still relevant.

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Practice lettering for book edition

I’m finishing up a small set of manuscript books begun last year. I still had a couple of text blocks to do, and this sheet was done to get back into the space of these letters. Although the book lettering is being done with Speedball B series nibs, I used a brush pen for this sheet, and it was so enjoyable I rather wish I had done the series with a brush.