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Increasingly, we work and play in a digital world.
I read, write, publish, market and often interact with friends online, which I absolutely love and value highly. But recently, I've been craving some physical creation, so last week I went along to the London Centre for Book Arts and joined one of their awesome workshops.
Because I write in so many Moleskine journals, I decided to make a Travel Notebook, complete with concertina folded envelope in the back. I'd like to eventually make my own paper, print my own work on it and bind limited editions myself – but that's a while away! (I got the idea from Cory Doctorow's awesome limited edition work)
In the (under 1 min) video below, you can see time-lapse footage of the process plus some pics. You can also watch it here on YouTube.
Extra Information:
- Find out more from London Centre of Book Arts – and apparently there are similar centres in major cities all over the world. Or try searching for ‘book-binding' locally.
- Our tutor was Ben Elbel, professional bookbinder
- I'm wearing a Nike FuelBand on my wrist, which is proving to be a fantastic way to get me motivated to move more in this very sedentary writer's life we lead!
- The video was shot with my iPhone using TimeLapse app which takes a photo every 10 seconds and creates a video from it. I just set it up with a GorillaPod adaptable tripod.
Have you tried book-binding, paper-making or any other physical book art? Or would you like to? I'd love to hear about it. Please do leave a comment below.
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