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Handmade books for the holidays
linenlaid&felt — handbound books by Katie Gonzalez
Hello friends,
New skills. A new studio. And so many new friends in Nashville and beyond! It's been a great year, but before it's over, I have a one-month flurry of bookbinding to come. This week alone I've made nearly 50 tiny books to adorn Christmas trees, and my workspace is overflowing with leather for journals and photo albums. All of this caps off a year of creative collaborations, a new endeavor in screenprinting, and reaching the milestone of having taught more than 200 people to bind books. I hope you'll come see me at a holiday market or jumpstart your creativity in the new year in one of my classes.
Warm holiday wishes!
Katie
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Where to shop
Find my handmade books at holiday markets, Nashville boutiques, and online.
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Porter Flea Holiday Market
Nashville's coolest handmade market is just one week away, featuring 85 artists and a dozen artisanal food vendors. Don't miss it!
Saturday, December 7; 10 a.m. – 6 p.m; Free!
Preview Party on Friday, December 6; 6 – 9 p.m.
{buy tickets here}
Track One Building
1211 4th Ave S.
Nashville, TN
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West Elm Makers Market
The Maker Market brings independent artists into the West Elm furniture and home goods store in Green Hills, allowing local artists to display their work on, in, and around the hip furnishings. You can count on seeing handmade jewelry, custom furniture, printmaking, artisanal foods, and, of course, my handmade books.
Saturday, December 21; 10 a.m. – 6 p.m.
West Elm Nashville
4019 Hillsboro Pike
Nashville, TN
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Pulp Nashville
A new retail store in East Nashville for prints, posters, cards, journals, and paper goods.
{more details here}
729 Porter Road
Nashville, TN
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Parnassus Books
A new selection of my handbound leather journals in a variety of sizes and colors can now be found at this independent bookstore in Green Hills.
{more details here}
3900 Hillsboro Pike
Nashville, TN
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linenlaid&felt on Etsy
If you can't make it to Nashville to do your holiday shopping, be sure to visit my Etsy shop to do some online holiday shopping. You'll find handbound journals, sketchbooks, and photo albums as well as bookbinding kits, paper scrap packs, prints, and photographs. I offer quick shipping and free holiday gift wrapping on all orders. Because of the holidays, items will be coming and going quickly, so please check back often for new listings.
{shop online here}
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Learn to make books
In early 2014, I'll be teaching new in-depth bookbinding classes and one-day workshops.
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DIY Journal Workshop
Saturday, January 18; 5 – 8:30 p.m.
Dandelion Salon in East Nashville
$38 (includes all materials)
{register here}
Start your new year with a creative project: learn the basics of bookbinding while creating a one-of-a-kind handbound blank book. Then use your book this year as a practical day planner to get organized, or as a sketchbook to stoke your creativity. We'll be making a book bound with the French link stitch. The stitching will be exposed on the spine of the book, allowing you to see and show off your handiwork. This class is appropriate for all skill levels, including beginners. You will leave the class with one completed journal, and the skills to create more books in the future. The class will also include an introduction to the world of handmade books, and the opportunity to handle a collection of professionally made examples.
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Introduction to Book Arts
Tuesdays, February 4 – April 1; 6 – 9 p.m.
Watkins College, Nashville, TN
$210, plus $40 materials fee
Learn the basics of bookmaking, and more than a dozen binding styles, in this 9-week introductory class. Students will become familiar with the materials, tools, techniques, and vocabulary of handmade books. Students will create their own books each week, starting with simple folded structures and building toward intricate and exciting books that can be used as journals, sketchbooks, photo albums, and sculptural displays. Students will explore the essentials of paper grain, folded signatures, hardcover and softcover books, and binding by hand. You’ll leave this class with an assortment of your own handbound books, and the skills and resources to continue binding at home. All tools and supplies included in the materials fee.
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Leather Bookbinding Workshop
Saturday, March 8; 10 a.m. – 4 p.m.
Watkins College, Nashville, TN
$80, plus $25 materials fee
{register here}
Learn to bind a soft-cover leather book that can be used as a journal, a sketchbook, or a photo album. Using the Italian Longstitch style, a historical binding that dates to 14th Century Europe, each student will create a book with a leather cover that features exposed, decorative stitching on its spine and pages that lay completely flat when open. Students will use leather for the book cover and have the option to include interesting contemporary papers inside. You’ll leave this class with a completed handmade book, and the skills and resources to continue binding at home. No previous bookbinding experience is required. All tools and supplies included in the materials fee.
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