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Monday, October 16, 2006

happy birthday



Hundreds of bookbinders descended upon New York City last weekend to celebrate 100 years of the Guild of Book Workers. Here, a cake aboard the Spirit of New York.



In the course of three days of festivities I scored (no pun intended) a beautiful elk bone folder by Shanna Leino and hand dyed linen thread by Kinglet Cottage Designs (pictured). I also forged some interesting new professional alliances. Stay tuned..

Monday, October 02, 2006

inspiration


I was fortunate to tour George Nakashima's studio last week with a group from the Met. George Nakashima died in 1990 but his daughter Mira carries on the tradition of crafting beautiful handmade furniture that honors the trees from which it comes.

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