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Tortoise-Shell Stab Binding
A few years ago at the kids’ school fair, another mother and I were in charge of the craft room, which entailed coming up with crafts that could be done by kids of all ages. I knew one of them had to...
View ArticleThe Poetry of Science
On the surface, the connection between the arts and science might appear to be a slight one, but then you listen to Neil deGrasse Tyson describe the poetry of the cosmos, or defining science as “a way...
View ArticleChristoph Niemann on How Yoga Ruins Creativity
“It’s all about enthusiasm,” says Christoph Niemann in a presentation at the TED-like series of inspirational talks called Creative Mornings. Niemann’s work may be familiar from his regular features on...
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Concertina with Sections
I’ve always loved the idea of concertina books, but they struck me as very complicated — and a little fussy. Wrong. This smallish (about 4 by 6 inch) book was surprisingly easy to put together, and is...
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Cat Tails
Embroidery is something I never learned to do as a kid, even as I was needlepointing Snoopy pillows and knitting endless (in length and quantity) scarves. It always seemed a bit old-fashioned, the sort...
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Alphabet Book
Part of the challenge of making my way through the bindings in Keith Smith’s first book has been trying to come up with interesting covers. I’ve been working a lot with Tyvek, which is my new favorite...
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Another Longstitch Book
About a year ago, I got a shipment of mixed decorative papers. They’re of all different types — rice paper, banana paper, sheets with (slightly annoying) glitter (which ends up all over everything and...
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The world vs my world
I haven’t quite succumbed to the temptation to listen to issues of New Yorker, but the New Yorker podcasts (and their blogs, for that matter) offer a pretty rich pool of stories. On the weekly...
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Pants Plus
When we were away over the holidays, I brought some origami paper and a book of simple origami animals for the kids to occupy themselves when we were hanging out. Of course we got into it as much as...
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Sometimes I think to myself in French
I love quirky lifestyle blogs by creative people as much as the next person, but sometimes I get an icky feeling that this film (actually an advertisement) captures brilliantly.
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