{"id":6701,"date":"2011-04-12T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2011-04-12T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/spindelmaker.bluesystems.no\/2011\/04\/12\/mica-book-binding\/"},"modified":"2011-04-12T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2011-04-12T00:00:00","slug":"mica-book-binding","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spindelmaker.bluesystems.no\/?p=6701","title":{"rendered":"Mica book binding"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!--single.php--><\/p>\n<p><!--loop-->\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t        <!--navigation--><\/p>\n<p>\t\t<!--post title--><\/p>\n<div class=\"postspace2\">\n\t<\/div>\n<p><!--content with more link--><\/p>\n<p>I attended two classes &amp;nbsp;at Artfest, in addition to teaching myself. First one up was&amp;nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.danielessig.com\/\">Dan Essig<\/a>\u00b4s class <em>Book of Mica. <\/em>I\u00b4m such a fan of making books right now, and am fascinated by mica, so this should be fun!<\/p>\n<p>This is one of Dan\u00b4s books:<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-10764\" href=\"http:\/\/www.spindelmaker.com\/?attachment_id=10764\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-10764\" title=\"daniel-essigs-mica-book\" src=\"http:\/\/www.spindelmaker.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/daniel-essigs-mica-book.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"476\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mica\">Mica<\/a> is a mineral, and you can work both with the all natural mica and the man-made mica.<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-10888\" href=\"http:\/\/www.spindelmaker.com\/?attachment_id=10888\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-10888\" title=\"_MG_3233\" src=\"http:\/\/www.spindelmaker.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/MG_3233.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"188\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-10888\" href=\"http:\/\/www.spindelmaker.com\/?attachment_id=10888\"><\/a>A big class at work.<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-10891\" href=\"http:\/\/www.spindelmaker.com\/?attachment_id=10891\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-10891\" title=\"_MG_3224\" src=\"http:\/\/www.spindelmaker.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/MG_3224.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"300\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>My first attempt at working with the mica, gluing down decorative paper behind the sheets.<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-10890\" href=\"http:\/\/www.spindelmaker.com\/?attachment_id=10890\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-10890\" title=\"_MG_3227\" src=\"http:\/\/www.spindelmaker.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/MG_3227.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"288\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Another version is making holes in the mica and adding paint for a stronger highlight in the pattern.<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-10887\" href=\"http:\/\/www.spindelmaker.com\/?attachment_id=10887\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-10887\" title=\"_MG_3223\" src=\"http:\/\/www.spindelmaker.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/MG_3223.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"301\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Working on cutting a hole for a stamp.<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-10889\" href=\"http:\/\/www.spindelmaker.com\/?attachment_id=10889\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-10889\" title=\"_MG_3231\" src=\"http:\/\/www.spindelmaker.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/MG_3231.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"309\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>And big bonus: I learned the coptic binding. Yay! &amp;nbsp;Ok, ready to see some of the finished pages? (The following pictures are taken at night, so the lighting doesn\u00b4t really do justice to the material.)<\/p>\n<p>The cover:<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-10914\" href=\"http:\/\/www.spindelmaker.com\/?attachment_id=10914\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-10914\" title=\"_MG_3595\" src=\"http:\/\/www.spindelmaker.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/MG_3595.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"350\" height=\"496\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I decided to call my book \u201cRuthie-girl goes to Asia\u201d. I used an old childhood photo of my Aunt Ruth as inspiration.<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-10915\" href=\"http:\/\/www.spindelmaker.com\/?attachment_id=10915\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-10915\" title=\"_MG_3598\" src=\"http:\/\/www.spindelmaker.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/MG_3598.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"350\" height=\"490\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>On this page there are a combination of different techniques, including sewing.<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-10913\" href=\"http:\/\/www.spindelmaker.com\/?attachment_id=10913\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"_MG_3601\" src=\"http:\/\/www.spindelmaker.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/MG_3601.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"333\" height=\"473\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I\u00b4m very happy with the class, I felt like I learned something, and had a good time creating my little book. 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