This past weekend I learned how to make my own tools. Making artists' books requires many different tools, but the most common is the bone folder. You can find bone folders in your local craft store, but the majority are mass produced and bleached. There is nothing quite as satisfying as using a hand made tool. I thought so at least, until I made my own.
The Guild of Book Workers hosted a workshop with Shanna Leino this weekend at Pyramid Atlantic in Silver Spring, Maryland. Shanna is a well known book artist and tool maker. She came with all the tools and materials we needed to make our own bone folders: moose bone (already boiled and cut down into smaller pieces), hewing hatchets, chisels, files, jeweler's saws, a dremmel tool, and many, many Band-Aids!. The process is low tech but requires a good bit of effort and time. Patience is definitely required!
The Guild of Book Workers hosted a workshop with Shanna Leino this weekend at Pyramid Atlantic in Silver Spring, Maryland. Shanna is a well known book artist and tool maker. She came with all the tools and materials we needed to make our own bone folders: moose bone (already boiled and cut down into smaller pieces), hewing hatchets, chisels, files, jeweler's saws, a dremmel tool, and many, many Band-Aids!. The process is low tech but requires a good bit of effort and time. Patience is definitely required!
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