Buttomhole Stitch & Longstitch Binding Workshop

                         

In this workshop. We learnt how to make two beautiful non-adhesive books structures: the Long Stitch and the Buttomhole Stich Bindings. Both bindings gave exposed decorative sewing on the spine and lots of potential in terms of materials selection, colour combinations, stitching and decorating techniques. They open completely flat which makes them ideal to use as sketchbooks, notebooks, photo albums or to incorporate own artwork or writing.

The sewing structures of these books are similar to Coptic binding all of them are sewing and pages exposed. I like this idea of seeing the horizontal line pattern in spine area that makes the decoration look abstract. Considering to make a book as my final, the idea of pure handmade seems to be working well and this shows the audience that I have skills to make a high standard body of work. Maybe combine this sewing structure covered by a box like visual artist Catanlina De la Cruz works for her photobooks which she creates Solander box and uses the front of board as her cover pages.