Taking the courses I've always wanted to attend

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Check out the American Academy of Bookbinding: bookbindingacademy.org
The experience was life-changing and I'm so glad I took the leap to attend AAB! I have a new understanding of bookbinding and feel much more connected to the bookbinding community. I have a lot more to share, so stay tuned!
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Blackmagic Pocket Cinema Camera 6K Pro with Canon 24-105mm F/4 lens
Editing Software
DaVinci Resolve Studio www.blackmagicdesign.com/prod...
FAQ
✦ What tools and materials do you use? • Bookbinding Tools & Ma...
✦ Where can I buy bookbinding supplies? your local art supply store, Blick Art Materials (US), TALAS (US), Hollander's (US), DeSerres (CA), Etsy
✦ What adhesive are you using? Archival quality PVA glue, there are multiple brands
✦ How do you make your book cloth? • How I make bookcloth f...
✦ Where do you get dot grid writing paper? • How I source dotted wr...
✦ Where did you get your guillotine cutter? amzn.to/49O6VmY
✦ What brand is your...
thread - Crawford Irish Waxed Linen Thread
corner rounder - Akiles Diamond-1
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✦ What is your dog's name? Lucy 🐕
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@BlackOakBindery Месяц назад

It was lovely to meet and work with you! Your dedication to learning and humble approach showed because the books you made are beautiful and skillfully done. Thank you for the shout out!

@bittermelonbindery Месяц назад

aww thanks Holly, you are a great TA. I'm glad to see your works in progress too!

@bountyarchive Месяц назад

Hats off to you for never being satisfied with your skills, no matter how great they are! I just traveled to Osaka Japan for a two day class with my new hero and a great mentor Eiko Nakao, where I learned leatherwork and made my best book to date! Before this, I was 100% self-taught (largely from your videos). It’s a great feeling to take the next step and formalize my bookbinding learning, and I respect that you are still learning!

@bittermelonbindery Месяц назад

whoa that's so cool

@ChantelleArts Месяц назад

what a lovely location to work in 🥰

@KatPadmore 27 дней назад

I love getting to watch you learn and grow at a skill and love that you already had such talent in, both natural and hard work-created. I hope to be that committed to an art I love one day, but for now I'm happy dabbling...

@grumbledook Месяц назад

I’ve been doing some of the courses in the UK from Shepherds. It is amazing the difference a tutor/instructor makes. Only done level 1 courses so far, and looking forward to getting into leather coverings soon. Eager to see what else you come up with as a result of the course. A real inspiration.

@miljanmilosevic2066 13 дней назад

I use airbrush to color edges of my notebooks. it works perfectly, applying a thin layer and not sipping through. The whole airbrush kit on Amazon was $80 with compressor. It would be a nice touch to have that option added to your beautiful books.

@louisea966 Месяц назад

wow, beautiful binding, and really interesting vid, thanks

@random40s 14 дней назад

This is awesome. I admire the dedication, and attention to detail. I am not a ”book nerd" but a traditional craftsman. I do blacksmithing, do I see how many of the tools you have used were made. I have recently gotten into dip pens, and journaling, so this is very interesting to me. Thank you for the video. 👍👍

@Kdmud Месяц назад

Chanel, wow what an incredible accomplishment! I am so happy for you. Your continual pursuit to grow and learn is inspiring, and the books you made are so beautiful. Thanks for sharing this special experience!🤎📚✨💫

@jfredmuggs3586 Месяц назад

Thank you so much for letting us see how your classes are set up and how you have proceeded with various tasks! Looking forward to more videos on class projects. Hope the amazing Lucy kept busy in your absence! Thanks.

@orlanswf Месяц назад

Hi, Chanel! Long time no see :-) Hope you're doing fine. It must be awesome to attend in-person classes of such high level! Congratulations for making it! This video prompted me to look for similar classes here in Brazil, and I found a place that offers workshops every year relatively close to my home town. Hopefully I'll be able to attend next year! Have a good one! ❤

@bittermelonbindery Месяц назад

That's exciting! Learning in-person with others is such a worthwhile experience.

@GKahla Месяц назад

I was unaware of trimming only the top edge of a text block. 🤔 I've wanted to find a course for a while, but it's all about the time and cash. Thank you for sharing your experience!

@wolf_ceit_witch Месяц назад

Congratulations! Beautiful work

@TheFridayForge 27 дней назад

Really awesome! We’ve been wanting to attend this class as well to work on our craft more, great video.

@dinieherbert Месяц назад

Beautiful work. I can tell by your video that you were totally in your element!

@MichelleB_96 Месяц назад

I’ve wanted to learn how to sew in end bands for a while..this was lovely to watch 😊

@hanfleet Месяц назад

Thankyou for sharing your learning and thoughts during the course. I've recently bought a plough and love ploughing; it's very meditative. Seeing the finished books at the end was nice ...you have lovely headbands and well-made grooves in the books. :)

@daveturnbull7221 Месяц назад

Yeah, courses and equipment are not cheap but as with most things buying quality as opposed to cheap is worth it. I'm slowly but surely saving up with the plan of doing some courses in the future so it was nice to see some feedback on your experience and I agree that having face to face instruction is always going to give you so much more than other methods.

@-ETER- Месяц назад

They’re beautiful! The green one reminded me of a watermelon, but the blue one is my favorite one.

@SewHappyDays Месяц назад

I just took the bookbinding 1 class there. I will take the second class next year. It really is a great school!

@bittermelonbindery Месяц назад

I'm excited for you!

@jolynsorensen2590 Месяц назад

I live in Colorado and didn’t even know this existed! I am definitely going to look into this!

@papercraftpanda5077 Месяц назад

I'm so happy you made it to the AAB! You truly belong in this school. I wish I could have been there learning with you, but I know we'll study together at some point in the near future :)

@bittermelonbindery Месяц назад

I can't wait to go back for more courses so I'm sure we will cross paths!

@salomey2376 Месяц назад

The books came out so great! It's amazing that you actually made that 😍

@dfrenchorn 21 день назад

OMG you were able to go!!!!! I want to go to AAB so badly! Luckily I hopefully will be able to within the year!!!

@dfrenchorn 21 день назад

You're such a talented maker your books were so pretty!!! One day I hope to be able to go from converting my softcover books to hardbacks and be able to make something as pretty as you have!

@lindahigham5317 Месяц назад

Hello 🤗 Chanel 🌹 Thank you for sharing this video I really enjoyed watching it and I Appreciate that you shared it Your 2 books and Amazing Congrats 🎉🎉 ☺️🌹💌🖌️🎨📚🦄🤗❣️❣️

@jessicabandelin4870 Месяц назад

Thanks for sharing your experience! This class looks like a dream!

@liviamoraes9152 Месяц назад

Lovely video, your decision is inspiring, the work looks beautiful and, best of all, subtitles in Portuguese! (written with Google translator🙂)

@iamdawt Месяц назад

Thank you for this peek into the bookbinding course. I'm so tickled for you, Chanel!

@AyanAcademy Месяц назад

Thank you for the inspiration!

@noemiea.2652 Месяц назад

I was literally researching the AAB last night! I'll take this as a sign from the universe that I should try to take one of the courses in 2025. 🤗

@bittermelonbindery Месяц назад

It's a special place, hope you make it there next year :)

@forthewynaugsburg2181 Месяц назад

Thank you for all you do

@lisamous5810 Месяц назад

Congratulations,enjoy the journey. You have taught me so much.❤

@munnaza23 25 дней назад

Very valuable video. Thanks for sharing your experience.❤

@NormaDerr-nv4cn Месяц назад

I hope you plan to share your new information with us!

@jfredmuggs3586 Месяц назад

I think Chanal said she will make some videos on her classes - looking forward to these vids!

@GreyNinjaBriel 25 дней назад

Beautiful ❤

@astoriarosewood5135 Месяц назад

This is so inspiring! I’m so happy for you that you’re diving into this opportunity to perfect your craft. Wishing you the best!

@treeflamingo Месяц назад

It's so cool to see your binding practice begin to overlap a bit with what Phil does on Four Keys Book Arts! Such different aesthetics but such equal levels of dedication and artistry, it's so much fun to see ❤

@HelenMcLean Месяц назад

Thread has a grain?! Mind blown 🤯

@jameshope8373 Месяц назад

Great Video! Hello can you please make a video showing us how you can make notebooks similar to that of the Campus Notebooks typically used in anime! Thank you

@bittermelonbindery Месяц назад

Can you DM me some examples of these anime notebooks on Instagram?

@deekang6244 Месяц назад

I”ve also heard that wheat paste has its own risks : it is more vulnerable to insects, which may find the wheat to be a nummy meal. Did they cover this risk in your course?

@bittermelonbindery Месяц назад

They did not actually... Conservators use paste all the time. I would imagine getting paste powder from bookbinding suppliers would be the way to go.