Bookmaking Class with Yoyo~

Last April, I went to Yoyo's apartment every Monday for 6 weeks to learn how to make/bind books. She had so many beautiful books & portfolios & boxes for books she made, I was totally overwhelmed and didn't know among those what I wanted to do..

I chose three kinds, eventually, finished first one, which was a map folding book. I was so excited to use my baby color pencil for a button! So bad job with gluing though...:(









Print inside is the GIRL IN ADVENTURE (etching, 2009) and inner paper is what I bought in New York Central. Very funky paper with all kinds of cat patterns.

Second one, the portfolio I started, I couldn't finish in time, so Yoyo gave me extra lessons to finish it up and also we did coptic binding, the third one, to make a book. I made a journal out of it so I guess I finally have something I can write in.:-)




Another color pencil button! :-)
Cover paper for the coptic binding book is also from New York Central. Patterns looked very familiar to me when I bought the papers because those are the images I see all the time at the Morgan Library & Museum every Wednesday.








You got to be really meticulous to make beautiful books. I am not. I enjoy it though so much. Yoyo makes unbelievably beautiful books and what makes her books even more special is that she uses all the beautiful papers she made herself for covers. That is truly unique.

I enjoyed the class with her so much and very appreciate her kindness, patience and stories from her wild time. :-D

Do check out her blog for her recent shows and news: http://yasuyoart.blogspot.com/
She has various workshops and classes at which she teaches how to make decorative papers, how to bind books, collagraph and etc.

I just need to practice these so that I won't forget!!