GIlded Envelope Book

In October I learned a new  book structure (new to me).  It was a book constructed with folded envelopes. Cutting the ends off each envelope created side pockets that are great for holding tags and other inserts.  I fell in love with this concept and have been experimenting with it since then. This book combines that idea with experimental gilding techniques.  Here are a few photos:

Gold applied over acrylic gloss medium:

View of several folds:

Light molding paste applied with a heart stencil, then gold added:

Full sheet of gold leaf applied, then painted over and stamped:

On this page – variegated gold leaf, and gold applied with stamps:

Another view of several of the pages:

I will be teaching some of these gilding techniques at Holy Angels Convent, April 20-21.  

More photos from the Philly workshop

Here are a few more photos from the weekend workshop in Philadelphia:

The lettering was done with parallel pens filled with either gouache or Twinkling H2Os.  

Neuland Workshop in Philly

Over the weekend I taught Neuland with the Parallel Pen for the Philadelphia Calligraphers' Society.  They worked really hard, lettering most of the afternoon on both Saturday and Sunday.  Here is what they did all weekend:

Lettering on black paper with gouache in a parallel pen:

Lettering on black paper with twinkling H20s in a parallel pen:

                                       

Everyone's finished books, showing all the techniques they learned in class: