I have always loved books. Reading books, looking through stacks of books, scribbling in books, and now, making books.
I can’t help it. It’s beyond my control.
My name is Natalie LeBlanc and I am a book-a-holic. Or a bookbinding-a-holic. Whatever.
You guessed it – I have a passion for paper arts, bookbinding in particular. Taking a basic bookbinding class taught me the fundamentals, but I am mostly self-taught when it comes to binding techniques. My style is both classic and eclectic. I love using found papers and objects in my one-of-a-kind projects. I also enjoy coming up with original workshop projects, which allows me to combine my love of crafting with those of teaching and writing.
Other passions include any kind of DIY craftiness, Inuit art, visual/art journaling, graphic design, and good indie music. I am in the process of discovering how amazingly cool it is to make your own jewellry and paintings.
I hate clowns, white socks worn with dark pants, and stupid drivers. I can’t bring myself to trust people who drink decaf.
I live in Toronto, Canada (for now).
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Wanna learn how to make cool books? Contact me at papermusedesigns [at] yahoo [dot] ca
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July 2, 2008 at 5:00 pm
dorkie
Glad you had a Happy Canada Day. We miss you and hope you will come back soon to teach us your latest creation in bookbindings.
January 17, 2009 at 3:38 pm
lestaret
Hello Natalie,
I’ve just stumbled across your blog – great books and such passion for book arts and papercrafts!
I was taught to bind books in July last year by an old gentleman recently retired, and have been hooked ever since. As I spend much of my working day with computers, this is a real return to the satisfaction of handling and manipulating paper and card, which is where most of us start as kids I guess.
As I’m new to blogging, I thought I’d make contact with others, who, like me, ‘go by the book’. I was directed towards your blog as I had recently posted an image of a small z-fold (dos-à-dos) book and had asked if anyone else was making them – I haven’t seen many so far. Your large size book posted in May looks impressive – I generally keep my books to around A6 size for comfort. The larger books I’ve made just don’t come together as well. You should post up some larger images with detail shots too, particularly of the special books.
My own blog is still small and I hope to get my new website (complete with shop) up and running before February is out. Please feel free to add your comments and keep up with the great book work!
All the best,
Christopher Skinner (East Anglia, UK)