This past weekend I attended a workshop taught by Leslie Marsh entitled "Binding Memories in Black and White." It was held at Lemoncholy's Studio, Kecia Deveney's wonder of a place on the Jersey shore. As you can see from the following images, Kecia's studio is an inspiration in and of itself.
Leslie Marsh is my bookmaking hero and she was kind enough to bring a sampling of her incredible handmade books to the class. While she is a stellar photographer and her books look quite amazing on her blog, they are even more spectacular in person.
The workshop focused on a bleaching technique to alter black paper using materials from nature - leaves, flowers, and the like.
Our fearless leader...
Our sensational host...
Bleaching in action..
Racking it up...
But that was just the beginning. After we made our pages, Leslie taught the long stitch technique so we were all able to bind our pages into our own books.
Pleasures of Hope, the book I created...
A sampling of my pages...
Thank you Leslie and Kecia and the whole gang. It was a great day!
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