I love the shoutout to Rajiv, because watching his bookbinding video brought me to your channel. Can't wait to see and learn more from you both!

@bittermelonbindery

Жыл бұрын

Oh that's so cool! I love that connection. Welcome 💕

Oh wow, that paper store! And my jaw simply dropped to see Hungarian cotton paper so far from our tiny country!

My mouth was watering while you were in the paper store! It is now on my list of must visits. It's good seeing you so content in the place you have recently landed.

A very belated happy birthday Chanel🎂. You should also consider a visit to the American Bookbinders Museum in San Francisco - they have some really great bits of the machinery used in the early days of mechanical bookbinding and their site also has some really good resources and links. Adam Savage recently did a video of his visit there. Much though I'd love to I daren't visit a shop like that - I'd end up completely bankrupt (as opposed to just broke).

I didn't expect the unboxing in this video, what a nice surprise!! I hope it works for you past Jan & Feb 😊😊

@bittermelonbindery

Жыл бұрын

Me too 😅💪🏼

Great video - I can totally relate. I put my photo art business aside for a while because I realized I didn’t have the bandwidth to do the marketing I needed to do. So now I’m exploring some new creative pursuits (journal making) and back to knitting and sewing. Just going to see where these take me.

@bittermelonbindery

Жыл бұрын

Sounds lovely, no-pressure exploring is a must!

Happy belated birthday Chanel! The shop was incredible and when I saw hungarian cotton paper sign my jaw dropped! 😅 Very proud of Vinczemill, hope I can go Szentendre this year to see their shop! Also on Hiromi's site there is a video under the hungarian cotton paper, watch it if you have time and see a little corner of my country! 🇭🇺 Have a nice day Chanel! 🧵

@bittermelonbindery

Жыл бұрын

I will go check out that video!

Happy belated Birthday! That paper shop looked amazing! I would lose my mind in there.😄👍🏾❤️

Loved the video. I also loved your jacket. It is super cute!

Happy New Year and Happy Birthday. Looks like a fabulous day out. I love a library too. Those books are beautiful and so simple which means the focus will be on the artwork. How very thoughtful of you 💗

Happy Birthday & Happy New Year! ❤

Lovely video!! Glad to see you enjoyed it! Im thinking of visiting a local paper shop as well!! I am looking forward to using my washi tapes for cover decorations as I continue to use your techniques!! Thanks for the lovely videos!!!

Happy New Year! I make journals & that store was a dream come true for me too ❤❤. Loved seeing the creative vibe of LA. Thanks for sharing 😊

Anita's art journals are an amazing idea!! ❤❤

happy birthday 🎉 and happy lunar new year 🐇

happy birthday Chanel

@bittermelonbindery

Жыл бұрын

Thank you Orlan 😁❣️

Can't wait my shopping. Soon will be able to do it.

Happy Birthday to you!

Happy belated birthday!

I LOVE hightide store. Wish they had one in San Francisco, but I was in LA for a concert and made sure I went to their store before going home. 😅😅

def need to check that spot out sometime soon!! looks dope

Oh and happy elated bday!

WOW! THANK YOU! ♥︎ LOVE your new projects! And a beautiful video★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆-

@bittermelonbindery

Жыл бұрын

❤️❤️❤️

You are lovely. Thank you

As a multimedia designer I've always wanted to design and print my own book covers, just to give my creations that little bit extra. Unfortunately, I keep messing up. Most often the paint doesn't stick to the fabric or discoloration. Do you print/ design your book cover by yourself? If you do, I'd love to see how you do that. What tools and paints do you use and what are the things you pay extra attention to due to the risk of potentially messing up your work or just to your book that little bit prettier. Thank you for your video's. They're such a treat!

I've been to Hiromi; cool little store.

Love your way to work. Do you cut the front edges of the pages after folding them ? Thank you.

ART MART in St.Louis had some lovey papers but they just sold out to Blick''s. I''m hoping their paperrs will stay.

Thanks for your help so far! I’m looking forward to joining your patreon!

@bittermelonbindery

Жыл бұрын

Wow thanks Amanda!

@YahwehsSetApartArt

Жыл бұрын

@@bittermelonbindery of course!

Hi Chanel! I think using that gossamer-like paper for interleaves is a great idea! Thanks for sharing your trip to Hiromi Paper. I was also wondering if you might do some collage leaves with combos of that paper as well, to insert in your books, perhaps?? It fun to get infected by your love of paper! I want to know more about paper and papermaking now. Happy Belated Birthday as well! You might do some research on the history of freeways in LA. You'll learn why the public transit is so meh in LA. I'm sure you'll be fascinated about that story. Also have you considered Ko-fi as another platform to grow your following? Thanks for sharing! 🙂

@bittermelonbindery

Жыл бұрын

Thank you for your thoughts! I would love to get more into collaging. Thanks for the rec to look into freeway history. Not sure about ko-fi since I have Patreon. Would you recommend?

@lightbulbnirvana

Жыл бұрын

@@bittermelonbindery Hi Chanel, Apparently Ko-Fi doesn't charge like Patreon. I am considering Ko-Fi and Big Cartel because they seem to care about artist support over piggybacking on the work of artists. Ko-Fi looks to be expanding their platform so they are an alternative to Patreon. See what you think?

@bittermelonbindery

Жыл бұрын

@@lightbulbnirvana I see, I'll look into it! TY

I would like to try and make books, but I have a question... What kind of material do you use for the hard covers? Cardboard? Illustration board?

@bittermelonbindery

Жыл бұрын

You can look up book board, chipboard, Davey Board as a start!

@LadyDragoncat

Жыл бұрын

@@bittermelonbindery Many thanks! If they don't sell anything like that in Bermuda, I'll have to try out Amazon.

How do you find a paper store? I would love to visit one near me.

@bittermelonbindery

Жыл бұрын

They are rare :( you can try googling "handmade paper near me"

can you make washi paper yourself?