January 2023

Our winter Zoom meeting was blighted by serious internet connection issues, although thankfully the fact that our signal kept dropping out didn’t affect the meeting too much!

Our chosen theme was ‘Unusual Shapes or Structures.’

Margaret demonstrated an amazing piece of paper engineering in her stunning folded triangle book:

Mari H sent a spooky book from Australia:

Janet B was inspired by a tutorial on the British Library website and her Christmas copy of the Radio Times to create ‘I’ve always had a soft spot for Columbo’ – a heart shaped tv quiz book:

Janet A was inspired by the Mantras of Mother Theresa:

Jill used handmade paper and a ‘Flat style Austrian Reverse Piano Hinge' binding (the one Margaret calls a ‘Striptease!’) to create her ‘Spring’ book:

and Pat D was inspired by bees and honeycombs:

In a slight change, we’ve decided the next meeting will be at a slightly earlier time  – 10am – and on a Sunday morning, April 16^th with the theme ‘Contrasts’.  

We’re also hoping that our summer meeting will once again be an ‘in person’ event, with food!

October 2022

Apologies for the delay in posting this!  Somehow Autumn and Winter have passed by!

Our Autumn Zoom meeting took place on Saturday October 29^th and the theme – appropriately enough! – was ‘Autumn’.  As always, it was fascinating to see so many different interpretations of the theme!

Janet B used ink decorated real autumn leaves to decorate and embellish her book:

Janet A’s book recalled her visit to ‘New England in the Fall’:

Jo D used her super set of Crayola crayons for a hand-drawn ‘abcde-rie’ of Autumn:

Pat D was inspired by Bep van Gasteren’s embroidered books and a stash of
autumnal fabrics:

Margaret B used words and printed cards to create her variation on a star book:

and Mari H sent us sunshine from Australia in her ‘Sunny Book’:

Next meeting was planned for January 28^th 2023, with the theme ‘Unusual Shapes and/or Structures’.