{"id":12246,"date":"2020-05-26T13:17:23","date_gmt":"2020-05-26T17:17:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.herringbonebindery.com\/blog\/?p=12246"},"modified":"2025-09-15T15:37:05","modified_gmt":"2025-09-15T19:37:05","slug":"maker-talk-creating-a-design-binding","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.herringbonebindery.com\/blog\/2020\/05\/26\/maker-talk-creating-a-design-binding\/","title":{"rendered":"Maker Talk \/\/ Creating a Design Binding"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Virtual Maker Talk with Erin Fletcher\" width=\"670\" height=\"377\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/xwkOFlaZl_4?start=1013&#038;feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>I was invited by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbss.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">North Bennet Street School<\/a> to speak about my binding in the exhibit <em>Drop Dead Gorgeous: Fine Bindings of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.herringbonebindery.com\/portfolio\/la-prose.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">La Prose du Transsib\u00e9rien Re-creation<\/a><\/em>. It was a real joy to participate in this exhibit with so many other incredible binders, many of whom I seek out for design and technique inspiration.<\/p>\n<p>I chose to create a design that would highlight both of the original contributors: Blaise Cendrars and Sonia Delaunay-Terk. Since the text is a facsimile of the original 1913 artist book, I also wanted to give a nod to <a href=\"http:\/\/laprosepochoir.blogspot.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Kitty Maryatt<\/a> who set about on an ambitious project of letterpress printing and traditional French pochoir.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.herringbonebindery.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/LaProse-ErinFletcher.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"12251\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.herringbonebindery.com\/blog\/2020\/05\/26\/maker-talk-creating-a-design-binding\/laprose-erinfletcher\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.herringbonebindery.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/LaProse-ErinFletcher.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1864,1222\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"LaProse-ErinFletcher\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.herringbonebindery.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/LaProse-ErinFletcher-300x197.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.herringbonebindery.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/LaProse-ErinFletcher-1024x671.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-12251\" src=\"https:\/\/www.herringbonebindery.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/LaProse-ErinFletcher-1024x671.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"650\" height=\"426\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.herringbonebindery.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/LaProse-ErinFletcher-1024x671.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.herringbonebindery.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/LaProse-ErinFletcher-300x197.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.herringbonebindery.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/LaProse-ErinFletcher-768x503.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.herringbonebindery.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/LaProse-ErinFletcher-1536x1007.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.herringbonebindery.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/LaProse-ErinFletcher.jpg 1864w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>In my talk I discuss my general process for creating a design binding, while looking at the specific design and techniques used on <em>La Prose<\/em>. The design on the cover is pulled directly from Cendrars&#8217; poem in a loose interpretation of 17th century star charts. Below is a slide pulled from my presentation showing how I used images of St. Basil&#8217;s Cathedral in Moscow to design the border of my design.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_12255\" style=\"width: 660px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.herringbonebindery.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Slide18.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-12255\" data-attachment-id=\"12255\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.herringbonebindery.com\/blog\/2020\/05\/26\/maker-talk-creating-a-design-binding\/slide18\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.herringbonebindery.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Slide18.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"720,540\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Slide18\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.herringbonebindery.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Slide18-300x225.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.herringbonebindery.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Slide18.jpg\" class=\"wp-image-12255\" src=\"https:\/\/www.herringbonebindery.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Slide18.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"650\" height=\"488\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.herringbonebindery.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Slide18.jpg 720w, https:\/\/www.herringbonebindery.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Slide18-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-12255\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Slide from Presentation<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Check out the presentation to learn more about my embroidery technique and what other inspirational elements from the text found their way into the design.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I was invited by North Bennet Street School to speak about my binding in the exhibit Drop Dead Gorgeous: Fine Bindings of La Prose du Transsib\u00e9rien Re-creation. It was a real joy to participate in this exhibit with so many other incredible binders, many of whom I seek out for design and technique inspiration. I [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[8],"tags":[2389,2386,2390,1196,67,1465,2385,2388,2387],"class_list":["post-12246","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-my-hand","tag-artist-talk","tag-blaise-cendrars","tag-drop-dead-gorgeous-exhibit","tag-embroidered-binding","tag-fine-binding","tag-kitty-maryatt","tag-la-prose-du-transsiberien","tag-maker-talk","tag-sonia-delaunay-terk"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2Btis-3bw","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":10822,"url":"https:\/\/www.herringbonebindery.com\/blog\/2016\/11\/14\/a-visit-to-the-annual-uk-bookbinding-competition-exhibit\/","url_meta":{"origin":12246,"position":0},"title":"A visit to the Annual UK Bookbinding Competition Exhibit","author":"Erin Fletcher","date":"November 14, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"During my visit to London, I was delighted to have my trip overlap with the 2016 Annual UK Bookbinding Competition Exhibit.\u00a0A collection of bindings are on display at the St. Bride Foundation and during the opening reception on November 10th, many of the exhibitors received awards for their work. 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