Bookbinding courses in October

You can now book places on upcoming bookbinding courses in October. Also, there's one last September course - Thursday 27th starting at 5pm at the Albion Beatnik, 34 Walton Street, Oxford OX2 6AA. 

You can check the dates and types of courses and book a place here http://www.immaginacija.com/bookbinding-courses

Lapsang souchong haiku

I've been playing with lapsang souchong tea bags and a sewing machine to create some sort of visual poetry. The result is below. Tea bags are sewn together both vertically and horizontally and attached to a bamboo stick.

Some of the tea bags were brewed so the sculpture also smells properly :-)

You can recognise lapsang souchong by its very strong smoky flavour which comes from the process of smoke-drying its leaves over pinewood fires.

I've written a haiku about lapsang and printed it on the tea bags. I've attached a label (made of handmade paper with tea leaves) with the title of the haiku hand-printed on it. It reads vertically which gives a clue how to read the haiku on the teabags. Vertical direction of the text should evoke the flow of pouring water.

Lapsang souchong haiku

burning pinewood

hot delightful sip
ancient love in a teacup

Cutting books

Few pictures of my last decoration made from an old book. "A" and "B" as in the Albion Beatnik, the best bookshop in Oxford, where you can also find a lot of wonderful and undamaged books :)