I recently came across a cook book called “The Cordon Bleu Cookbook” by Dione Lucas. It was published in 1947. Dione Lucas was an English chef and the the first female graduate […]
Enjoying the work of Masters in other disciplines
Ideas for reusing old materials in bookbinding
You never know where you might find something that could be a useful material for your bookbinding projects. Now that I’m learning book binding, I find that I can use a lot […]
Libraries and local bookstores
While browsing through books at a local used bookstore here in San Francisco (Dog Eared books on Valencia Street), I came across a zine called “How to resist Amazon”. A zine, in […]
Lean into your feeling of flow
There are times when you feel like writing about a specific topic. It’s there, inside of you, wanting to come out. But then, oh – you need to do this other thing […]
Finding ways to inspire yourself
In almost any creative pursuit, whether it’s your job, your hobby, your side project or even a task that you might be working on, I find that it’s helpful to identify ways […]
Managing that nagging inner critic
I would be lying if I said that I don’t have a nagging inner voice, that questions me every now and then, about why am I spending time on learning book binding. […]
Use your own products to find areas of improvement
The best way to understand how to improve your product, is to use it yourself. If you’re a regular user of your own product, you will notice the small details and bugs […]
Jar of Awesome
I first heard about the Jar of Awesome on the Tim Ferriss podcast. Tim Ferriss is the author of the 4 hour workweek. I’m not sure how I first stumbled across his […]
Sonali Mangal 