Yvette Ja

British // South Korean, Paper artist | Bookbinder | Online Book + Box making courses | Origami Maps

[Creative Calligraphy @CreativeCallig]

I was so happy to be asked by @yvettejaa to fill in these recipes cards for a photoshoot she was doing for her new recipe box tutorial. The final images look amazing!

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@Smoken_Mirrors Aww I’ve very much in the ‘I’m never doing a festival again’ camp. (creaky knees) but pleased I’ve done Glasto twice. Once glorious weather, the other very very muddy and cold. Can’t remember much of either. Taking that as a good thing 😜

[Yvette Ja @yvettejaa]

@Smoken_Mirrors Oooh! That sounds tasty!

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I’ve been a little bookbinding machine this week.

Here’s the last of a batch of coptic + French link bindings about to go into the press for a big ole nap over the weekend.

They are heading to @QueensHall next week and will be available to purchase from their box office.

[Yvette Ja @yvettejaa]

It’s co-working day tomorrow and I’ll be binding books in the white room. Really looking forward to seeing you there!

[Queen's Hall Arts, Hexham @QueensHall]

Creative living or working in Northumberland?

Paper artist and bookbinder, Yvette Ja is hosting a series of co-working days at Queen's Hall offering the chance to work together and network.

Book a FREE place on this Friday’s session: https://t.co/cdyTyR0GYb

[Yvette Ja @yvettejaa]

15 years on Twitter, but probably only actually tweeted for 8 of those years

[Yvette Ja @yvettejaa]

Just spent an hour making my home page look pretty with lots of new photos from my photographer. She just makes books look amazing.

https://t.co/AXn2s3Ed4B

[D6: Culture in Transit 🧡 @D6culture]

**Open call** Artists Connecting in Transition - BELONGING (Virtual exhibition)
**for 8 multidisciplinary artists with lived experience of forced migration, exile, or displacement based anywhere in the world who are interested in taking part in a virtual exhibition.

[Yvette Ja @yvettejaa]

I can’t stop making boxes. Here’s a couple of my favourites.

I also have a course to learn the technique here;

https://t.co/BqdjnqeAAk

[Yvette Ja @yvettejaa]

New course klaxon. 🎉🎉🎉
Make this pencil box. Pre orders open! ✏️

But first, how many pencils can you fit in here with the lid closed? I’ll give you a prize if you guess correctly!

https://t.co/AXn2s3Ed4B

[Yvette Ja @yvettejaa]

@janetedavis It’s all about getting the tension right at the beginning when you start off. I pull up and down to get it right, hard to explain. I’ll post a video in the course next time I make one!

[Yvette Ja @yvettejaa]

@janetedavis So nice to hear this! I know we all strive for the perfect book but personally the crooked ones have so much more to say! Long live the crooked book! I probs shouldn’t say that as a bookbinder!

[Creative Calligraphy @CreativeCallig]

Our second week of #bookbinding with @yvettejaa and my Thursday group managed (eventually - it’s tricky) to get to grips with coptic stitch to put the signatures (pages) we made last week together.

[Creative Calligraphy @CreativeCallig]

It was my Friday group’s turn to get stitching with @yvettejaa today as we continue our #bookbinding sessions. We’re taking inspiration this term from the Lindisfarne Gospels currently on show at the @LaingArtGallery in Newcastle. #calligraphy

[Creative Calligraphy @CreativeCallig]

My Friday group completed their #bookbinding adventures with @yvettejaa today as part of our #InspiredbyLindisfarne project. Everyone was thrilled with how their A6 creations turned out. 📚

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No one really talks about that feeling when you take a load of your crap to the charity shop and then leg it in case they want to give it back to you.