A joyous, adventurous wish scroll with character : )

This sweet little wishscroll would be perfect for anyone who loves adventure, travel, friendships and nomadic fairytales.
It has a turqoise chip bead at the bottom of the wish scroll, and a little spacer bead on top of the lid – or at the end of the cord, close to the knot, which ever you prefer as it can slide freely across the length of the cord.
The wish scroll hangs on a light tan colored adjustable cord. Wear the scroll under your shirt – it will get darker and shiny from the oils of your skin. Do not shower or bathe with it.

When you open the lid, you will discover a tiny paper scroll. Take it out, write your wish on it, and put it back. Ready to work!

Find this wish scroll and the rest of the available wish scroll clan here.

height of scroll: 3cm or 1” 1/4, including bead.

This journal is made with soft, yellowish Hahnemuhle Bugra paper, craquelle coloured reindeer leather and natural flax thread. Also the closure follows the same natural flax theme, with a coconut button as embellishment. The covers are lined with creamy white handmade paper. The endpapers are made with the lining paper, laminated with Mingeishi paper in the natural flax hue.

210 x 140mm

Here in the Netherlands it is the custom for the parents of the newborn baby to announce the arrival of their child with a birth announcement card.

My personal favourite birth announcement card is this one, with poppies, from Booem Geboortekaartjes. Booem has a lot of different designs, including cards that fold out into a 3D eye-catcher!

The contents of this book, bound in craquelle leather and closed with straps, is a colourful collection of notes, photos, letters and good wishes from all over the world.

2011 – Artist’s books, commission work, teaching workshops at own atelier.

2010 -  Artist’s books,  exhibitions, commission work. Developing and launching Nina’s Nature.

2009 -  Open Atelier Day, commission work, teaching workshops at own atelier, guest teacher at Servicecentrum Flevolandse Bibliotheken (book repair)

2008 -  Exhibition “Seasons”, commission work, teaching workshops at own atelier

(2007 – birth of Toon Ilo)

2002-2006 -  Commission work, teaching workshops at own atelier and SAKB, teaching two bookbinding intensive weeks annually in Tyrvää School of Arts and Crafts (Finland), various exhibitions

2000-2001 -  Working as a part time assistant at Bartlett Books, London (book restoration)

1998-2001 -  Bachelor of Arts diploma in bookbinding at Roehampton University (London). Starting teaching bookbinding workshops at Tyrvää School of Arts and Crafts in 1999.

1997 – An autumn semester at Tallinn Academy of Arts,Estonia,  learning bookbinding, especially leather working,  and art.

1995-1998 – Bookbinders diploma, Tyrvää school of arts and crafts, Vammala, Finland

1993-1994 -  Liminka school of art, one-year art orientation course

1990-1993 – A-levels at Turun Lyseon Lukio, Finland

Work in collections

- National Library of Queensland, Australia
- private collections

Work in publications

- Bound&Lettered, Vol.7, Nr.3 (Winter 09): Nina Judin Gallery
- 500 Handmade Books – Inspiring Interpretations of a Timeless Form, Lark Books (2008)
- Handboekbinden 1.4.2008, journal of the Dutch bookbinders society Stichting Handboekbinden
- Exhibition catalogues, various (see exhibitions page. Entries marked with * have a catalogue)

Let go, become undone.
- NJ2002

exhibitions marked with * have an exhibition catalogue with illustrations

2010

28 September – 9 January 2011, Scripta Manent IV. International bookbinding exhibition in Tallinn, Estonia.

23rd April to 22nd May, exhibition together with Riet Harmse and Stieni Foppen, at Kunstkelder , Putten, Netherlands.

2009

26th September to 29 November, group exhibition “Smakelijke boeken” at De Molshoop, Amstelveen

25th April “New York comes to Amsterdam”, group exhibition at the atelier with Christel Harms, Mitzi Pratt, Job de Vries, music by Signe Tollefsen and Flip Scipio.

2008

1st November – 10th January 2009
“Seasons”, an exhibition with Frank Lengvenius and Ronald Bagijn at Galerie Miya Art & Jewelry, Hellevoetsluis, Netherlands

4th June – 18th October 2008
The miniature book collection of Neale Albert at the John Rylands Library in Manchester, England*

2007

October – December
Jonge Helden in de band. Group exhibition of design bindings on the book Jonge Helden! at Westfries Museum, Hoorn, The Netherlands.*

January – March
France: Bibliotheque Carnegie, Reims
Double Bush Binding, international bookbinding exhibition organised by Bookbinding Exhibitions Australia

2006

September – November
Miniature Designer Bookbindings from the collection of Neale M. Albert
The Grolier Club, New York City*

August 2006 Australia: Mezzanine Gallery, Forbes
Double Bush Binding

June 2006 Japan: Waseda Gallery, Waseda University, Tokyo
Double Bush Binding

March – April 2006 Australia: Depot Gallery II, Waterloo, Sydney
Double Bush Binding, international bookbinding exhibition organised by Bookbinding Exhibitions Australia(*video)

July
Guest at open ateliers of the painter Anneke Balvert
Les Arques, France.

May
Guest at open ateliers/gallery of the portrait painter YvonneMaya Bakker
Galerie Poort, Amstelveen, The Netherlands

April – May
Bigunnan, group exhibition of 10 artists
Kruithuis, s-Hertogenbosch, The Netherlands

April
Spring exhibition
Galerie Le Pignon, Grootschermer, The Netherlands

March – April
Nordiska Bokband. A touring exhibition by Nordic bookbinders
Trondheim and Oslo, Norway*

January – February
Nordiska Bokband. A touring exhibition by Nordic bookbinders
Sanoma-centre, Helsinki, Finland*

2005

November – December
Nordiska Bokband. A touring exhibition by Nordic bookbinders
Artindusty Museum, Kopenhagen, Denmark*

October
Nordiska Bokband. A touring exhibition by Nordic bookbinders
Danish Media Museum, Odense, Denmark*

September – October
Paimentolainen , an exhibition of artist’s books
SBK Amstelveen, The Netherlands

June – September
Scripta Manent III, an international exhibition of bookbindings and calligraphy. Tallinn, Estonia.*

June – August
Summer exhibition
Beeldentuin Henriette, Overpelt, Belgium

June – July
Nordiska Bokband. A touring exhibition by Nordic bookbinders
Reykjavik, Island*

May – July
Summer exhibition
Nina Judin Books, Amsterdam

April – May
Nordiska Bokband. A touring exhibition by Nordic bookbinders
Konstakademien and Kulturhuset, Stockholm, Sweden*

March
Nordiska Bokband. A touring exhibition by Nordic bookbinders
Gallery Astley, Uttersberg, Sweden*

February
Duo exhibition, together with Jeanne Wesselius
Buitenveldert Library, Amsterdam

2004

September
Miniature Book Society Competition
Bath, UK

June

Art for Nagwa -  a charity exhibition
Galerie Poort, Amstelveen

May
Intimacy in form, books and plane.
Group exhibition with YvonneMaya Bakker , Anja Vosdingh Bessem, Nina Judin
Galerie Poort, Amstelveen

May
Open House
group exhibition
Nina Judin Books, Amsterdam

February
Open House
group exhibition
Nina Judin Books, Amsterdam

2003

October – January 2004
solo exhibition
Kunst Zaak, Amsterdam

July – August
Summer Exhibition
de Salon, Amsterdam

January – February
Books of Nina 96-02
Solvay Pharmaceuticals, Weesp, Netherlands

2001

November – December
House Jewellery at Christmas exhibition
Gallery Blue Child, Dresden, Germany

June
BA Bookbinding and Calligraphy Degree Show
Surrey University, Roehampton, London, UK

2000

December – January 2001
Designer Bookbinders Competition
British Library, London, Great Britain

September – October
Scripta Manent II, international exhibition of Bookbinding and Calligraphy
Tallinn, Estonia

August – September
Changeling – bookarts
Gallery Blue Child, Dresden, Germany

June – August
Kasityokesa

national crafts exhibition
Suomenlinna, Finland

July
International bookbinding exhibition
Fiskars, Finland*

1999

December – January 2000
Designer Bookbinders Competition

British Library, London, UK

Awards

2000

Scripta Manent II
calligraphy nomination

1999

Designer Bookbinders Competition
Falkiners Fine Paper Prize

There is a time for everything, and when the time is ripe things are completed, blessed and released to continue their growth, to follow their own pattern.
- NJ2002

This exhibition has a special place in my heart, since it is the place where, for the first time, I understood that there is more to bookbinding than “just making books”. The Estonians have brought book arts a giant leap farther from its cradle, traditional bookbinding. For anyone who can, this is an absolute must for inspiration and for pushing one’s conceptual limits.

The exhibition “Scripta manent IV” will be opened on September 28, 2010 and will remain open until January 9, 2011. The books will be exhibited in the Estonian Museum of Applied Art and Design at Lai Street 17 in Tallinn.
The exhibition will be accompanied by a conference in the Estonian National Library on September 28 at 10 a.m.

After all praise, I’m turning the volume to “medium” and presenting my contribution this time:

My binding for the set book “The word was sung” has a red leather spine and mixed media/textile covers, with embroidery and the image of singer/songwriter Signe Tollefsen in action. The endpapers of this book are made of music paper – patterned handmade paper, and the book has hand sewn endbands.

image of singer/songwriter Signe Tollefsen in action

detail image of embroidery

A quick note for all of you who are making things and selling their creations. This winter/spring I’ve found two blogs that are just too good to keep to myself:

Crafting an MBA: business thinking for designers & makers

and

Tara Gentile: write well, create often

Enjoy!

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These are large – 29 x 22cm or 11 1/2 x 8 3/4 inches – journals/sketchbooks with flexible leather covers. The books are bound on leather thongs, which slot through the limp leather cover, and are glued down and, in the case of two books, also stitched through the cover.

The books have the same vintage endpapers.

Pages are of an artist quality drawing paper in a light caramel color (light yellow-brown).

Further detailing: edges of covers have a gold/silver coloured lining, and the books have leather endbands.

These books would be a perfect artist’s/designer’s working journal or as an outdoors notebook.