Travel Logbook with French Link Bookbinding
A course by Infinitos Lugares , Artist and Bookbinder
Joined February 2019
Create personalized travel notebooks from scratch using collage and French link bookbinding techniques
Joined February 2019
Do you ever get nostalgic thinking back to old-school atlases, dictionaries, and encyclopedias? Have them join you once again on your adventures by giving them a new lease of life using travel logbooks. In this online course, artist, bookbinder, and founder of the Infinitos Lugares workshop, Laura Bernal, teaches you how to create logbooks with French link stitch bookbinding.
Learn collage techniques to fill a travel logbook sewn with your very own hands. Unleash your creativity and discover the wealth of visual poetry you can create through your logbook.
What will you learn in this online course?
17 lessons & 23 downloads
- 100% positive reviews (76)
- 3,061 students
- 17 lessons (3h 11m)
- 23 additional resources (8 files)
- Online and at your own pace
- Available on the app
- Audio: Spanish, English, French, Italian, Portuguese, Turkish
- Spanish · English · Portuguese · German · French · Italian · Polish · Dutch · Turkish
- Level: Beginner
- Unlimited access forever
What is this course's project?
Create a travel logbook from scratch, learning to bind with the French link stitch
Projects by course students
Who is this online course for?
Anyone who loves notebooks and paper, as well as anyone who enjoys gathering keepsakes from their travels.
Requirements and materials
No prior knowledge is needed to take this course.
Your teacher describes the materials in detail throughout the course, but some of the most important items are:
- - Paper, cardboard, and old books to cut up
- A bone folder and an awl
- Needle, thread, and beeswax
- A brush and glue
Reviews
Infinitos Lugares
A course by Infinitos Lugares
Laura Bernal is an artist and bookbinder from Bogotá, Colombia. Her work combines all her knowledge, including bookbinding and the arts, to create unique, beautiful, and functional objects using paper. Everything about books inspires her, from how they are made to how they tell stories.
In 2017, she founded Infinitos Lugares, a bookbinding and collage workshop in Bogotá. It is a space to create, as well as a kind of lab in which to experiment and share her love for paper and books. Since then, she has developed notebooks with personalized collages and for brands such as El Deambulante, Historia a Pie, and Posdata.
Content
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U1
Introduction
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About Me
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Influences
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U2
Prepare the trip
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Travel logs
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Tools and materials
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Mood board and planning
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U3
How to make a personalized logbook
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Introduction to French bookbinding
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Bookbinding Lessons: Paper Preparation
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Bookbinding Lessons: Sewing 1
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Bookbinding Lessons: Sewing 2
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Bookbinding Lessons: The Covers 1
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Bookbinding Lessons: The Covers 2
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Bookbinding Lessons: The Covers 3
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Books to use for cutouts
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Working on your travel logbook 1
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Working on your travel logbook 2
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U4
The final touches
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Dies and windows
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Pockets for storing travel souvenirs
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FP
Final project
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Travel Logbook with French Link Bookbinding
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Excelente curso, me ha encantado!!! La profesora es adorable y el método de enseñanza que utiliza es perfecto para que cualquiera que lo desee pueda aprender, me inspira, he hecho mi bitácora!!! Mil gracias!!!
Very inspiring with lots of practical tips for making a travel journal
MUY BUENO
Me encantó el curso, muy claro y práctico! Muchas gracias!!!
I enjoy this course so much. It was understandable.. and very relaxing to do it step by step with
Laura Bernal.
I dont think I will make several Travel Logbooks in the future.
Thank you very much
Regards
Istelle