Longstitch Variations with Regin Igloria
In his second video for Artists Book House Tutorials, artist and ABH Board Member Regin Igloria returns to demonstrate a basic longstitch variation for binding a book.
Supplies List
Basic hand skills and a desire to bind your own book
Copy paper or similar
Card stock for covers
Awl or push pin
Needle and thread
Olfa, X-acto, or other type of utility knife
Ruler
Bone folder
Book cradle or piercing trough (optional)
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About Regin Igloria
Regin Igloria is a multidisciplinary artist and educator based in Chicago. His drawings, artists’ books, sculptures, and performances portray the human condition as it relates to the natural environment and inhabited spaces. With several years of arts administration and teaching experience, he founded North Branch Projects, an organization that builds connections through the book arts. He works with various communities to create crossover between disparate populations and cultures, aiming to broaden the roles of both artists and non-artists. Igloria has taught at places such as Marwen, RISD, The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Snow City Arts, and Carthage College. He received a 3Arts Individual Artist Award as well as local, national, and international grants, support through artist residencies, and has exhibited internationally. He received his MFA from Rhode Island School of Design.