Chinese thread book

Hello everyone, it’s Chinese New Year tomorrow so I have another Chinese inspired project to share with you all. Chinese Thread Book These date back hundreds of years and show off the art of…

Posts about Based on Chinese Thread Book written by Paula Beardell Krieg

Thanks to the delightful kindness of Kit Tyrrell, one of my blog readers in the UK, I have received two booklets by Ruth Smith about folded books that can contain many compartments. One such book i…

"I would often tell people that there are are "hundreds of ways to make books" and I guess I wanted to prove it to myself!", replied Rhonda Miller of My Handbound Books to me when I had asked her about her crazy project and a permission to write about it. I'm constantly think

Since combining the words origami and Zhen Xian Bao or Chinese Thread Book in my search for the ‘star’ box (flowered candy box) I have come across a number of origami versions of the Zh…

Running workshops is absolutely one of my favorite things, And this workshop was a good as it gets. Two 6 hour days worked out well. My own big takeaways: Although people had their own desk area to…

The Hedi Kyle Belt Fold has been used by a number of people as the closure for their Chinese Thread Books. Here’s one by Elissa Campbell. (You can read more about Elissa’s versions here…

Last call for this Chinese Thread Book Workshop in Hexham this Sunday (17th November) We are making the full version of the Chinese Thread Book with six pockets (two of them are hidden) The workshop will take place in my cosy shop in Hexham. There’s just a couple of spaces left. To book: Call into Hanji on St Mary’s Chare Book online at my link in bio. No experience necessary. All materials provided. Tag anyone who you think will love this make.

I saw Chinese thread books online and fell in love. I was doing a zentangle project…and decided to combine the two. Origami and I are not the best of friends…yet…so I had to make SO many boxes to get what I wanted…and ended up with 3 books. The boxes open in different ways and are stacked on top of each other to hold thread, pattern pieces, small scissors, buttons…etc. SO much fun!

Do you know about the folded thread "books" made by the Miao peoples of China? They are quite magical, and a search for images finds many, including these - using traditional patterns (via) from the collection of Sarah Foulks (via) (via) Here's a version made following the instructions set out by Ruth Smith, who researched these in China and wrote a book about the technique (and is teaching it) - and another, from another blog - The Chinese name for these books, I learned here, is zhen xian…

Posts about intro to Chinese Thread Book written by Paula Beardell Krieg

This beautiful, detailed, origami book is a culmination of hours of research, practice, design, and yes even math. I hope that I can save you hours of pain and frustration as you make this amazing and intricate Chinese Thread Book (Zhen Xian Bao). This idea popped into my head after seeing a random project on Pinterest. It had such an impact on me that I had to click. I then spent hours looking at all sorts of origami boxes and thread books. It is a book of folded paper boxes that are glued…

Based off this tutorial: http://www.paperkawaii.com/2015/05/30/origami-chinese-thread-book-video-tutorial/ And other Paper Kawaii tutorials