Wah Lee - the perfect Chinese Emporium
I absolutely adore going to this shop. As soon as you open the door and the jingle of the bells announce your arrival, you instantly feel...
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I love to write about things that happen in and out of the studio. Random happenings are my favourite things to write about. Enjoy!
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Liz Constable
- Oct 30, 2023
- 2 min
Book Camp New Zealand 2023
Book Camps have become a highlight of my creative calendar. From the humble beginnings of Camp Book NZ what an adventure we've been on!!...
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Liz Constable
- Sep 10, 2023
- 2 min
Index card drawer make over
What a treat to discover these at Junk & Disorderly. They were a challenge as the drawers looked like they needed a lot of work and they...
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Liz Constable
- Sep 6, 2023
- 1 min
An artist at play
I can't begin to stress how important it is to simply play. As adults we don't always recognise the importance of it and how it benefits...
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Liz Constable
- Apr 27, 2023
- 2 min
Custom made set of bakers trays
I often flit between multiple projects resulting in piles of items dotted around the studio, taking up space on the tabletops. When...
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Liz Constable
- Apr 2, 2023
- 5 min
Dyed & Gone to Heaven: The Book.
Answers to commonly asked questions Can you imagine experimenting, exploring, delving into a glorious technique over ten years, then...
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Liz Constable
- Dec 23, 2022
- 2 min
Artsy Meetup Marathon 2022
Last year, I was invited to take part in a wild idea by bookbinder, poet, printmaker, & life alchemist, Kiala Givehand. She'd had the...
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Liz Constable
- Nov 27, 2022
- 1 min
Look what I did with an old school bench.....
How could I drive past this when I saw this old school bench discarded on a neighbour's lawn?? Here is it outside my woodworking teachers...
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Liz Constable
- Nov 13, 2022
- 2 min
Pulleys + drying rack + paper = paper drying solution
What I love about my hobby, woodworking, is how it's helped to solve issues in the studio. For example: When I needed to store my paper I...
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Liz Constable
- Sep 14, 2022
- 2 min
Two fan girls meet Richard Stine
WARNING: This blog contains much fan girl gushing. I make no apologies for it! Years ago, my friend Ailie Snow, gifted me a copy of The ...
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Liz Constable
- Aug 21, 2022
- 2 min
Custom made packing desk
We were so busy and got stuck in I forgot to take photos from the start! But we effectively created a kit set to put together, based on...
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Liz Constable
- Jul 10, 2022
- 2 min
Fodder School Challenge - including photos of the projects I've completed so far!
Here's the backstory. In January 2022, I was invited by Wendy Solganik (known on Instagram as Willa Wanders) to be a Fodder School 2...
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Liz Constable
- Jun 26, 2022
- 1 min
When being blue, is good
I can't believe I never thought to create a blog based on colour! Or one colour, to be more precise. It's actually quite lovely to see a...
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Liz Constable
- Jun 12, 2022
- 5 min
A book artist visits a book festival
I recently found out that Featherston, a small town situated in South Wairapara, was holding a Book festival. As my sister Jo, recently...
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Liz Constable
- Apr 17, 2022
- 2 min
Oh I do like to be beside the seaside!
I was asked recently to create a book for a bach, a beach house in New Zealand pronounced as 'batch'. In the South Island they're known...
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Liz Constable
- Apr 3, 2022
- 2 min
All Birthday adventures have to come to an end at some point...or do they?
A few years ago, I was visiting a friends house who at the time had a handful of young children milling about. The house was chaotic,...
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Liz Constable
- Mar 6, 2022
- 2 min
Mexico comes to Glen Eden
As the garage is used as my art studio, my poor pergola ended up being 'that place' to dump a range of stuff. In the end, I couldn't bear...
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Liz Constable
- Feb 20, 2022
- 1 min
New Zealand School Journals
I was recently given a set of old New Zealand School Journals by my lovely friend Christine. I absolutely LOVE working with these. So I...
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Liz Constable
- Feb 6, 2022
- 3 min
A snapshop of some of my most recent work
I'm thrilled beyond words that my books are flying off the shelves and around the world. I've sent numerous books to places such as: the...
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Liz Constable
- Jan 23, 2022
- 1 min
Who doesn't love a good quick furniture makeover?
I do love a trip out to the Helensville recycling centre as I'm always guaranteed a good find and my recent trip did not disappoint! It...
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I love to write about things that happen in and out of the studio, especially random happenings.
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