About River&Craft

Last updated: May 2026

River&Craft is a reference site covering four connected areas of handmade paper craft: paper marbling, hand-sewn bookbinding, scrapbooking, and personal journaling. The content is focused on practical technique and is written for people at varying levels of experience — from first-time crafters to those looking for more specific technical detail.

The site covers these topics in the context of practice in Canada, including notes on material sourcing, relevant Canadian organisations, and regional considerations such as climate effects on paper storage.

What this site covers

The three current tutorials address:

• Paper marbling basics — the carrageenan size-on-water method, paint preparation, alum paper sizing, and fundamental pattern techniques.
• Hand-sewn bookbinding — pamphlet stitch and Coptic stitch structures, tool requirements, and Canadian material sourcing.
• Scrapbooking and journaling — layout methods, adhesive types, journaling structures including bullet journaling, and art journaling approaches.

Sources and references

Content is drawn from publicly available craft technique documentation, published books on bookbinding and paper arts, and the published resources of the Canadian Bookbinders and Book Artists Guild (CBBAG). No statistics or research findings are cited without a verifiable public source.

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