Anne Davnes Calligraphy

🎨So much color in such a tiny bird!

Here’s my Tangara Seledon.

(Green-headed Tangager.)

A lovely, lazy Saturday morning.

Embracing my 🤩special-ness🤩 after a recent diagnosis of autism. Makes sense b/c my kid is and his dad is and all my friends are and I find it hilarious that I was the last to know. 🙃

Soooo, stepping fully into a neurodivergent path has led me to grow a new arm of my business as a person who helps people in profound ways…

Stay tuned for a special announcement 📣 soon!

Three cheers for the biggest bestest book cover!

Fun times last night in Voice of Flight! Wooo, this bird was fun!

Who who who wants a brush lettering class?!

Mr. Bull Finch looking quite serious among a wreath of cherry blossoms 🌸.

Class begins this Wednesday night! This is a variation of the Coptic stitch and with it, a new cover technique with inset windows on the cover and a beautiful ridge at every edge.

🔗Link in bio.

📚 Live Coptic Stitch w/ Inset Window Covers Wed PM
A Bookbinding Online Course via Google Meet

4 Sessions | All Levels | $120.00 | Wed PM | 6-8.30 | May 6-27

💻 Classes are recorded and available for download during the course and for two weeks after class ends. 

Stitch a coptic-bound journal using a live-binding variation using multiple threads and make sturdy covers with an inset window.

Week 1 - Wed. May 06, 2026 6-8.30pm Eastern
Week 2 - Wed. May 13, 2026 6-8.30pm Eastern
Week 3 - Wed. May 20, 2026 6-8.30pm Eastern
Week 4 - Wed. May 27, 2026 6-8.30pm Eastern

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Bask in this 4-session online course, paced for a relaxing bookbinding journey.

Enjoy this variant of the ancient Coptic bookbinding technique - Live Coptic Stitching, where you use multiple color threads to stitch up your spine. Rainbow threads, anyone?!

We’ll also beef up our covers using two layers of substrate - book board and poster board, sized slightly differently, to achieve a subtle lip near the edges of our covers. We’ll also learn to measure for centering a perfect inset window on the front cover. Small details with a big impact.

SUPPLY LIST
Bookbinder’s Board (Davy Board)
Poster board or cereal box (anything with that thickness)
ColorWay Arts 2-in-1 Trim & Miter Tool
Decorative papers for bookbinding
Paper for book pages - at least 40 pages, sized 8.5 x 11
Bone folder
Glue brush
Acrylic gel medium (as a brushable glue) or Jade PVA glue
beeswax
curved bookbinding needles (one for each thread color you’ll be using)
bookbinding thread
medium-duty or heavy-duty bookbinder’s awl
wax paper
piercing cradle
Eraser
Paper ephemera (images of maps, receipts, sheet music, text, illustrations, postcards…anything you find that has text/imagery that catches your eye)
Metal-edged ruler for measuring and cutting your board
Mechanical pencil
Triangle

Tub with a view. 🛁 🪟🖼️

Here’s a K to remind me that the 🌺Flower Moon 🌕 will be looking down at us tonight. Happy May 1st!