Bastiano A. posted an article on Handmade Notebooks - Feb 22, 2011, 5:41 am
Always I've liked geometry in all the senses: mathematical, philosophical and aesthetic. It has been my main source of inspiration together with the Golden Ratio. Even in the covers of my notebooks there is a rational analysis of composition on the basis of the covers' format with the proportion of ...
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Bastiano A. posted an article on Handmade Notebooks - Jan 29, 2011, 7:07 pm
 On Monday I'm leaving London to go home to Sweden. That means new crafts. I wasn't able to make notebooks in London as I was hoping, it's a really inspiring city. But I also get inspired in Linköping, the town where I live with its quietness and forests. I want to thank all the new followers of t...
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Bastiano A. posted an article on Handmade Notebooks - Jul 21, 2010, 3:58 pm
Since some time ago, I'm experimenting with layers of papers making transfers of texts and also transfers images that I can show here later.  Every notebook for me is a new field of experimentation with collages, starting from what I made in the previous notebook and finishing with something new th...
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Bastiano A. posted an article on Handmade Notebooks - Jul 6, 2010, 8:58 am
These last posts are condensed notes of things I think while working with my crafts. I don’t pretend them to be very understandable, they are quite cumbersome; but to share them, because these are answers I’ve found to my questions about what crafts are for me. I´m sorry for grammar mistakes.I ...
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Bastiano A. posted an article on Handmade Notebooks - Jun 10, 2010, 6:44 am
I’m starting this post as series of short posts based on small notes I take while working with my crafts. So this post is to be continued. When I'm making my crafts, I always have some references in mind that influence and give me ideas. These references are mostly objects I see. Also, when someo...
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Bastiano A. posted an article on Handmade Notebooks - Apr 24, 2010, 2:05 pm
I haven't been updating this blog or my Facebook Page for many days. I've had a time of introspection and quite a lot of inspiration playing with new kind of (recycled) papers that I haven't used before, searching for new techniques and textures.These new notebooks are made with collages that I was ...
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Bastiano A. posted an article on Handmade Notebooks - Mar 1, 2010, 2:06 pm
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Bastiano A. posted an article on Handmade Notebooks - Jan 19, 2010, 8:49 pm
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Bastiano A. posted an article on Handmade Notebooks - Sep 7, 2009, 6:37 pm
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Bastiano A. posted an article on bastiano notebooks - Jul 23, 2009, 4:39 pm
Dos marcas nuevas en el mapa y una traslación de una tercera. 1) La primera es Linköping Esta libreta está hecha con sobres reciclados de la universidad de Linköping en Suecia. Los sobres hacen de páginas, con sus estampillas, direcciones escritas a mano y un beso de alguna chica. Linköpi...
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Bastiano A. posted an article on bastiano notebooks - Jul 23, 2009, 4:39 pm
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Bastiano A. posted an article on bastiano notebooks - Jul 4, 2009, 3:12 pm
Este primer post después de un mes de ausencia, quiero dedicarlo a Anabel. Ella, al igual que yo, es de Mendoza, Argentina, vive en el extranjero y también tiene una tienda en Etsy. Su trabajo me gusta mucho, especialmente lo que hace con motivos geométricos de los indígenas de la Pampa por eje...
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Bastiano A. posted an article on bastiano notebooks - Jul 4, 2009, 3:12 pm
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Bastiano A. posted an article on bastiano notebooks - May 21, 2009, 1:49 pm
Image via CrunchBaseBienvenido a mi blog en español.Este es el primer post de la versión castellana de mi otro blog en inglés Handmade Notebooks. Hasta ahora, he estado manejándome solamente con el inglés para todo lo relacionado con mi tienda bastiano en Etsy.La razón que me terminó de dar e...
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Bastiano A. posted an article on bastiano notebooks - May 21, 2009, 1:49 pm
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Bastiano A. posted an article on Handmade Notebooks - May 9, 2009, 6:09 pm
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Bastiano A. posted an article on Handmade Notebooks - May 3, 2009, 7:07 pm
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Bastiano A. posted an article on Handmade Notebooks - Apr 26, 2009, 11:00 pm
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Bastiano A. posted an article on Handmade Notebooks - Apr 23, 2009, 8:27 am
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Bastiano A. posted an article on Handmade Notebooks - Dec 31, 1969, 7:00 pm
This book captures the love story of Alo and Leila who are getting married today in a small peninsula in Estonia. My friends are interested in eco-friendly life and folk traditions. With this scrapbook I've tried to mix a bit of the style of Estonian folk traditions, especially in the choice of mate...
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Bastiano A. posted an article on Handmade Notebooks - Dec 31, 1969, 7:00 pm
I’m going to update this map that has been abandoned for quite a long time. This is not a new pin on the map, but a new notebook in the pin for Taiwan. This is for Must Ronk (Black Raven), the black notebook I made inspired by the crows from Estonia. This notebook has been flying with me back a...
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Bastiano A. posted an article on Handmade Notebooks - Dec 31, 1969, 7:00 pm
There is a very interesting topic for me called Craftivism. Maybe you know it. I discovered it last year and it has become for me an important topic in relation with something else, that is the Open Source philosophy, the topic I've slowly started researching on my own. All this is in relation with ...
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Bastiano A. posted an article on Handmade Notebooks - Dec 31, 1969, 7:00 pm
3&4 Originally uploaded by B a s t i a n o When my sewing machine broke down a couple of month ago and I couldn't continue making the stitched patterns that had become a classic on my notebooks, I thought that stitched patterns were essential for the style of my notebooks. It was like an identity ...
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Bastiano A. posted an article on Handmade Notebooks - Dec 31, 1969, 7:00 pm
It is always a pleasure to receive nice comments for my crafts. It means a lot to me and makes me feel inspired to continue improving my work and experimenting with new ideas. Here is a comment I received today from ArtcyLucy who bought the 3&4 notebook (the notebook in the picture of the previous...
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Bastiano A. posted an article on Handmade Notebooks - Dec 31, 1969, 7:00 pm
Dictionary: Mode, manner, way of behavior. Practice, perform. Set of characteristics that make up the character of the work. The characteristics are the permanent and essential aspects of the visual that give a particular character to the notebooks, for example, the use of natural materials, the loo...
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Bastiano A. posted an article on Handmade Notebooks - Dec 31, 1969, 7:00 pm
When we like something, to like is like an attraction that we feel for the thing we like. That attraction is because the thing has some element or something that we can recognize as part of the whole kind of things we like. But all that whole kind of diverse things have something in particular that ...
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Bastiano A. posted an article on Handmade Notebooks - Dec 31, 1969, 7:00 pm
Some time ago I thought that my crafts need a logo. After making some designs I realized that it had to be meaningful. Not a meaning given to me, but for the native people of the place that I feel closely related to, that is Patagonia in Argentina. The native people from Patagonia are called the Map...
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