This art journal was bound last year using Kilimanjaro paper from Cheap Joe's and a scrap of leather from an upholstery shop --- they let me have the leather scrap free! It's soft and pliable, wrapping around the text block. This time, I sewed the paper signatures directly to the leather, one at a time, using hand-dyed silk threads. Which means the middle two-page spreads of each signature will have colorful silk thread running down the middle, but I like how the colored threads look on the outside spine.
Really like this ... love the colored binding.
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ReplyDeleteWow, to hand sew each page one by one...that definitely takes some commitment! I've never done it before, but I can only imagine what it must feel like to not only fill the pages with your own artwork but to have literally created the book yourself. Beautiful work!
ReplyDeleteKyleen, before I began sketching again I spent a lot of time embroidering ___ love hand sewing! ___ so sewing book signatures together isn't so hard. There are some great sketchbooks out there but I do love working in my own books best.
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