Occasional ruminations concerning painted pages, hand bound books, the use of photos in journaling and the contemplation of various other pursuits.

Monday, August 15, 2011

The Yellow Book

The binding is a sewn-over-tapes binding using waxed linen and a thrift store belt. LK Ludwig taught me this binding one year at Art and Soul.  The covers are re-purposed book board covered with paste paper made in an Albie Smith class.  Inside, the pages are a variety of colors and textures using very inexpensive watercolor paints. Making the pages is a great way to play in puddles of water and pigments....no stress. What you get is what you get!

5 comments:

  1. You did a beatiful job covering the straps. But then, your work is always beautiful!

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  2. Welcome to the blog world! Now we can check out what you have been up to! You always have wonderful books!

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  3. Gorgeous!!!better and neater than any of mine!!! Really beautiful! I can only imagine how nice it feels in the hand!

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  4. Great job! I did the same binding with LK at Artfest this year but yours is so much neater than mine.

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