More books
Today I made two books - I am quite proud of them as they are a bit more difficult than the accordion books I have previously tried. The one with the smaller spine was even more challenging because I had to figure out measurements for the paper (I could only find book tape that was 2″ which I actually like better). I am having fun exploring all the Japanese paper, too.
And one of them together:
I made a couple of mistakes - with the first one, I did not put enough glue up to the spine and thus the page was too loose. On the second one, I am not sure what I did but there are a couple of (basically imperceptible) wrinkles in the paper. Lessons are good.
I think they are gorgeous and will become gifts for my Mum and my aunt, I think. Next step is using book cloth, not book tape, which means gluing. Then, I hear there is a book stabbing class coming up soon… baby steps with these book things.
Tomorrow will either be another smaller book or a solar print type of photography. I also made some visual and mental space by cleaning and organizing after 2 weeks of creating.
I will work more on my Magritte book on my computer this week while I am traveling without all my supplies and stuff.
Last 5 posts by Sarah Michael
- A Myriad of Things... - February 29th, 2008
- Many things... - February 28th, 2008
- Inspiration Book - February 28th, 2008
- Sunprints - continued - February 26th, 2008
- Sunprints - (partially) Framed - February 25th, 2008
Nice work! Love that paper.
They look lovely. Looks like you figured out you PVA to methyl cellulose dilema
I really like the cover papers! This makes me want to start up with bookbinding again. Stab-binding is really fun, too. Although I really like the way glued bindings can look so finished, I think i prefer sewn bindings just so I don’t have mess around with glue and stickiness.
Those are BEAUTIFUL! I love the Japanese papers.