Collections for Inspiration

 

Vintage buttons, lace, metal findings, 

cloth flowers, iris pods, driftwood, stamps, 

Victorian beadwork, trims, pincushions, 

scraps of my watercolors, cyanotypes, scratchboard, 

handmade papers, silk embroidery, dried flowers,

 fabric scraps, old quilts, milliners flowers, 

letter stencils, old engravings.

Color Inspirations

Almost Done! Making hard cover books

Three hardcover books made with handmade papers.

These books can be used for sketching, writing,

 and documenting any kind of project.

Attaching the spine covering to one of the books.

A solarprint made with hand made lace, threads

 and machine lace along with wildflowers.

 

Part 2 Making a hardcover book

Front and back cover of the book seen from the outside. 

The pages are lined up in the middle and can be seen through the spine area. 

 

Putting a hardcover book together

 

Making Hardcover Books

A simple hardcover sketchbook made from book illustrations, handmade papers, and hand painted paste papers. These are all assembled and hand stitched together. 

These are the front and back covers of the book.

On the left is mat board covered in a piece of hand painted paste paper, right side up. On the right is matboard covered in a piece of  hand made paper, showing the inside of the cover after it has been glued. 

These are the pages made from a good sketch paper sitting in a book cradle, waiting to be stitched. Pushpins hold the booklet together and make holes for the thread.