My Third Watercolor Journal with Dye Painted Book Cloth
I made my 3rd watercolor journal with another piece of fabric that I dye-painted - this time striped using corn dextrin resist with procion MX dyes. This is a 6 X 8" watercolor journal containing Fabriano Artistico 140 lb Soft Press paper - 6 signatures with 2 folios each. The bookcloth was prepared by fusing my fabric to Thai mulberry paper using Wonder Under - see more about the method here.
I used color-coordinated MiTientes paper as end papers.
There is still one more piece of fabric that I made in this first batch, and since I'm now using a big roll of Fabriano Artistico paper, I will make a 4th book to gain more experience handling the big pieces of paper instead of the usual 22 X 30 inch sheets. There are 48 single pages in each book so will have enough watercolor journals on my shelf to last 5-6 months!
Comments
Another lovely book! I like the nice, bright colors on this one. nancy
Posted by: nancy t | February 22, 2010 11:03 AM
Your books are amazing! I am very inspired to make my own books too.
Posted by: Johanna | February 22, 2010 11:11 AM
Shirley, these are so amazing. I would love to be able to do this and I have even bought books on the subject. However, it looks so daunting that I can't seem to even get started. I am so impressed by your beautiful books and that you have the paper of choice for your journals. Lucky you!
Jennifer
Posted by: Jennifer Lawson | February 22, 2010 11:38 AM
These look wonderful -really professional looking. I'm very impressed!
Posted by: Sarah | February 22, 2010 2:30 PM
Beautiful! I love the stripes with those bright colors. I guess I have been craving some bright color lately. Your books are an inspiration!
Posted by: Ann | February 22, 2010 5:57 PM
I have sketchbook envy!! These are beautiful. I love the designs on the covers!
Posted by: Raena | February 22, 2010 9:06 PM
These are just delicious. I loveyour yummy colors. I need to get my order in for soft press paper. I'm really glad to read about your method for attaching paper to cloth. Time to plan a book making weekend here! Did you end up with "waste" with the 6x8 size?
Posted by: Jana Bouc | February 23, 2010 12:02 AM
Great books! Wow, you invested in a whole roll of the paper? That should make a lot of art and books but I think it's a great way to use the grain of the paper with the least amount of waste.
Posted by: Timaree (freebird) | February 23, 2010 5:33 PM