October begins
I saw two new birds at the feeder today. That is surely a sign of seasonal change. One was a woodpecker, black and white. He didn’t belong at the feeder, but he was tapping...
Category: bookmaking
2023 sketch journal
I’m hesitant. But I want to. Look at the sketch journal, which turned out not to be a sketch journal, but lots of experiments in different media and approaches. It’s all over the place....
Palettes
I made some pages for a handmade book. I painted large sheets on both sides before tearing down and folding into pages. First step, applied gesso using stencils. This made some almost invisible motifs...
A book of paintings
Something different. A friend organized a bookbinding get-together on Tuesday. I had accumulated some watercolor paintings that I’ve been doing for over a year. And I had instructions for a single sheet binding using...
Wrapping some things up
There’s a good feeling of completion coming from this matched set of little books with onion-skin dyed covers. It was my friend Jaye’s idea to make a book like this with sewn-over straps binding...
Fall-ing
It’s really starting to feel like fall. I’ve been curious this year about what contributes to this feeling of change. It doesn’t happen all at once. But I read the signs, even if it’s...
Pamphlet books
I’m trying to clean up the unfinished books that are hanging around. These were cut to size and just needed stitching. So a simple matter to finish them. The covers are all paste paper...