Saturday 21 February 2009

New Journal Cover

Its not stitched together yet. I am still working out some logistics on how to reinforce the spine. The spine is made of canvas and I think I will add an extra piece to the inside so it is 3 layers of the sturdy canvas thick where it will be stitched. My good friend Kellie and I made the paper together out of plain brown craft paper. I wanted to make a journal with a canvas spine so I could allow for more bulk as my journals end up really fat!


2 comments:

Anonova said...

OOOOH! I love it, Patti! Now I wish I'd left more room on the side to try the canvas too. That's an awesome idea.

Rachelle said...

Hi Patti, thanks from dropping my blog!

Your artwork is wonderful and I simly LOVE your handmade sketchbooks. They are truly awesome. I'm really into art journaling myself these days. I too love the book, "Artists' Journals and Sketchbooks" by Lynne Perrella. I've owned it for a few years now and always find it inspiring. I recently bought a new book called "1000 Artist Journal Pages" by Dawn DeVries Sokol - page after page of inspiration and ideas!!

Very cool that we work in the same building! You, Kellie and I should meet for coffee one day and talk art - ha.

Rachelle