slowly she turned
Living the Slow life in North Carolina
Category: book arts
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Book covers in progress. Painted papers from Albie Smith’s workshop + trash pickings from Patti Grass’ workshop. I can never stay out of a trash can at a book/paper art workshop. The last two covers are for a book that I was stuck on for a long time. Finally I decided to ditch the idea…
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I have had loads of fun weaving painted papers this week. This is why you should save your ugliest papers. Not only might they serve as a background layer for something else, but something interesting happens when you slice and dice and weave them with other papers (or the other half of the same paper).…
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My friend and paper mentor Susanne and I flew out to Oregon to attend the Focus on Book Arts conference in Forest Grove at Pacific University. Despite our friends’ warning about the rainy weather, it was beautiful and I didn’t have to open my umbrella once. The cooler temperatures were such a relief! Judy met…
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This is another tiny book for which I made the components in Albie Smith’s class at An Artful Journey, then bound it later at home. The cover is made with a thick gesso stenciled on bookboard, then painted. The stitch is “French twist” or “herringbone.” The paper is Stonehenge and will stand up to wet…
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Okay, I’m not a great photographer these days. Guess you’ll just have to come see for yourself! Mica dragonfly book with handmade Spanish moss paper by Susanne Martin, my handpainted papers, old print of dragonflies, mica layers. Wee journals for the small customers.
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This is another which I completed the painted covers and pages at An Artful Journey and bound with a herringbone stitch after I came home. The painted pages are interspersed with blank white Stonehenge printmaking paper, so they’ll take just about any medium you want to use on them. It is small – 2 3/4…
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This book is the only one that I finished at An Artful Journey. I plan to do a lot more with color-washed pages.
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Stenciling gesso onto bookboard makes both a nice raised design and a resist. My work area in Albie’s class. The bookboards above have been trimmed down and painted, and will be bound with a coptic or French stitch using the papers drying in the rear of the photos. A very wee book – I like…
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I need to take more photos, but as usual, I became entranced with what I was doing. I kept going until I absolutely could not do it anymore. Today I have to remind myself to SIT DOWN. My hands are not too bad, but my feet and back were letting me know it last night.…
slowly she turned 