The kitchen came to my rescue for tonight's hand-made book.When I spotted the lid from a coffee can on the counter, it sparked this idea. I've got one of those nifty can openers that cuts the lid below the rim, leaving a lip on the lid and no really sharp edge. So I had the idea to make a stitched book block with half-circle-shaped signatures that would nestle right inside the lipped lid.
First I edged the lid with a strip of bright red duct tape. to give it a more finished look. I made five signatures from circle-cut recycled paper and stitched them into a block like I'd make for a case-bound codex. Then the first and last pages were glued down into the lid.
On the other side of the lid, I glued a piece of heavy card stock with a wonderful quotation hand written in a spiral. The quotation reads:
"When our eyes see our hands doing the work of our hearts, the circle of creation is completed inside us, the doors of our souls fly open, and love steps forth to heal everything in sight.” --Michael Bridge
I really, REALLY want to find a program that will let me set type in curved lines. Anyone know what I should be using?
First I edged the lid with a strip of bright red duct tape. to give it a more finished look. I made five signatures from circle-cut recycled paper and stitched them into a block like I'd make for a case-bound codex. Then the first and last pages were glued down into the lid.
On the other side of the lid, I glued a piece of heavy card stock with a wonderful quotation hand written in a spiral. The quotation reads:
"When our eyes see our hands doing the work of our hearts, the circle of creation is completed inside us, the doors of our souls fly open, and love steps forth to heal everything in sight.” --Michael Bridge
I really, REALLY want to find a program that will let me set type in curved lines. Anyone know what I should be using?
It's been a while since I've used Illustrator, but I'm pretty sure you can curve type with it. Photoshop has something called "warped text," but I haven't played with it and don't know what it might do.
ReplyDeletehmmm... even microsoft word will let you write any text on a curve (insert: word art), but it won't let you do a spiral like that.
ReplyDeletePhotoshop has a cool feature that lets you draw a line of any shape and then attach text to it! But, sorry, I don't remember the exact name since I only took one photoshop class last year. (Google gives me this: http://www.webdesign.org/photoshop/text-effects/spiral-text.11382.html)
This website: http://www.festisite.com/text-layout/ has some very basic abilities to let you type in a spiral, heart, waves, or maze shape! It then outputs as a PDF picture.
You continue to surprise me. :) This is so clever!
ReplyDeleteI am no help. I barely even know how to add anything to my blog. ROFL!!