Here is another really simple book. This little sketchbook is not meant for serious work. It's for throwing in a bag with a pencil for quick sketching on the go. The paper is thin, like tracing paper, and the covers are cardstock, not boards, so it is not meant to last a lifetime. It's an inexpensive, quick book. Even Rachel should be willing to scribble and sketch in this one.
I always like doing the Japanese stab binding. It's easy and quick but it always looks good. And there are a lot of stitching variations possible with stab binding so you can play with it.
I'm Donna Meyer and this is a Daily Journal of a Challenge: to make a book a day for a year, to stretch my imagination, creativity, skills and discipline. Inspired by Noah Scalin's Skull-a-Day. Why books? A book can be made of almost anything, and I can stretch its definition. Some will be fancy, skilled and take time. Others will be quick-&-dirty, maybe just images, or ephemeral, disappearing books. Follow along. We'll discover together how to create a book a day for 365 days.
A Book a Day? What's Up With That?
Hi, and welcome to this year-long project. So what's this all about and how did it happen, you might ask. In mid 2007, artist Noah Scalin decided to make a skull out of anything he could find, every day for a year. It stretched him in ways he never imagined, as an artist, a writer and a person. His experience turned into a blog that went viral, and then a book.
Others have picked up on the idea: 365 Hearts, 365 Masks, 365 Bears drawn on a cellphone, 365 paper napkin mustaches.
I wanted to play, too, and I chose books. I love books, I know a bit about making books (thanks to my talented book-maker sister, Marilyn Worrix), and they're broad enough in definition to give me a lot of creative leeway.
The whole point is not really the books. The idea is to stretch myself in many ways as an artist and a person, to set up a discipline, stick with it and see what that teaches me.
I hope you'll join with me and follow along on the journey chronicled here, and let me know what you think.
That's really pretty card stock for the cover and I like that it has print on both sides. Cute! :)
ReplyDeleteAnd it looks like it would stay open. I would definitely use that, although would still be looking for the RIGHT use. Thanks for thinking of me. :-)
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