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.

Friday, January 27, 2012

Book 352 - The Boys Book - Recycled Book Journal -Coptic Binding

This book is so cool looking. Even though it's not really old (as witness the scholastic website printed on the back cover) it looks old. It's a book that is supposed to show boys how to be the best at everything that boys like to do. I think it makes a great journal. The intense cobalt blue with silver printing on the cover is really eye-catching.

As per my usual style, I slit off the spine and made a bookmark from that part. I taped over the cut ends of the front and back covers, poked holes, folded up a bunch of signatures--these are a really neat astro-bright white paper with tiny confetti-colored flecks in it--and poked holes in those too. I also added blue washi tape to the spine fold of some of the signatures to create a colorful pattern on the exposed spine binding.

The single-needle coptic binding is done with white waxed linen thread.

Cool little journal!






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3 comments:

  1. RitaJanuary 27, 2012 at 2:57 PM

    Hey! Is this some secret book boys read when they are young? I have known quite a few men who thought they were the best at everything--LOL!!

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  2. TriciaJanuary 27, 2012 at 7:28 PM

    Wait, in that last photo - does it say book 363 of 365?

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  3. DonnaJanuary 27, 2012 at 8:19 PM

    Tricia - It certainly does and that is a MISTAKE! I need to print and sign another label for it.

    BUT, I am getting close. It's not really a fortnight or so still to go. In fact, I am already a couple of days over my 365 goal. I'll be posting #365 in a couple of days. I have a LOT of books made that have not been posted yet. I'm disappointed with myself that I didn't get them all done by day 365. But I am close.

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