365: Make a Book a Day

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.

Saturday, March 19, 2011

Day 50-Hair-on Cowhide Journal & Photo Book

Another of my favorite hair-on cowhide journals. This one has 6 black photo pages spread through the book as well.

I love the feel of this kind of leather. I always find myself stroking the hair, like petting a short-haired dog. This one is a brindle, black/brown/beige mix. Bone beads decorate the longstitch binding on the spine and a nice dark brown mulberry paper wraps the pages as an end paper.

1 comment:

TaraMarch 19, 2011 at 10:11 AM
Do you ever make it to Tucson to host book making classes? I want to learn how to make professional looking books. Thanks!
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