Skin Deep, the biannual newsletter by one of the premiere suppliers to the book making and book binding industries, is now available for you to read online. The spring issue includes study opportunities and new products.
Tags: Book Arts, book-binding, handmade-books
Once more, one of the projects posted here has managed to distract a dear reader from what she was supposed to be doing… :-)
Timaree, who writes Freebirdsings sent me pictures of this adorable photo journal that she made after she read a post on making them. Here’s what she said about it:
The one […]
Leah Piken Kolidas sent me these images from her sketchbooks. She writes:
I blog at Creative Every Day: http://www.CreativeEveryDay.com
and my art website is here: http://BlueTreeArtGallery.com
Like you, I have a few different journals going at once. There’s a mini journal that stays in my purse. Inspiration often comes at the oddest times and I’ve learned […]
Digital papers printed and used to cover a journal.
Artist: Di Hickman
Location: California, USA (but born and bred in Derby, England)
Websites & Blog:
Di Hickman
Di Hickman Designs (store)
Di Hickman (blog)
Computer journaling onto traditional scrapbook layout
How do you describe your work, Di?
I create cards, scrapbook layouts, mini books, altered projects, and ATC’s, using either paper, digital or hybrid […]
Technique Tuesday!
Like I told you yesterday, I can’t complete this wrap until the album itself if finished, since I don’t know how thick it’s going to end up being. So what I did was to cut a piece of base fabric several inches longer than the current width of the entire album when it is […]
Last year my family and I took a wonderful trip to Guatemala to see where Nate, our son/brother had been living and working. We visited the orphanage where he was the schoolmaster and electronics fix-it guy. As it happened, Nate fell in love while he was there, with one of the daughters of the directors, […]
Looking for something to do with yourself now that the year is almost over? Here’s a great project that will showcase all of your favorite correspondence from the year:
Does anyone write letters anymore? Of course they do! Even if your love letters arrived via email, this great little tutorial will show you how to make […]
Although there are certainly plenty of books that cover the great art of book making, perhaps you’d like to try a simple version first before investing in more detailed directions. Dawn Vinson at Daydreaming on Paper has generously made instructions available, using both diagrams and photos to illustrate the most basic process of binding your […]
I’ve assembled a list of the books that I think are the best of the best in several different categories, including altered books, creativity, collage, and digital art! The Library can also be accessed anytime through a permanent link in my blogroll.
Tags: Assemblage, bead-arts, Book Arts, book-review, Collage, Creativity, Fabric & Fiber, Mixed Media, Paper
Artist: Valerie Foster
Website & Blog:
Val’s Altered Heart Journey
Val’s Webshots album
How do you describe your work, Val?
I describe it as rather haphazard, or all over the map. I think I have my own style, but it’s hard for me to pin it down. Most of my art is free-style, out of my own head. […]
Do not throw ANYTHING out!
Written by Cyndi Lavin [email] for b5media.
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