I have made this journal several times after being inspired by the tutorial on journal making on Teesha Moores' site. The binding of this journal is quicker than more traditional types of bindings such as sewing on cords or coptic stitch binding. I am really excited to share with you how to make this journal, but I must warn you that the video is very long and there are some changes made as I go along. I just call that being flexible as opposed to not prepared... Because this project does take some time it is broke up into two segments. The first segment will cover how to make the cover while the second segment will focus on creating and binding the signatures. This project is just in time for you to record all of your New Years' resolutions!Items and materials used for this project:
- arches cold press watercolor paper at least 8 x 8 inches
- "word" stamps
- black gesso
- beads
- linen thread
- 1 yard ribbon
- collage images
- canvas (about 6 x 10 inches)
- gold acrylic paint
- gloss gel medium
- student grade watercolor pad (8 X 10 inches, 15 pages or so)
- watercolor paints
- paint brush
- bubble wrap for texture
- comb type texture tool
- pva
- wax paper
- glue brush
- pencil
- scissors
- bookbinding needle
- awl
- Colophon Book Arts Supply (sells bookbinding materials)
- Teesha Moores' How to Make Journals (great information on easy journal making)
- Daniel Smith (great for art supplies, especially colored gesso)
- Flickr group, Collage Images
