Handmade books make great presents and I was keen to keep up the skills I had learned from Adele's workshop, so I made these two little books as gifts for my dance teacher, Miss Toni Dean and her mum Erin. I used copy paper and wrapping paper.
Thursday, July 15, 2010
Saturday, February 27, 2010
The Begining of my Bookmaking October-November 2009
Outside of a dog, a book is a man's best friend.
Inside of a dog, it's too dark to read.
Groucho Marx
Inside of a dog, it's too dark to read.
Groucho Marx
The very first book that I made at the Personal Journal Making Workshop hosted by Dysart Visual Artists & taught by Adele Outteridge from The West End Studio, Brisbane. I felt so joyous when I made it! I knew my life would never be the same...I was gloriously in love.
Handmade cover paper from Peter Stanford, Normanhurst, NSW.Hand waxed cotton thread. Inside papers upcycled. Double-needle single-thread coptic stitch.
Dysart, Central Queensland, AUS, in November 2009.
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