This blog records my experiments and successes with fabric and fibers, surface design, stitching, weaving, photography and whatever else strikes my fancy. Enjoy ...
Monday, September 03, 2012
Turquoise and Rust Journal
I made a new journal today. I have a head-full of ideas again--lots of scenes I want to set up, lots of "stock" photos I want to capture, lots of quotes I want to file away to use with images ... Time to set them down in a journal before they get lost along the way. So here it is ...
The fabric is from my stash : A piece of Complex Cloth that was dyed, rust-dyed, dyed turquoise, then treated with a flour-paste resist and covered with purple paint to seep into the cracks. After sitting in the stash for a year, it finally feels done. So far, I haven't used my hand-dyed fabric on my journals (except for the rust-dyes). I guess I've been saving them for something special ... like this!
Here's a detail shot of the closure and some of the rust and crackle texture on the surface design. The button is made from black polymer clay, rolled into a ball, and pressed into a texture sheet. Then baked according to the package instructions and painted. Since I pressed it into shape with my thumb, it's a custom fit for my own hand.
For the paper signatures, I like to use an antique laid paper in the stationary aisle of the local office supply store. It's about $28 for a box of 500 sheets, but it feels so nice! It's worth it to me! Makes me want to run my hand over it and fill the pages ... Now -- to fill these pages!
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3 comments:
Love the way you did the fabric and button on this journal cover. It's beautiful.
This is a beautiful journal - love all the little details and especially the button
Thanks for reading, Julia. I was really going for an earthy Turquoise look. I'm pretty happy with it--but only after I put it away for a year. I'll bet you see that sometimes with your creations, too? You make them, and they don't quite feel like yours until they've been around for a while. Or is that just me?
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