Time Out For Making a Book

 

 Interlude from preparing sketches for the show:

Back to the handmade book, inspired 

by teaching some friends how to make 

non-adhesive bookcovers and handmade books.

 2nd Version.

And inspired by Beth's workshop. (see older post.)

And her buttons.

A pamphlet stitch for adding signatures 

to an accordion fold. 
A lesson in accepting imperfection.

I slid the end tabs of the accordion strip

into the cover wraps. It actually works as a book!

I'm trying to use up watercolors from one of my paint boxes.

 I keep coming back to this striped, polka-dot motif. 

Such fun to be surprised by the colors that turn out!

Meanwhile, a lot of the show sketches are framed,

but I'm creating & selecting more.

It's a huge challenge 

for this brain of mine,

I don't have time for the many ideas that pop in.

 It's a challenge to go through many old sketchbooks.

Trying to make selections 

Curating. Editing. 

 Help!

No wonder I'm taking time outs for polka dotted stripes.