Here’s Ian’s finished journal – the cover illustration was hand-drawn by me and then inlaid into the cover (I very carefully cut the faux leather cover to allow the drawing to sit flush with the cover of the book). The dragon is breathing gold-leaf fire!
You can check out photos of the re-covering process here .
I learned this type of binding, called the Longstitch from Keith Smith's book Volume 1: Non Adhesive Binding: Books Without Paste or Glue. The advantages of creating a book without…
Hi! I'm Ruth Bleakley, an American book artist who lives in Florida. As a former military kid, I've also lived in Texas, New York and Massachusetts. Growing up, I spent 11 out of 18 years living overseas in Germany, Saudi Arabia and Kuwait. So, basically a citizen of the world!
In 2016 I starred in a Japanese TV show about papermaking - you can read about that strange and wonderful journey here.
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