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I had all these skinny end cuts from geli prints in my off cut basket... and finally decided to use some of them creating these weave patterns... Then I framed them with black cardstock and adhered them to a solid piece of white cardstock and they became covers and page dividers (5 total).
Size closed: 5"w x 7"h x 1"thk
I cut up regular copy paper for the pages (5"w x 10"w x 5shts) and folded in half to create my signatures.
I haven't done hand bound bookbinding in years and really forgot how to do it... so fudged it. Turned out OK. Hung some hand woven beads from scraps as well.
size: 7"h x 5"w
I started weaving some pieces and then decided to create a book with them using 2 for the covers and then more for some dividers. Haven't decided yet what paper to use between the weaves...
I raided my scraps for all the strips of geli print paper I have (still have a few left...). I'll be making at least 2 more I think. I want a nice sized booklet.
I adhered the weave to some white Staples cardstock then added the black border.
Time will tell what else I'll do...
Size: 5"w x 7"h
On black textured cardstock created my weaving cuts and inserted strips of off cuts from my geli print papers, added the circle lines with a Uniball white gel pen. Text with a Juice Up pen.
words: Thinking Of You
I took an online class thru Edmonton Calligraphy Guild On paper weaving with Suzie Beringer. She had an abstract w/c piece done on Arches Text Wove. She then printed out some text, overlapping and repositioning the copy to get a more textural look to the words then cut strips of it and wove it thru her w/c piece in one area. Striking.
Size: both 5"w x 6"h
While she was working I was doing basic weaving using geli off cuts... On black textured cardstock, in a greeting card format, created my weaving cuts (one with basic straight cuts the other with a wavy cut) and inserted strips of the geli print papers. I like the results. Added some text to finish of the card. Just 4 U on the straight cut card and Hello on the wavy cut card. On the inside of the wavy lined card I colored the visible strips with a black ZIG Writer. The basic weave on the other card I left as is gluing down the ends for neatness.
Our April challenge is to create a Pocket Fold #23 from Hedi Kyle's Art Of The Fold book. We've done this one a while back (March 2021) and you can see it HERE and (Dec 2022) HERE
Size closed: 6"w x 4"h x 1.5"thk
This time I wanted a bunch of pockets... So I pulled out my stash of geli prints done on LBS End paper in various colors.
Created the open box to hold my pockets from heavy weight white cardstock and sewed in the pockets in a simple 3 hole binding with waxed linen thread in marching colors. Then raided my scrap off cut stash and created the weaves for front and back gluing them to the white cardstock. Added the closures to hold it closed with some waxed linen thread. Then added the title with a Zig Writer and Prisma colored pencils. (I do things backward sometimes)...
size: 5.5"w x 6"h
On Edge Mixed Media paper drew my weave design using various sizes of Pitt Artist Fine Liner pens. Colored the rocks using Posca colored pencils. Text outlined with a thin black Pitt pen and colored around the letters. Gold gel pen accents added.
words: The only limit is your imagination.
