Blue Journal

Blue Journal, Front
140lb Cartiera Magnani hot press watercolor paper, Coptic bound with cotton thread
8 1/2 x 7 1/2 inches, 10 signatures of 2 sheets (40 pages)

Spine

Spine detail

This is the (mostly) finished book for the art journal round robin. It’s a color-themed RR and, as you can see, my journal will be focusing on shades of blue. I used more Cartiera Magnani paper (140lb hot press watercolor paper), which should allow everyone to work in pretty much any medium they choose. The soft denim cover will, I hope, hold up well in the mail. The sewn, open spine binding is flexible and ought to allow for some expansion.

Between folding and tearing the paper down to the right size and sewing the bindings on two books today, my fingertips are hamburger and my hands ache. But, I’m finished! I still have a couple of spreads of my own artwork to do before mailing it off, but the hard part is done.

Oh, and I’ve got tons of small pieces of paper left over to make some more silly little books with. I should be able to get a couple of 3 x 3 3/4 inch books and one 2 1/2 x 1 3/4 inch book out of it.