This stuff is just cool! I was given a bag of fish leather scraps the other day and am seriously having too much fun. There aren’t any really big pieces in the assortment, but there are enough scraps to do some interesting things with margins, which was my hope. It has a really neat texture…
Category: Art
Chugging merrily along
Things are proceeding apace. I have most of the layouts finished and am now fixing things in place, making note of embellishments that must be afixed in later stages and generally working through both assembling and visualising the finished piece. I’m quite happy with this book in general and am particularly happy with certain spreads…
On the design board, or “Yes, I am working…”
Sometimes I need to reassure myself….. The page layouts are coming along rather nicely. The yellow showing through this round design is actually the next page, as the design outlines an aperture through the pages. Some text, a bit of stitching and a wee tad more embellishment and this spread is done. There are a…
Printing on organza
The new printer is a hit. It’s an Epson C-88 with Durabright inks and I have to say, I’m very pleased. I’ve tried it out on paper and it does a great job. The colours are good, it handles a variety of paper thicknesses well and I have only has one jam and that was…
Review: The Decorated Page by Gwen Diehn
I picked this book up the other day while looking for inspiration for page layouts and the possibilities of books that integrate imagery and text. I wasn’t actually looking for a book about scrapbooking so much as a book about artists who use journals as something a little more communicative and meaningful than a daily…
Raising the Bar Strength & Conditioning 