Art journals making 美術小本製作

 

A pile of art journals telling a story...... 

每一美術小本有著不同的 "背景" 但沒有文字, 訴說著每個製作的故事........

 

Wordless on the books yet beautiful stories they're telling....... all of handmade, natural, one-of-a-kind and touch of love........ 

  

 Papers with direct contact prints from plants...... That's the story begins.......

Last week I went hiking I collected a few sumac leaves for my fabric prints experiments. Found it's no harm to test on paper as well.

I have my easy own way of paper prints making. Here's the last post about it. 

 

Contact prints of the sumac, weeds and eucalyptus silver dollar on fabric. They are nice prints.

 

Fresh from the dyeing pot..... sumac and weeds prints on fabric.  Quite impressive purple though no obvious veins details.

 Sumac on fabric and different papers with various outcome

 

I'm pleased with assorted contact prints on various fabrics and papers. So addicted to do sorts of handmade stuff.  This pile of art journals is only a few of the them still with me.  Friends know me well may have one in their hands.  I made the artbooks with coptic binding, some with nuno felted textural covers, some with natural printed fabrics.  Each has a story of making behind....... 

 

 Among these.......the dark print of castor oil on cotton particularly reminds me friends in Israel.

  

This tiny book, the first one I made.  The leaf was picked on the ground near my office 4 years ago.  The nuno felt cover with little of Mogi's hair.

 One of the covers made with a friend's wore-out Tee shirt printed with guava leaf.

 

Bookmark of Hibiscus leaf 

 

This one with the prints on paper and the prints on fabric

 

Maple from San Francisco on used envelope paper

Tie marks on wool felt cover dyed in eucalyptus pot and purple from logwood dyed scraps

This set is the only one with machine sewed cover and pocket. Prints on cotton with iron soaked leaves.

Pile of art journals closed with own made buttons

 

  Open my books and read all over the stories........ each with different "background"

.........another story of making the sumac prints
The scarf with sumac prints on stretch silk picked on hiking, while the skirt prints with sumac done in Spain.  So....... different stories made........

 

Read over my stories from this one I first made four years ago......

 

A chapter closed with the broken porcelain bowl picked in the same bay where I took the shots.

My journey of natural printing from four years ago till now went through a few processes.  Still hooked and hopefully going to develop my way of making.

 My instant download pdf tutorial (English version) (Russian version) on ETSY is easy to follow and create unique fabric arts. 

Natural printed artbook making 手作小本子

 

Nowadays in the digital era, wondering if people still like to make notes or write diary on paper. Since encountered botanical imprints and wool felt, I'm really into such artwork. Making art journal is a pretty creation. This artbook pages are made with abundant envelope papers and printed with windfalls around my area.

當今數碼年代, 還有多少人喜用紙質筆記部? 親手做一本有葉子印染, 自己釘裝的小本子, 用以記載旅途點滴是我明日遠行去以色列交流的行裝之一.

  

Pages are mixed with light prints of rose leaves and blank pages for writing.  In between inserted with nice prints to have some pages outstanding.  The clear outlines due to iron mordant.

 

Nuno felt cover textures inspired by waves of our beach.

 

Extract of making.

After making the nuno felt cover with wool & silk fabric of own printed leaves, I inserted some  printed and some blank pages to make a few signatures.  Made the holes and coptic binded.

 

Finished  with glass beads embellished

 

Inside cover, first page..... last page... 

 

Completed with the local coral, tied with Teeswater raw fleece

 

A secret book or whatever it serves

 

Art journal for my next tripl.  

 

Travels from here the South China Sea to the other continent. A walk in the beach of Mediterranean?  Dead Sea or Galille?

 

Last week I went to Lamma Island for shots.  My foreign bloggers may not know  we have such tranquil views other than the fascinating urban.

 

The girl found my journal unique and admired the pages of prints while I took the shots

 

Today I'm on the beautiful beaches and greenery of Hong Kong, tomorrow I'll be in the Mediterranean walking on the promising land of Israel, for workshops, interaction and meeting friends.

 

 I'll be back with new creation.  Lots to share.

Until next time.

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