Here’s a new journal with fabric covers. Having a stash of textured
fabrics remnants with dried paint, I’ve long wanted to recycle or upcycle them in
some way. This experiment turned out well, using a base of two 8” x 10” canvas
boards with super heavy gel medium and pressing the fabric pieces onto the
board.
This textured ridges of this fabric is a favorite (I think
it is used for drapes). Two pieces large enough for both front and back,
although they had different paint colors. For signatures, I used colorful pastel
papers originally slated for an India journal I have yet to bind.
Since I love the look of leather and metal, I used silver
eyelets on the leather straps as well as square brads. Serendipity lent a hand to
the focal point as I found an old film negative without any photographs on it
laying around my desk after scanning. (I’m slowly digitizing
old negatives and slides.) The mid-century vibe of the old negative helps
repeat the horizontal stripes of the dark leather straps.
Isn’t it interesting that the least meaningful piece from
your own life can have more meaning than any bought trinket?
