
This project was pretty scary at first, and then at second too, but once I got into it like most things it became fun and rewarding. Skip Wolf had commissioned me to take pictures on his coastal property over the course of a year. The photos would be compiled into a hardcover coffee table book hand bound by me with handmade (not by me) papers and book cloth for an anniversary gift for his wife Karen. The taking of the pictures was of course great fun, especially on the coast. I got a little carried away with it and ended up with a 120 pg book with a couple full spreads. The scary part was that I would have to figure out how to print on double sided paper and line everything up just like a real book. Talk about self publishing.. . . how about self printing, layout and binding?
I have made my own journals using the same techniqies but just with blank paper so I bypassed the whole computer/software/printer fussiness thing. Which was nice. After much trouble with said printing software and the trial and error of lining things up. I finally got it down and now it will be much easier to do more of these elegant and archival books for people.
Here is a bit of the construction process.
I have made my own journals using the same techniqies but just with blank paper so I bypassed the whole computer/software/printer fussiness thing. Which was nice. After much trouble with said printing software and the trial and error of lining things up. I finally got it down and now it will be much easier to do more of these elegant and archival books for people.
Here is a bit of the construction process.
I was happy with the way it turned out. I used Moab Kayenta paper which I will be more careful with in the future sewing it. A really nice, double sided, matte paper that soaks up the printer ink.
Here are some more pictures of the finished book.
Here are some more pictures of the finished book.