Square Sketchbook

Another coptic binding sketchbook. Going from the outside in, the corners are outlet covers painted in enamel and the buckle is from the same Lip Service straight jacket. The main part of the outside cover paper is construction paper done in suminagashi. The design in the outside centers is photoshopped layers of suminagashi, folded and cut like children cut snowflakes. The inside cover papers are the same, but without the snowflake technique. Filler paper is a whole lot of brown packing paper. I made this because I liked the large sketchbook that I got for class.

Vertical Format Book with Buckle

I planned this as a sketchbook for myself. The covers are made of my primitive form of suminagashi using spray paint and canvas on water. I call this "sue mean a goshy". The inside covers are the same, but paper. Plastic outlet covers cut and painted for corners and a buckle from my old Lip Service straight jacket for closure. The bookmark is made of cheap twines and the filler is brown packing paper, yellow construction paper and expensive white drawing paper. Unfortunately for me, when I got to class the first day, the professor handed out sketchbooks.

Reggae Bag and Book

I had made a custom bag for myself of hemp twine to use at school. It worked so well that I thought other people should use them too. My Jamaican friend was still nearby at the time and I figured that maybe he could talk someone into buying a bag, so I made it reggae-style. It's pretty self-explanatory, but I will list my materials in the labels as always.