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| My France sketchbook is bound! |
Only eight days after returning from France, my sketchbook
from that trip is bound and complete! That’s a personal speed record for me in
binding a travel sketchbook! Although I don’t always get around to it that
quickly, I’m motivated by the need for the sense of completion I feel from
having the sketchbook bound. It’s like getting all the dirty clothes from a
trip unpacked and laundered, and all that’s left are the wonderful memories to
savor.
On the front cover are a map of France and a favorite image of
Sarlat that I cut from a postcard.
On the back cover are a map of Arles and a picture of Montparnasse Tower in Paris cut from a brochure. I like the juxtaposed
contrast between Arles’ ancient history and the glassy, contemporary tour.
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| My April-May sketchbook |
While I had my book-binding tools out, I also bound the last
six signatures I finished before I left for France – my April - May sketchbook.
On the front cover is the Smith Tower with construction of 200 Occidental. On the back cover is a fellow at Zoka Coffee, where I took my
“grail” Sailor fude pen on its
maiden voyage.
Good job!
ReplyDeleteYou are so quick! Nicely done!!
ReplyDeleteGreat sketchbooks, Tina. Your draw in signatures and then bind them approach is still the best I've seen. Only laziness keeps me from doing this. I did go a different direction that seems to be working out. I remove the spiral from S&B sketchbooks and replace them with a couple snap rings (Steven Reddy's idea). Then I can either sketch in the book or pull pages out, attaching them to a board while I draw. Makes scanning easy and really lightens the load for larger formats, allowing me to carry just a few sheets rather than the entire sketchbook. Still, your signature approach is calling to me, at least for smaller formats.
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