Pamphlet stitch 5cm square

Made at contextart 2016

Over the weekend we learnt 5 bindings.

given i'm not really into stitching (my eye is not patient, i like results, it never looks as good as it could) I chose to work small.

This little book measures 4.8cm square on the cover

The single pamphlet stitched signature is from the Atlas (see here and here).

The cover is from encaustic work done in January 

Pamphlet stitch concertina

Made at contextart 2016
Pamphlet stitched.
Concertina.

encaustic cover

interior pages 

• pages from a National Library Magazine (mostly chinese and japanese maps)
• leftovers from Receipt is Acknowledged 

The paper from receipt is acknowledged just keeps on giving: it began with just scans of my mother's education department transfer paperwork from the 1970s, got added to with the dragon quote, then scans of parent's sick notes my mother had accidentally kept (Susan couldn't make it to school on Thursday because we had to pick up her aunt at the airport).

Because I did it on photoshop and i have just been printing on old 80gsm photocopying paper, it's great to fill up. and the older it gets the more complex layers it has... at some point I will stop adding to it, but for now it works beautifully.

Accordion with boxes 2

Added belly band (see last week's pix here).
Covered boxes inside and top with a map of Vienna.

Still not happy that it's done. 

I'm thinking some beads or some extra pages. I imagine like usual the answer will come when I least expect it!

Accordion with boxes

Two small boxes I've hoarded for a year.
Some encaustic treated paper.
A few diamante brads.
Voila stage 1 of this accordion/ concertina book.
Now to make books to go inside the boxes.

Waxing lyrical again

Almost done treating the latest round of papers done with encaustic three weeks ago. Most are double sided.
Next stage is to discover what other forms i can use to make them into books, given i have a ton of concertinas. The encaustic doesn't take glue so fasteners or stitching are the options.

Wax rocks

More pays off the encaustic pages begin last week. Today I'll unearth more layers.