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| Folded Book with pockets and cover |
Following on from last month’s post of making sketchbook
covers from gelli plate prints (see here), how about making actual books from
them?
I tend to make lots of prints in one go and to be honest,
for every print I see potential as an artwork, there are at least two others
which, if I can put it politely, are only suitable as backgrounds or to be
printed over again. Many of these are on
paper as you need less ink to print on paper compared with fabric, so often my
second print is on paper. Also, if I am
demonstrating quickly, the results may be less impressive and on paper. For how to gelli plate print, see here.
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| Prints |
So as you can see, I have a large pile of paper prints to be
used. Making little books is a great way
of using them up. And it doesn’t need to
be difficult. A sheet of paper cut in two, joined to make a
long strip, then concertina folded can be really effective.
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| Concertina book |
All the books I’ve made are blank so far, but
at some point, I will use some as sketchbooks, others may have photos added as
special photo albums and some of the simple ones may be turned into fancy
birthday cards.
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| Japanese Stab Bound Book |
This one has pages made from prints on copier paper, but the
outside is made from slightly thicker card.
I’ve then bound it together using a Japanese stab binding and put little
beads on the end of the binding threads.
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| Inside of Japanese Stab Bound Book |
You can make traditional books in sections, like this
one.
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| Traditional Bound Book |
It is four sections (or
signatures), each with four sheets folded in half and then stitched
together. At some point, I will add a
cover.
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| No Stitch Book from one sheet of paper |
These little ones are made from one sheet, with no stitching
required, folding the paper into 8, cutting in the middle and then folding up
again. I’ve also folded up the bottom of
the page to make a little pocket-like structure.
Lots of ideas, but this still leaves me with a huge pile of
prints – more makes coming soon!
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| Long Narrow Book on top of Japanese Stab Bound Book |
4 comments:
I have found that I prefer the ghost print to the first pull off the gelli plate. Like you I found myself with a pile of papers. I binned them this week as I was tidying ready for an important visit to my studio/sewing room. However like you I will soon have another pile of papers so will watch and learn from what you do with them.
Thanks I always enjoy your postings
Thanks Irene. I agree that the second or 'ghost' print is often better, which can be a bit frustrating when there isn't enough ink on the plate for that one to be on fabric. Unlike you, I struggle to bin these paper prints and end up moving piles of stuff from my studio to another room when I have visitors or students in!
I can't bear to throw the papers away either and so now I really must start to do something with all the books!
So many possibilities, Maggi, but like fabric you always need to make more as you don't have exactly the right one!
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